Marguerite Bertsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marguerite Bertsch

American screenwriter and film director

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1889

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1967

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Marguerite Bertsch (December 14, 1889 – 1967) was an American screenwriter and film director who worked in the early days of film.
Her 1917 text How to Write for Moving Pictures: A Manual of Instruction and Information reflected and influenced the screenwriters of the era.
In the early days of film it was not uncommon for "scenario writers" to be women and she was among those who, beginning in 1916, also directed films.
However, she would later be called one of the "forgotten women" of silent film as the non-acting women of early film largely became obscure.
Prints of two films that Bertsch had worked on as a screenwriter were rediscovered in the Netherlands, at the Nederlands Filmmuseum.
These newly discovered films, The Diver and The Troublesome Step-Daughter, and the 1914 film A Florida Enchantment, are currently the only films from Bertsch's career that have been recovered.
The rest are presumed to be lost.