Leigh Brackett

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AKA: Leigh C Brackett
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/07/1915
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Death Date: 03/18/1978

biography

This imaginative female writer established herself as a novelist, writing in genres from fantasy to detective fiction to Westerns before segueing to creating mostly male-oriented films. Leigh Brackett often collaborated with Howard Hawks, notably on the superb film noir "The Big Sleep" (1946) and the cycle of excellent Westerns that began with "Rio Bravo" (1958) and ended with "Rio Lobo" (1970). Although her first released film was "The Vampire's Ghost" (1945), for which she provided the story and screenplay, Brackett received her first real notice for "The Big Sleep", adapted from Raymond Continued

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milestones

Year
Milestone
1943 
Published novel, "No Good From a Corpse"
1944 
Wrote first screenplay for Howard Hawks, "The Big Sleep", adapted from a Raymond Chandler novel; shared screen credit with William Faulkner and Jules Furthman; film was released in 1946
1945 
Co-wrote and provided story for "The Vampire's Ghost"
1946 
Received first solo screenwriting credit on "Crime Doctor's Manhunt"
1958 
Her novel "Markham" was adapted into TV pilot
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