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Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout Finch. He is a lawyer who appears to support racial equality and is appointed to represent Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. The town disapproves of his defending Tom especially when he makes clear his intent to defend Tom Robinson to the ...
Mary Badham (born October 7, 1952) is an American actress who portrayed Jean Louise "Scout" Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. [1] At the time, Badham (aged 10) was the youngest actress ever nominated in this category. [2]
Atticus Finch's willingness to support social outcasts and victims of prejudice is the eponymous inspiration for the name of the Atticus Circle, which was an organization composed of "straight allies" (that is, heterosexual people supportive of the LGBT rights movement).
Mary Badham, who was nominated for an Academy Award as Scout in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in 1962, is now 65 years old. ... Atticus Finch, in the classic film. Peck passed away in 2003.
The production, now at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, includes in the role of Mrs. Henry DuBose played by Mary Badham, who originally was Scout Finch.
Young Scout and her older brother Jem live in Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s.Despite the family's modest means, the children enjoy a happy childhood with their widowed father, Atticus Finch, and their African-American housekeeper, Calpurnia.
Richard Thomas stars as Atticus Finch in the touring production "To Kill a Mockingbird," Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's prize-winning story, at Providence Performing Arts Center from ...
When Scout embarrasses her poorer classmate, Walter Cunningham, at the Finch home one day, Calpurnia, their black cook, chastises and punishes her for doing so. [66] Atticus respects Calpurnia's judgment, and later in the book even stands up to his sister, the formidable Aunt Alexandra, when she strongly suggests they fire Calpurnia. [ 67 ]