Albert Hackett

AKA:
Albert M Hackett , Albert Maurice Johnson
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/16/1900
Birthplace:
New York, New York
Death Date:
03/16/1995
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biography
This celebrated American screenwriter wrote such classics features as "The Thin Man" (1934), "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) and "Father of the Bride (1950) as well as the play and screen versions of "The Diary of Anne Frank" with his wife Frances Goodrich. Their collaboration resulted in four Academy Award nominations and a Pulitzer Prize and earned the pair a place as one of the top husband-and-wife writing teams in cinema. The prolific pair turned out witty, sophisticated screwball comedy as easily as musicals and films that on the surface may have seemed charged with mere sentiment but Continued
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1995
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From Story
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1906 
Made stage debut playing a little girl in "Lottie, the Poor Saleslady"
1912 
Made film acting debut in "Poor Jimmy"
1930 
Made last film as an actor, "Whoopee!"
1933 
Began screenwriting collaboration with wife Frances Goodrich with "Penthouse"
1934 
Hit stride as screenwriters with adaptation of "The Thin Man"
Continued