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Revision as of 21:51, 21 November 2007 by MovieMadness (talk | contribs) (Added film credit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 - December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Unsuspected (1947), June Bride (1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954).
Born in Schenectady, New York, MacDougall began his career ushering at Radio City Music Hall. He then sought work elsewhere in Rockefeller Center as a staff writer for NBC Radio before becoming a film director who directed, among others, Joan Crawford in Queen Bee (1955).
MacDougall was President of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1971 until 1973. He was married to Nanette Fabray from 1957 until his death in Los Angeles, California at the age of 58.