Molly Kazan


Molly Day Kazan was an American dramatist and playwright.

Early life

Kazan was born in Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Emma Cecelia and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer. Her grandparents were Elizabeth and Thomas Anthony Thacher, a classicist and college administrator. Her uncle, Thomas Thacher, was a lawyer. She was the first wife of film director Elia Kazan.

Career

She wrote the following plays:
She died in 1963, two days before her 57th birthday, in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.