	Adelaide Heilbron was born into a prominent Seattle family. Her parents were George H. Heilbron (editor at "The Seattle Post Intelligencer") and Adelaide Elizabeth Piper (daughter of W.H. Piper, a well-known Boston bookstore owner). Heilbron graduated from Smith College in 1920 and got her start in the film industry providing coverage for Famous Players-Lasky in New York, moving into script supervising before becoming a screenwriter.