Hollywood author, historian and TCM contributor was 74 – Deadline
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Cary Beauchamp, a widely respected historian and author of numerous books on Hollywood who often appeared on Turner Classics Movies and at the network’s annual TCM Classic Film Festival, has died. She was 74 years old.
TCM published regards to Beauchamp on her Twitter/X page on Friday.
“We are saddened to hear of the loss of a member of our TCM family, pioneering historian Carrie Beauchamp,” the network wrote today. Without her invaluable work, many creative women would be lost to history. We are grateful for her many contributions to our network over the years.
Beauchamp’s work has focused on the role of women in Hollywood, including in her books Without lying down: Frances Marion And strong women in early Hollywood And The Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s. I also wrote Presented by Joseph B. Kennedy: His Hollywood YearsIt has been edited Rediscovering Anita Loos: Wizards of Film and Fantasy by the creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes He participated in writing it Hollywood on the Riviera: The inside story of the Cannes Film Festival.
She was nominated for a WGA Award in 2001 for co-writing the documentary version of Without lying down, which debuted on TCM. She wrote the 2003 Independent Lens documentary The day my Lord died, Which exposed the child sex trade in India. The film won an Emmy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
She also appeared frequently as a panellist on documentaries focused on Hollywood, including TCM Mughals and Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood And the story of the movie. She also participated in the 2018 documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blachet.
Beauchamp, who early in her career was a political campaign manager and served as press secretary for California Governor Jerry Brown, has become an important voice on all matters related to Hollywood history. According to her biography, she has twice been named a scholar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has been a scholar-in-residence at the Mary Pickford Foundation.
“Sadly, we pay our respects to Carrie Beauchamp, who made her mark on the industry through her dedication to writing about strong women in cinema.” to publish today. “We are grateful to have known Carrie. She has made an invaluable contribution to the legacy of Mary Pickford and so many other female film pioneers.
Beauchamp was very popular on the speaking circuit, giving speeches at AMPAS, the British Film Institute, the Edinburgh Film Festival, Cannes, the Women’s Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. She was a regular speaker and moderator at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.
As a writer, her byline has appeared in publications such as Deadline’s sister sites diverse And Hollywood Reporterthe Los Angeles Timesthe The New York Times And Vanity gallery.
