Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter)

Margaret Turnbull
Margaret Turnbull in 1915
Born	(1872-11-17)17 November 1872 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	12 June 1942(1942-06-12) (aged 69) Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1914-1939

Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. She wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She also wrote novels, such as The Close Up (1918), Alabaster Lamps (1925) and The Bride's Mirror (1934). She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. She was the sister of producer Hector Turnbull. She worked for the Famous Players-Lasky studios in Islington, England, and also spent some of her career in Hollywood.

Selected filmography

• The Fighting Hope (1915)
• Blackbirds (1915)
• The Secret Sin (1915)
• The Unknown (1915)
• To Have and to Hold (1916)
• Alien Souls (1916)
• Public Opinion (1916)
• The Victory of Conscience (1916)
• Shirley Kaye (1917)
• Magda (1917)
• Lost and Won (1917)
• The Shuttle (1918)
• The Two Brides (1919)
• The Tree of Knowledge (1920)
• The Bonnie Brier Bush (1921)
• The Princess of New York (1921)
• The Mystery Road (1921)
• Appearances (1921)
• Three Live Ghosts (1922)
• La Bataille (1923)

External links

• Works by Margaret Turnbull at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Margaret Turnbull at Faded Page (Canada)
• Works by or about Margaret Turnbull at the Internet Archive
• Margaret Turnbull at IMDb
• Maragret Turnbull at Women Film Pioneers Project
• Margaret Turnbull at the Internet Broadway Database
• Margaret Turnbull at the British Film Institute.