Zarah Tazil

{{short description|American actress}}

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| spouse = Ray Kirkwood

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Zarah Tazil (sometimes credited as Zara Tazil) was an actress, assistant director, and screenwriter who made a name for herself working on Western B-movies in the 1930s.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8OSCgAAQBAJ&q=%22zarah+tazil%22&pg=PA128|title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each|last=Pitts|first=Michael R.|date=2015-09-17|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476610368|language=en}} "Zarah Tazil" was likely a stage name, although her real name is unknown. She was married to director/producer Ray Kirkwood; the pair left Hollywood after 1936's Outlaws of the Range.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/524608454/?terms=%22ray+kirkwood%22+zarah|title=Personal|last=|first=|date=9 Sep 1936|website=The Herald-News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/525479240/?terms=%22kirkwood%22+zarah+tazil|title=Miss Zarah Tazil to Vacation in Clifton|last=|first=|date=2 Sep 1936|website=The Paterson News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-10}}

In 1937 it was announced that Tazil would write four films to be produced in Africa, Unknown, When Hell Broke Loose, The Devil's Finger and Black Widow to be produced in Egypt. None of the films would be made. p. 224 Ray Kirkwood Announces for Season 1937-1938 Four Huge Specials The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures New York, The Film Daily 1937