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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in middle and high schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. [1]
Estelle Rolle Evans (October 1, 1906 – July 20, 1985) was a Bahamian-American actress during the 20th century. Some of her more famous appearances were in the movies The Quiet One (1948), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), and The Learning Tree (1969).
Mary Badham had no film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Oscar in her category went to another child actress, Patty Duke , for The Miracle Worker . During filming, Badham became particularly close to actor Gregory Peck , who played Scout's father, Atticus Finch ; she kept in contact with him, always calling him ...
But Mary, who received critical acclaim for playing Scout Finch in 1962's "To Kill a Mockingbird," wasn't one to follow the rules. She starred in a few more films before stepping away from the ...
Watching — and reading — Harper Lee's seminal story, To Kill a Mockingbird, has been a rite of passage for multiple generations of American teens.But for the film's star, Mary Badham ...
To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, with Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, James Anderson, and Brock Peters in supporting roles. It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley.
To Kill a Mockingbird's ranking by an organization of British librarians on a list of books that everyone should read before they die. 2: The ranking of The Bible on that same list
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in July 1960 and became instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize a year after its release, and it has become a classic of modern American literature.