Barbara Gips, who wrote some of the most iconic movie taglines of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, died on October 16, in the Bronx. You might not know the name, but you know her words. Gips, a highly ...

Barbara Gips, who helped sell Ridley Scott’s classic horror sci-fi thriller Alien to unsuspecting moviegoers with her now-legendary tagline “In space no one can hear you scream,” has died. She was 89.

Her best-known tagline was also her first to be published, written for “Alien”: “In space no one can hear you scream.” By Jeré Longman Barbara Gips, who wrote evocative catchphrases for movie ...