Molly Kazan

Molly Day Kazan (December 16, 1906 – December 14, 1963) was an American dramatist and playwright.

Kazan was born in 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. She was the first wife of film director Elia Kazan.

She wrote the following plays:

• The Egghead
• Rosemary
• The Alligator

She died in 1963,two days before her 57th birthday, in Bellevue Hospital in New York City following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was survived by her husband and four children, including the playwright Nicholas Kazan. Her granddaughter is actress Zoe Kazan.