Molly Kazan

Molly Day Kazan ( ; ; December 16, 1906 – December 14, 1963) was an American dramatist and the first wife of influential film director Elia Kazan. Biography Molly Day Thacher was born in South Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Emma Cecelia (née Erkenbrecher) and Alfred Beaumont Thacher, a lawyer. Her grandparents were Elizabeth (Day) and Thomas Anthony Thacher, a classicist and college administrator. Her uncle, Thomas Thacher, was a lawyer. Kazan graduated from Vassar College and attended the Yale Drama School for two years, where she met Elia Kazan. Molly was dating Elia's friend and roommate Alan Baxter at the time, until Molly left Baxter for Elia. Molly and Elia Kazan married in 1932. Molly Day Kazan was the head of the playwriting division of Actors Studio for several years before resigning in May 1962.