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Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "this guy Brackett" to help William Faulkner write ...
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Born:in Los Angeles, California, USADied:(age 62) in Lancaster, California, USA |
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Writer (23 credits)
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2018
Christian Frates' Voice Swaps
(TV Series short) (orginal script by - 1 episode)
- Whitey Duvall is Yogi Bear's Dad
(2018)
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The Rockford Files
(TV Series) (story by - 1 episode, 1975) (teleplay by - 1 episode, 1975)
- The Four Pound Brick
(1975)
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1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(TV Series) (teleplay - 2 episodes)
- Terror at Northfield
(1963)
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- Death of a Cop
(1963)
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Checkmate
(TV Series) (story - 1 episode, 1960) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1960)
- Face in the Window
(1960)
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Novel: "The Tiger Among Us" (aka "Fear No Evil"). NOTE: Filmed as 13 West Street (1962). See more »
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"I simply enjoy the work. Of course, Hollywood has changed greatly since I first started writing. Now you must grab what you can get. I even wrote a TV script for 'The Rockford Files.' Screenwriting is still a challenge for me. It's more technical than creative. You have to be a very good journeyman plumber and put the proper parts together. Then, if you can still inject a little bit of something... See more »Trivia:
Died of cancer after writing the first version of the script of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Because it was an unfinished script, George Lucas revised her draft and engaged Lawrence Kasdan to finish the screenplay. None of Brackett's ideas made it in the final script, but Lucas gave her credit on the screenplay, while he himself is uncredited for his work on the script and only is ... See more »Nickname:
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