Writing

Frederica Sagor Maas

Born July 6, 1900 · New York City, New York, USA

Died January 5, 2012 · aged 111

Frederica "Freddie" Sagor Maas was an early story editor and script reader in the U.S. movie industry, and later a script/story writer. She was active from 1921 - 1950, in both the Silent and Talkie eras. In 1927 she married Ernest Maas (born 1891), another screenwriter who was also a documentary filmmaker. The two remained married until Ernest's death in 1986. The couple--who were avid progressi…