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  1. Ouida Bergère (born Eunie Branch; December 14, 1886 – November 29, 1974) was an American screenwriter and actress.

  2. Ouida Bergère. Actress: Mates and Mis-Mates. Diminutive red-headed actress, playwright and screenwriter. Her marriage to star actor Basil Rathbone was one of the most enduring in show business, lasting from 1926 until his death in 1967.

    • January 1, 1
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
    • January 1, 1
    • New York City, New York, USA
  3. Ouida Bergere Rathbone. In November of 1923, Basil Rathbone met Ouida Bergere, a redhead with brown eyes. They began to date, and in 1926 they married. Basil declared, “Without her I would be nothing; with her I can be everything. Without her I would be miserable.

  4. Ouida Bergère. Actress: Mates and Mis-Mates. Diminutive red-headed actress, playwright and screenwriter. Her marriage to star actor Basil Rathbone was one of the most enduring in show business, lasting from 1926 until his death in 1967.

    • December 14, 1886
    • November 29, 1974
  5. Learn about the life and career of Basil Rathbone, a versatile and acclaimed actor who starred in swashbucklers, mysteries, horror, and Shakespeare. Discover how his marriage to Ouida, a former actress and his second wife, may have contributed to his downfall.

  6. Ouida Bergère was a prominent and top paid scenario writer in the silent era, who worked with her husband George Fitzmaurice and later Basil Rathbone. She wrote mostly dramas, adaptations, and exotic stories, and was known for her flamboyant style and social connections.

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  8. Aug 5, 2020 · Ouida – attractive, successful and strong-willed – must have seen both a fragility and talent which she could mould. Indeed, once Rathbone had persuaded his first wife to divorce him and...