Storm, Lesley
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Name (Latin)
Storm, Lesley
Other forms of name
Clark, Mabel Margaret
Cowie, Mabel Margaret
Date of birth
1898-12-19
Date of death
1975-10-19
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- Black chiffon, 1949DLC copy theater program (by Lesley Storm)
- Internet Broadway database, February 2, 2009(Lesley Storm; Female; Writer)
- Who's who 2010 & who was who WWW site(Storm, Lesley; d. 19 Oct., 1975; unmarried name was Margaret Cowie; m. James Doran Clark)
- The times, 20 Oct., 1975:p. 14 (Miss Lesley Storm, dramatist; d. at the age of 71; real name Margaret Cowie; b. Maud, Aberdeenshire)
- Fasti ecclesiae Scoticanae, 1926 & 1950:v. 6, p. 230 (William Cowie; daughter Mabel Margaret b. 19 Dec., 1898) v. 8, p. 583 (William Cowie; daughter Mabel Margaret M.A. "Lesley Storm", the novelist; m. James Thompson Doran Clark, 21 July, 1921)
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Wikipedia description:
Lesley Storm was the pen-name of Mabel Cowie (1898–1975), also known by her married name of Mabel Clark. She was a Scottish writer, who wrote a number of plays, some of which were filmed. Black Chiffon and Roar Like a Dove were major hits. She also wrote several screenplays, including The Heart of the Matter (1953), based on the novel by Graham Greene, and The Spanish Gardener, based on the 1950 novel of the same name by A.J. Cronin. She wrote some novels, the best known was Lady, What of Life? (Cassell, 1928). It depicted London social life in transition from Victorian to modern times.
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