Frances Hyland (screenwriter)

Frances Hyland
Born
Frances Christine Moore

(1903-09-19)September 19, 1903
Stuttgart, Arkansas, US
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouse
(died 1944)
Parents
  • William Carol Moore (father)
  • Aura Lee Dickey (mother)

Frances Hyland (born Frances Christine Moore, September 19, 1903; date of death unknown) was an American screenwriter active between the late 1920s and the late 1940s. She was the first woman hired as a "gagman" at a film studio, and she wrote dozens of comedic scripts over the course of her career.