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(1903-1987) Playwright. Clare Boothe Luce was born in New York City and died in Washington, District of Columbia.

Full Name

Clare Boothe Luce

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Luce attended the Cathedral School of St. Mary in Garden City, New York.

1903

BIRTH

Ann Clare Boothe was born in Manhattan, New York, on March 10, 1903.

1919

OTHER

Ms. Luce graduated from Miss Mason's School in Tarrytown, New York, in 1919.

1931

LITWORK

Stuffed Shirts


Collection of short writings.

1935

LITWORK

Abide With Me


Play, drama. Opened at the Ritz Theatre in Manhattan, New York, in November 1935.

1937

LITWORK

The Women
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Play. Opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on December 26, 1936.

1939

LITWORK

Kiss the Boys Goodbye
New York, New York: Random House

Play, comedy. Opened at Henry Miller's Theatre on September 28, 1938.

1940

LITWORK

Margin For Error
New York, New York: Random House

Play, melodrama. Opened at the Plymouth Theatre in Manhattan, New York, on November 3, 1939.

1940

LITWORK

Europe In The Spring
A. A. Knopf

Nonfiction.

1949

LITWORK

Come To The Stable


Screenplay, written with Sally Benson and Oscar Millard.

1951

LITWORK

Child of the Morning


Play.

1987

DEATH

Clare Boothe Luce died at her home in Washington, District of Columbia, on October 9, 1987.

1987

INTERMENT

Ms. Luce was interred at the Luce Family Cemetery, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina.

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