'{{Short description|American playwright and screenwriter (1916-2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox writer | name = Horton Foote | image = | birth_name = Albert Horton Foote Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|3|14}} | birth_place = [[Wharton, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|4|1916|3|14}} | death_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S. | occupation = Playwright and screenwriter | notableworks = ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (1962)<br />''[[Tender Mercies]]'' (1983)<br />''Old Man'' (1997)<br /> ''The Trip to Bountiful'' (1985) | spouse = {{marriage|Lillian Vallish Foote <br>|1945|1992|end=died}} | children = 4 | relatives = [[Peter Masterson]] (cousin)<br/>[[Mary Stuart Masterson]] (first cousin once removed) [[Tim Guinee]] (son-in-law) | awards = [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] (1995)<br />[[Academy Awards]] (1962, 1983)<br />[[Emmy Award]] (1997)<br />[[National Medal of Arts]] (2000)}} '''Albert Horton Foote Jr.''' (March 14, 1916{{spaced ndash}}March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', which was adapted from the 1960 [[To Kill a Mockingbird|novel of the same name]] by Harper Lee,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texasarchive.org/2011_03706|title=Interview with Horton Foote|website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image|access-date=November 7, 2019}}</ref> and his original screenplay for the film ''[[Tender Mercies]]'' (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the [[Golden Age of Television]]. Foote received the 1995 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for his play ''[[The Young Man From Atlanta]]''. He was the inaugural recipient of the [[Austin Film Festival]]'s Distinguished Screenwriter Award. In 2000, he was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#00 Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304001626/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#00 |date=March 4, 2010 }}</ref> ==Early life== Foote was born in 1916 in [[Wharton, Texas]], the son of Harriet Gautier "Hallie" Brooks and Albert Horton Foote.<ref name = Hampton>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/theater/05foote.html|title = Horton Foote, Chronicler of America in Plays and Film, Dies at 92|last = Hampton|first = Wilborn|date = March 5, 2009|page = A28|accessdate = February 13, 2024|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> His younger brothers were Thomas Brooks Foote (1921–44), who died in aerial combat over Germany during World War II, and John Speed Foote (1923–95). ==Television== Foote moved to California, where he studied theater at the [[Pasadena Playhouse]] in 1931–32. He began his career as an actor, but was also writing plays. After getting better reviews for his plays than for his acting, during the 1940s he focused on writing. He became one of the leading writers for American television during the 1950s,<ref>{{EmmyTVLegends name|horton-foote|Horton Foote}}</ref> beginning with an episode of ''[[The Gabby Hayes Show]]''. His play ''[[The Trip to Bountiful (play)|The Trip to Bountiful]]'' premiered March 1, 1953, on [[NBC]] with the leading cast members ([[Lillian Gish]], [[Eva Marie Saint]]) reprising their roles on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] later that year.<ref>[https://www.paleycenter.org/2012-horton-foote-selected-television-work/ "Horton Foote: Selected Television Work"] paleycenter.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref><ref name=star/><ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-trip-to-bountiful-2383 " 'The Trip to Bountiful' Broadway"] ibdb.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> He later adapted the play into a feature film.<ref name = Hampton/> Throughout the 1950s, Foote wrote for ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]'', ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''[[Westinghouse Studio One|Studio One]]'', and ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'', among others. He continued into the 1960s with ''[[ITV Playhouse]]'' and ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]''.<ref>Porter, Laurin. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/resoamerlitestud.26.1.0064 "The Horton Foote Collection at the DeGolyer Library", ''Resources for American Literary Study'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (2000), pp. 64-74 - excerpt"] jstor.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref><ref name=star/><ref>[http://www.emmytvlegends.org/blog/?p=1169 "Writer Horton Foote Has Died – Archive 1999 Interview Online"], emmytvlegends.org, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> He twice adapted [[William Faulkner]]'s "[[If I Forget Thee Jerusalem|Old Man]]" to television, in 1958 and 1997.