Patricia Louisianna Knop
Patricia Louisianna Knop | |
|---|---|
 Patricia L. Knop, from the 1958 yearbook of Muskegon High School | |
| Born | October 23, 1940 Muskegon, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 78) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 daughters |
Patricia Louisianna Knop (October 23, 1940 – August 7, 2019) was an American screenwriter, television producer, art collector, and sculptor.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Knop was born in Muskegon, Michigan,[2] the daughter of Albert Ernest Knop and Alice Lillian Keat Knop. Her father worked in a refrigerator factory. She graduated from Muskegon High School in 1958.[3]
Career
[edit]Knop met her husband in the Bahamas in the 1960s. They opened several coffee shops in New York, New Jersey, and Iowa, before getting into show business.[4] She was credited as a writer on the films The Passover Plot (1976),[5] Lady Oscar (1979),[6] Silence of the North (1981),[7] 9½ Weeks (1986), Siesta (1987), Wild Orchid (1989), and Delta of Venus (1995). She was also a producer on the television series Red Shoe Diaries (1992 to 1996).[2][8] In theatre, Knop co-wrote the book for the musical Whistle Down the Wind (1989) with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gale Edwards.[1][9]
Sculptures created by Knop appeared in the film Some Call it Loving (1973). Knop was an adventurous art collector; she and Zalman King filled their Santa Monica home with contemporary paintings and sculptures, antiques, salvaged items, and stained glass.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Knop married film director Zalman King in 1965; they had two daughters, Gillian and Chloe. Her husband died in 2012, and she died in 2019, at the age of 78, in Santa Monica.[1][2][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bell, Breanna (August 16, 2019). "Screenwriter Patricia Louisianna Knop Dies at 78". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ a b c Beresford, Trilby; Bartlett, Rhett (August 16, 2019). "Patricia Louisianna Knop, Screenwriter on '9 1/2 Weeks,' Dies at 78". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ Muskegon High School, Said and Done (1958 yearbook): 90. via Ancestry.
- ^ Wagner, Joyce (1970-12-20). "Young Lawyer is Put-On". The Kansas City Star. p. 102. Retrieved 2023-01-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Henderson, Sanya Shoilevska (2009-07-31). Alex North, Film Composer: A Biography, with Musical Analyses of A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, The Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzi's Honor. McFarland. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-7864-4333-8.
- ^ Demy, Jacques (1979), Lady Oscar, retrieved 2023-01-01
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival (2002-11-08). Allan King: Filmmaker. Indiana University Press. p. 1685. ISBN 978-0-9689132-1-5.
- ^ Donovan, Stacey; King, Zalman; Knop, Patricia (2005). Zalman King's red shoe diaries. Internet Archive. New York : Berkley Books. ISBN 978-0-425-20130-5.
- ^ Snelson, John (2009-01-01). Andrew Lloyd Webber. Yale University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-300-15113-8.
- ^ Fisher, Paul (2022-01-25). "The Daughter of Showbiz Couple Zalman King and Patricia Knop Shares Their World-class Art Collection". Ventura Blvd. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (August 16, 2019). "'9 1/2 Weeks' Screenwriter Patricia Louisianna Knop Dies at 78". The Wrap. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Patricia Louisianna Knop at IMDb
- Patricia Louisianna Knop at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lisa Borgnes Giramonti (November 12, 2009), "Fearless Women: Patricia Knop" A Bloomsbury Life; a blogpost about Knop, with many photographs of her art and home
