- Wrote with Jane Cowl under the pseudonym Alan Langdon Martin.
- American playwright and screenwriter, best known as the author of the play "Lilac Time" (1917), co-written with her actress friend Jane Cowl. Murfin started in Hollywood as a scenarist with Vitagraph in 1913. For a while, she headed her own production company (1920-26) in conjunction with her director-husband Laurence Trimble, mostly making films featuring Strongheart the Dog. Subsequently, she worked under contract as a screenwriter for RKO (1929-36) and MGM (1938-44), specialising in romantic comedies, including classics like Roberta (1935), Alice Adams (1935), Come and Get It (1936) and The Women (1939).
- With her husband Laurence Trimble, she brought Strongheart the Dog - film's first canine star - to the United States.
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