★ Writing
1906 – 1998
· Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Active 1937–1963
Catherine Turney, born in 1906 in Chicago, was a pioneering writer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1970s. She made significant contributions to genre cinema, notably as the writer of Back from the Dead (1957), a film that reflects the era's fascination with horror and the supernatural. Turney's work at Warner Brothers in the 1940s marked her as one of the first women to hold a contract in a male-dominated industry, paving the way for future female screenwriters in cult and exploitation cinema.
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Back from the Dead
1957
★ 4.7
Writer
A newly married young woman is possessed by the evil spirt of her husband's deceased first wife. The possession turns her into a scheming killer who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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Filmography
18 creditsCrew Credits
1960s
3 credits
1950s
6 credits
1940s
8 credits
1930s
1 credit