Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na siitia atu Ring Lardner Jr. i Hollywood lea na ia galue ai o se tagata faasalalau ma o se "fomai tusitala" a o leʻi tusia lana lava mea. Na aofia ai le "Woman of the Year" (1942), o se ata na manumalo ai o ia ma Michael Kanin i le faailoga o le Best Original Screenplay
Faʻailoga o le Academy. Na ia galue foʻi i tusitusiga mo ata tifaga "Laura" (1944), "Brotherhood of Man" (1946), "Forever Amber" (1947), ma le "M*A*S*H" (1970). O le tusiga o le vaega mulimuli na maua ai e ia se faailoga o le Academy Award mo le tusiga sili ona lelei.