Harriet Frank Jr. was born on March 2, 1917 in Portland, Oregon, USA, is an American film writer and producer. She gained her first screen credit with A Really Important Person at 1947. She has a credit of over twenty-six movies as script-writer and also known as producer of the movie Conrack in 1974. She was married to Irving Ravetch and known for her screenplays such as Norma Rae (1979), Murphy's Romance (1985) and Stanley & Iris (1990).