George Manker Watters was the youngest of three children raised by his widowed father, Michael Watters. His parents came to America from Germany in 1890, where his father found work as a teamster. Watters was born on April 27, 1892 at Rochester, New York and lost his mother sometime before the taking of the 1900 US Census.

Playwright George Manker Watters move to Hollywood came not long after the success of "Burlesque" that he co-wrote in 1926 with Arthur Hopkins. There he would work as a screenwriter on a number of important films, produce and become a theater chain executive. At the time of his untimely death at age 50, Watters was an executive assistant to the president of Fox West Coast Theatres.

Watters passed away after battling heart disease on March 14, 1943, at his Los Angeles home. He was survived by his wife, Tamazon, son George Jr. and daughter, Tamie.

US Census Records, 1900, New York Times, March 17, 1943

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George Manker Watters

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