Elaine Sterne Carrington

Elaine Sterne Carrington was an American screenwriter, playwright, novelist and short story author who found her greatest success writing for radio. Carrington originated radio soap opera in 1932, and wrote more than 12,000 daily dramas during her long career. At one time she wrote three separate shows Pepper Youngs Family, When a Girl Marries and Rosemary that each ran five times a week.

Elaine Sterne was born in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Marie Louise Henriques and Theodore Sterne, an importer of tobacco. Sterne was educated at Columbia University. In 1920, she married attorney George Dart Carrington, whom she met in grade school. They lived in Brooklyn Heights with children, Patricia and Robert. George died in 1945.

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