Edith Meiser

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Born

May 9, 1898 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died

September 26, 1993

Edith Meiser was an actress, playwright and author. She was born in Detroit and attended Vassar College. Her stage career started in 1923 with "The New Way"; her final show was the 1960 production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". Along the way she was in 20 Broadway shows. Her film and television career was sporadic, including two appearances on "I Love Lucy". As a writer, she wrote scripts for Helen Hayes's first radio serial, "The New Penny". She and husband Tom McKnight created "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", a series for radio in 1930, starring Richard Gillette. Later, the success of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series caused Meiser to adapt and write "The New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes", starring Rathbone and Bruce. She wrote all of the episodes from 1939 through 1943. In later life Meiser authored mystery novels and a play, "The Wooden O". She was a member of the Actors Equity Board and the chairwoman of the Equity Library Theater.