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Horton Foote war der älteste von drei Söhnen des Herrenausstatters Albert Horton Foote, Sr. und der Klavierlehrerin Harriet Gautier „Hallie“ Brooks. Seine jüngeren Brüder waren Thomas Brooks Foote (1921–1944) und John Speed Foote (1923–1995). Er studierte zwei Jahre lang Schauspiel am
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and his original screenplay for the film Tender Mercies (1983).
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Horton Foote was a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for his adaptations of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Trip to Bountiful and Tender Mercies. He created the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, where he set many of his plays, and wrote about his family and childhood memories.
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- Wharton, Texas, USA
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- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
30. Apr. 2024 · Horton Foote (born March 14, 1916, Wharton, Texas, U.S.—died March 4, 2009, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American playwright and screenwriter who evoked American life in beautifully observed minimal stories and was perhaps best known for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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5. März 2009 · Albert Horton Foote Jr., one of three sons of Albert Horton Foote and the former Hallie Brooks, was born March 14, 1916, in Wharton, Tex., a town about 40 miles southwest of Houston.
Horton Foote, who chronicled America's wistful odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas, died in Hartford, Conn., on March 4, 2009. He was 92. Mr.
6. März 2009 · Horton Foote, who has died aged 92, was a prolific playwright with an ear for the resilient spirit of daily life in the small-town southern US states.
