Lenore J. Coffee
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Lenore Jackson Coffee (b. 13 July 1896, San Francisco — 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for best Adapted Screenplay.
The first time was for Street of Chance in 1929/1930, adapted from the story by Oliver H. P. Garrett, in collaboration with Howard Estabrook. The second was with Julius J. Epstein in 1938 for Four Daughters, based on Fannie Hurst's novel, Sister Act.
Coffee was married to writer and director William J. Cowen. U.S. General John Coffee, who was Chief of Staff to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1814, was one of her ancestors.
