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Patricia Highsmith(1921-1995)

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Patricia Highsmith
Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
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Patricia Highsmith was born on 19 January 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She was a writer, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Strangers on a Train (1951) and Carol (2015). She died on 4 February 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland.
BornJanuary 19, 1921
DiedFebruary 4, 1995(74)
BornJanuary 19, 1921
DiedFebruary 4, 1995(74)
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Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1999
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strangers on a Train
7.9
  • Writer
  • 1951
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol (2015)
Carol
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2015
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in Deep Water (2022)
Deep Water
5.4
  • Writer
  • 2022

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  • Ripley
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  • Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in Deep Water (2022)
    Deep Water
  • Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson, and Haley Bennett in A Kind of Murder (2016)
    A Kind of Murder
  • Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol (2015)
    Carol
  • A Mighty Nice Man (2014)
    A Mighty Nice Man
  • Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Oscar Isaac in The Two Faces of January (2014)
    The Two Faces of January
  • Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine in The Cry of the Owl (2009)
    The Cry of the Owl
  • 15! (2007)
    15!
  • Ripley Under Ground (2005)
    Ripley Under Ground
  • Ripley's Game (2002)
    Ripley's Game
  • Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • Once You Meet a Stranger (1996)
    Once You Meet a Stranger
  • La rançon du chien
  • Petits contes misògins (1995)
    Petits contes misògins
  • Trip nach Tunis (1993)
    Trip nach Tunis
  • Anthony Perkins in Chillers (1990)
    Chillers
    • ...
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Personal details

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    • January 19, 1921
    • Fort Worth, Texas, USA
    • February 4, 1995
    • Locarno, Switzerland(leukemia)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Wrote the pilot for "Derwatt Resurrected," about fraud involving a painter who had died. It was never produced, but later served as a springboard for her novel "Ripley Under Ground" (1970).
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    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 4 Print Biographies
    • 9 Articles

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    Spent much of her later life in solitude on a 200-year old farmhouse near Locarno, Switzerland, surrounded by books and cats.
  • Quotes
    [on film versions of her novels]: Really, I don't mind too much if they take liberties with my plots, because they're trying to do something quite different from a book, and I think they have a right to change the story as much as they wish. I couldn't write a book with the idea in my mind that it was going to be a film. That would be like thinking of a statue when you're painting a picture.

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