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name: "Joan Harrison"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "26 June 1907"
died: "14 August 1994"
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# Joan Harrison

Screenwriter. Born 26 June 1907 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. Died 14 August 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 26 June 1907, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 August 1994

## Biography

Joan Harrison was an English screenwriter and producer. She began working for Alfred Hitchcock as his secretary in 1933 and became one of his closest collaborators, contributing to the screenplays for several of his films including *Jamaica Inn* (1939), *Rebecca* (1940), *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), *Suspicion* (1941) and *Saboteur* (1942).

Harrison moved to Hollywood with Hitchcock in 1939. She produced her first film, *Phantom Lady* (1944), and went on to produce *The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry* (1945), *Ride the Pink Horse* (1947) and other features. From 1955 to 1962 she produced the television series *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and later *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour*.

She received Academy Award nominations for her work on *Foreign Correspondent* and *Rebecca*. Harrison married the novelist Eric Ambler in 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)

## Also known for

- *Suspicion* (1941), Screenplay
- *Saboteur* (1942), Screenplay
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Screenplay
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Producer
- *Jamaica Inn* (1939), Screenplay
- *Phantom Lady* (1944), Associate Producer
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Producer
- *Ride the Pink Horse* (1947), Producer

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