Cari Beauchamp, Hollywood Historian and Author, Dies at 74
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor Cari Beauchamp, a widely respected Hollywood historian and author who was a frequent presence on Turner Classic Movies and a contributor to Variety, has died.
She was 74. Beauchamp was a prolific writer who often focused on the stories of female pioneers in the entertainment industry.
Among the books she wrote or co-wrote over the years were “Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and The Powerful Women of Early Hollywood” and “Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival.” She also edited and annotated “Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by the Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Other books included “Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s” and “Joseph P.
Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years.” Born in Berkeley, Calif., Beauchamp worked as a private investigator, a campaign manager and as press secretary to California Gov.
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