Aurania Rouverol

Aurania Rouverol (née Ellerbeck; August 13, 1886 – June 23, 1955) was an American writer best known for her play Skidding, in which she created Andy Hardy and his family, who were turned into a popular series of sixteen movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Aurania Ellerbeck was born, the 22nd baby, in Utah to Thomas Witten Ellerbeck, one of the chief clerks of Brigham Young. She went to Stanford University and studied playwriting at Radcliffe. She worked as an actress on stage.

She died in Palo Alto, California, aged 68 years.

She married Joseph Augustas Rouverol (Rouveyrol) in 1946[10] and was the mother of actress and author Jean Rouverol (1916–2017).[11]