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Horton Foote

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Profession
Playwright
Died
Mar 4, 2009
Zodiac
Pisces
Born in
Connecticut
About
An acclaimed 20th-century playwright and screenwriter, he is known for works that chronicle small-town life in Texas and the American South. His best-known works include the screenplay for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as stage plays such as The Trip to Bountiful (1962) and The Traveling Lady (1954).
Family
He was born in the small town of Wharton, Texas, and he grew up with two younger brothers, one of whom was killed in World War II. His nearly fifty-year marriage to Lillian Vallish Foote began in 1945.

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