Anne Nichols (1891–1966)
Author of Abie's Irish Rose
Works by Anne Nichols
Associated Works
The Iron Code — Contributor — 3 copies
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950, Volumes 1-2 (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Other names
- Duffy, Anne Nichols (married)
- Birthdate
- 1891-11-26
- Date of death
- 1966-09-15
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- playwright
actor - Relationships
- Matthews, Adelaide (co-author)
- Short biography
- Anne Nichols was born in Dales Mill, Georgia, and grew up in Philadelphia. She ran away from home at 16 to become an actress. By age 20, she had appeared on stage and in two early silent movies. In 1915, she married Henry Duffy, a fellow actor. With Adelaide Matthews, she wrote her first two full-length plays, Heart's Desire (1916) and Just Married (1922). She also wrote the book for several musicals. However, she's most famous as the author of the highly successful comedy Abie's Irish Rose (1922), which ran for five years on Broadway, setting a record, and was adapted into two movies and a radio series that aired from 1942 to 1944. She also wrote several other plays and directed, and later managed property for the Actors' Fund.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Dales Mills, Georgia, USA
- Places of residence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols familiar from stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premise involves an Irish Catholic girl and a young Jewish man who marry despite the objections of their families. It inspired the weekly NBC radio series, Abie's Irish Rose, which replaced Knickerbocker Playhouse and ran from January 24, 1942 through September 2, 1944. Joe Rines directed the cast that starred Richard Bond, Sydney Smith, Richard Coogan and Clayton "Bud" Collyer as Abie show more Levy. Betty Winkler, Mercedes McCambridge, Julie Stevens and Marion Shockley portrayed Rosemary Levy. Solomon Levy was played by Alfred White, Charlie Cantor and Alan Reed show less
Aug 28, 2025Italian
Is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols familiar from stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premise involves an Irish Catholic girl and a young Jewish man who marry despite the objections of their families. It inspired the weekly NBC radio series, Abie's Irish Rose, which replaced Knickerbocker Playhouse and ran from January 24, 1942 through September 2, 1944. Joe Rines directed the cast that starred Richard Bond, Sydney Smith, Richard Coogan and Clayton "Bud" Collyer as Abie show more Levy. Betty Winkler, Mercedes McCambridge, Julie Stevens and Marion Shockley portrayed Rosemary Levy. Solomon Levy was played by Alfred White, Charlie Cantor and Alan Reed. show less
Aug 26, 2025Italian
Is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols familiar from stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premise involves an Irish Catholic girl and a young Jewish man who marry despite the objections of their families. It inspired the weekly NBC radio series, Abie's Irish Rose, which replaced Knickerbocker Playhouse and ran from January 24, 1942 through September 2, 1944. Joe Rines directed the cast that starred Richard Bond, Sydney Smith, Richard Coogan and Clayton "Bud" Collyer as Abie show more Levy. Betty Winkler, Mercedes McCambridge, Julie Stevens and Marion Shockley portrayed Rosemary Levy. Solomon Levy was played by Alfred White, Charlie Cantor and Alan Reed. show less
Aug 25, 2025Italian
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