Lydia Hayward


Lydia Hayward was a British screenwriter and actress who worked on over 30 screenplays between 1920 and 1942. She was particularly active during the 1920s. Hayward has been noted for several of the sophisticated comedy films she wrote for during the decade. She was married to the director Manning Haynes with whom she frequently collaborated, as well as Australian actor William Freshman, accompanying him to Australia in 1939.

Selected filmography

Pillars of Society Three Men in a Boat Monty Works the Wires The Skipper's Wooing A Bachelor's Baby The Head of the Family The Monkey's Paw Not for Sale Dixon's Return We Women Confessions