American author, historian, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Cari Beauchamp has died age 74 on December 14, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Cari Beauchamp authored the biography Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood, which was subsequently made into a documentary film. She was the resident scholar of the Mary Pickford Foundation.

Cari Beauchamp Cause of death

Cari Beauchamp died of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her son Jake Flynn told The Hollywood Reporter.

Cari Beauchamp obituary

Cari Beauchamp was born on September 12, 1949, in Berkeley. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1990, she worked as a private investigator, and a campaign manager, and served as Press Secretary to California Governor Jerry Brown.

Cari Beauchamp was a frequent featured speaker on the subject of Women and Hollywood History, appearing throughout the United States and Europe, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the British Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, The Women’s Museum of Art in Washington D.C. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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