Patricia Louisianna Knop

Patricia Louisianna Knop
A young white woman with short dark hair
Patricia L. Knop, from the 1958 yearbook of Muskegon High School
BornOctober 23, 1940
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
Died (aged 78)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouse
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(m. 1965; died 2012)​
Children2 daughters

Patricia Louisianna Knop (October 23, 1940 – August 7, 2019) was an American screenwriter, television producer, art collector, and sculptor.[1]

Early life and education

Knop was born in Muskegon, Michigan,[2] the daughter of Albert Ernest Knop and Alice Lillian Keat Knop. Her father worked in a refrigerator factory. She graduated from Muskegon High School in 1958.[3]

Career

Knop met her husband in the Bahamas in the 1960s. They opened several coffee shops in New York, New Jersey, and Iowa, before getting into show business.[4] She was credited as a writer on the films The Passover Plot (1976),[5] Lady Oscar (1979),[6] Silence of the North (1981),[7] 9½ Weeks (1986), Siesta (1987), Wild Orchid (1989), and Delta of Venus (1995). She was also a producer on the television series Red Shoe Diaries (1992 to 1996).[2][8] In theatre, Knop co-wrote the book for the musical Whistle Down the Wind (1989) with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gale Edwards.[1][9]

Sculptures created by Knop appeared in the film Some Call it Loving (1973). Knop was an adventurous art collector; she and Zalman King filled their Santa Monica home with contemporary paintings and sculptures, antiques, salvaged items, and stained glass.[10]

Personal life

Knop married film director Zalman King in 1965; they had two daughters, Gillian and Chloe. Her husband died in 2012, and she died in 2019, at the age of 78, in Santa Monica.[1][2][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bell, Breanna (August 16, 2019). "Screenwriter Patricia Louisianna Knop Dies at 78". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Beresford, Trilby; Bartlett, Rhett (August 16, 2019). "Patricia Louisianna Knop, Screenwriter on '9 1/2 Weeks,' Dies at 78". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Muskegon High School, Said and Done (1958 yearbook): 90. via Ancestry.
  4. ^ Wagner, Joyce (1970-12-20). "Young Lawyer is Put-On". The Kansas City Star. p. 102. Retrieved 2023-01-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Henderson, Sanya Shoilevska (2009-07-31). Alex North, Film Composer: A Biography, with Musical Analyses of A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, The Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzi's Honor. McFarland. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-7864-4333-8.
  6. ^ Demy, Jacques (1979), Lady Oscar, retrieved 2023-01-01
  7. ^ Toronto International Film Festival (2002-11-08). Allan King: Filmmaker. Indiana University Press. p. 1685. ISBN 978-0-9689132-1-5.
  8. ^ Donovan, Stacey; King, Zalman; Knop, Patricia (2005). Zalman King's red shoe diaries. Internet Archive. New York : Berkley Books. ISBN 978-0-425-20130-5.
  9. ^ Snelson, John (2009-01-01). Andrew Lloyd Webber. Yale University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-300-15113-8.
  10. ^ Fisher, Paul (2022-01-25). "The Daughter of Showbiz Couple Zalman King and Patricia Knop Shares Their World-class Art Collection". Ventura Blvd. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  11. ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (August 16, 2019). "'9 1/2 Weeks' Screenwriter Patricia Louisianna Knop Dies at 78". The Wrap. Retrieved August 24, 2019.