Owen Davis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Owen Davis
Occupation	Playwright
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1874(1874-01-29)
Age	150
Date Of Death	1956-10-14
Country	United States
Birth City	Maine
Horoscope	Capricorn

Owen Davis Biography

Owen Davis is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on January 29, 1874 in Maine, United States. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, an American playwright who wrote hundreds of scripts and plays for stage, radio and film.

He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize fifteen years before He won the Pulitzer Prize fifteen years before Thornton Wilder did. did.

Son Donald plays a part in the playwriting.

Owen Davis Net Worth

Owen Davis is one of the richest Playwright from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Owen Davis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born at Bangor, Maine.

He was awarded in 1923 the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his drama Icebound.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Owen Davis Dating?

According to our records, Owen Davis married to Elizabeth Breyer. As of December 1, 2023, Owen Davis’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Owen Ranked on the list of most popular Playwright. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Owen Davis celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Owen Davis

1. Owen Gould Davis wrote more than 200 plays and was the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America
2. In 1923 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his play Icebound
3. He wrote racy sketches for the Police Gazette under the name Ike Swift
4. He grew up in Portland and Bangor Maine and graduated from Harvard University
5. He married actress Elizabeth Drury Breyer and they had two sons, Owen Jr and Donald
6. He wrote Broadway plays and scripts for film and radio
7. His brother William Hammatt Davis was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration
8. Davis wrote two autobiographies: I’d Like to Do It Again and My First Fifty Years in the Theatre
9. He wrote melodramas for his first two decades of writing
10. He wrote scripts for the radio program The Gibson Family
11. He was a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures from 1927-1930
12. He died in New York City in 1956 at the age of 82
13. He was survived by his wife, two sons, one brother, and a sister
14. Through the Breakers was his first play and opened in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1897
15. Reaping the Whirlwind was his first Broadway play and opened in September 1900