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Eleanor Perry

American writer known primarily for her screenplays

c. 1914 – 1981aged 67

An American screenwriter and outspoken advocate for women's rights within the film industry, who used her public platform to criticize Hollywood's treatment of screenwriters and women alike. She was among the feminists who staged a 1972 Cannes Film Festival protest against promotional posters for Roma, throwing red paint on images she saw as reducing women to a joke.

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