Ella O'Neill (screenwriter)

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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| occupation = Screenwriter

| years_active = 1931–1938

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Ella O'Neill was an American screenwriter who penned B movies and serials at Universal in the 1930s.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE6_olMS_2oC&q=%22ella+o%27neill%22+screenwriter&pg=PA58|title=In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials|last=Cline|first=William C.|date=1997-12-01|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786404711|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/13096460/?terms=%22ella+o%27neill%22+serial+universal|title=8 Apr 1934, Page 93 - The Salt Lake Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380342705/?terms=%22ella+o%27neill%22+serial+universal|title=27 Mar 1932, 39 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}} She worked primarily in the action, Western, and detective genres.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380340161/?terms=%22ella+O%27neill%22+scenarist|title=14 Jul 1935, 37 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}} She had been a practicing attorney in Chicago before she became a serial writer, and she was noted as a language expert.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGFqBFs_4xcC&q=%22ella+o%27neill%22+screenwriter&pg=PA13|title=The Flash Gordon Serials, 1936-1940: A Heavily Illustrated Guide|last1=Kinnard|first1=Roy|last2=Crnkovich|first2=Tony|last3=Vitone|first3=R. J.|date=2015-05-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786455003|language=en}}