# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horton-foote
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:26.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horton-foote"
name: "Horton Foote"
slug: "horton-foote"
description: "Albert Horton Foote Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television."
tagline: "American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-03-14"
deathDate: "2009-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump