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Article: Obituaries:Kay Brown
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 31, 1995
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Early in her career as one of America's most renowned
entertainment agents and talent scouts, Kay Brown achieved two
legendary coups. She took a boat to Stockholm to persuade an
emerging Swedish actress to accept a Hollywood film contract from
Selznick International. In the same period, she discovered a still
unpublished novel and urged her reluctant employer, David O.
Selznick, to take up an immediate option on the rights. The actress
was Ingrid Bergman, the novel Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the
Wind. Throughout her long working life, Kay Brown had an intuitive
gift for spotting and fostering talent. Her shrewdness and ability
are celebrated in the greatest of all producer's bibles, ...