Discipline: Literature

Halsey Melone

Discipline: Literature
Region: Bethesda, MD
MacDowell Fellowships: 1954
Halsey Melone (1923-1996) was a writer of teleplays in the 1950s and early 60s for series such as “Riverboat”, which starred Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds, “Wagon Train,” and “The Millionaire.” He was best known among critics for Comfort for the Grave, an episode of “Suspicion” (1958).

Studios

Mansfield

Halsey Melone worked in the Mansfield studio.

The Helen Coolidge Mansfield Studio was donated by graduates of the Mansfield War Service Classes for Reconstruction Aides. Helen Mansfield helped found the New York MacDowell Club. The small, shingled frame structure with stone foundation was originally fronted on the west side by a neat white picket fence and gate, a garden, and a stone pathway…

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