<ref>[https://www.paleycenter.org/2012-spring-horton-foote-old-man "Horton Hoote: Selected Television Work"] paleycenter.org, accessed March 20, 20119</ref> Each received an Emmy nomination. In 1997 Foote won [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special|Outstanding Writing of a Miniseries or Special]]).<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/bios/horton-foote "Horton Foote Emmy"] emmys.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> ==Theatre== Foote's plays were produced on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], [[Off-Broadway]], [[Off-Off-Broadway]] and at [[Regional theatre in the United States|regional theatres]], such as the [[Goodman Theatre]] in Chicago.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/horton-foote-6348 "Horton Foote Broadway"] ibdb.com, accessed March 20, 2019</ref><ref name=lortel>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/823 "Horton Foote Off-Broadway"] lortel.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.goodmantheatre.org/Artists-Archive/creative-partners/playwrights/Horton-Foote/ "Horton Foote at the Goodman"] goodmantheatre.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref><ref name=overview>Sommer, Elyse. [http://www.curtainup.com/foote.html "A CurtainUp Feature: Playwrights Album. An Overview of Horton Foote's Career"] curtainup.com, accessed March 23, 2019</ref> He wrote the English adaptation of the original Japanese book for the 1970 musical ''[[Scarlett (musical)|Scarlett]],'' a musical adaptation of ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]''.<ref>Mandelbaum, Ken. ''Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops'', New York: [[St. Martin's Press]]. {{ISBN|0-312-06428-4}}, p. 180</ref> He won the 1995 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[The Young Man From Atlanta]]''.<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/horton-foote "Horton Foote Pulitzer"] pulitzer.org, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> The [[Goodman Theatre]] production that was taken to Broadway in 1997 was nominated for the [[Tony Award]] Best Play, but did not win. The production starred [[Rip Torn]], [[Shirley Knight]] and [[Biff McGuire]]. Knight and McGuire were also nominated for Tony Awards.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-young-man-from-atlanta-4741 ''The Young Man From Atlanta''] ibdb.com, accessed March 20, 2019</ref> In 1996, Foote was inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/31254-Theatre-Hall-of-Fame-1996 |title=Theatre Hall of Fame 1996 |website=Playbill.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175933/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/31254-Theatre-Hall-of-Fame-1996 |archive-date=March 14, 2014 }}</ref> In 2000, Foote was honored with the [[PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award]] as a Master American Dramatist.<ref>[https://pen.org/winners-of-the-penlaura-pels-international-foundation-for-theater-awards/ Winners of thePEN/laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards"] pen.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref> His three-play biographical series (three full-length pieces comprising three one-act plays each), mainly about his father, ''[[The Orphans' Home Cycle]]'', ran in repertory Off-Broadway in 2009–2010. These plays are ''Roots in a Parched Ground'', ''Convicts'', ''Lily Dale'', ''The Widow Claire'', ''Courtship'', ''Valentine's Day'', ''1918'', ''Cousins'', and ''The Death of Papa''.<ref name=lortel/> The combined productions received a Special [[Drama Desk Award]] "To the cast, creative team and producers of Horton Foote's epic ''The Orphans' Home Cycle''".<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139212-Drama-Desk-Award-Nominations-Announced-Ragtime-and-Scottsboro-Top-List "Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; Ragtime and Scottsboro Top List"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506054651/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139212-Drama-Desk-Award-Nominations-Announced-Ragtime-and-Scottsboro-Top-List |date=May 6, 2010 }} Playbill.com, May 3, 2010.</ref> Some plays had previously been produced separately. ''Convicts'', ''Lily Dale'', ''Courtship'', ''Valentine's Day'' and ''1918'' were filmed, and the latter three were shown on PBS in 1987 as a mini-series titled ''The Story of A Marriage''.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479233/Story-of-a-Marriage/ ''The Story of A Marriage''] tcm.com, accessed March 20, 2019</ref> In describing his three-play work, ''[[The Orphans' Home Cycle]]'', the drama critic for the [[Wall Street Journal]] said this: "Foote, who died last March, left behind a masterpiece, one that will rank high among the signal achievements of American theater in the 20th century."<ref>Review:Theater by Terry Teachout, "Infinite Meaning in the Details of Ordinary Life", [https://www.wsj.com/home-page ''The Wall Street Journal''], February 5, 2010, pg W5</ref> ==Films== Foote received an [[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay]] and the [[Writers Guild of America]] Screen Award for his adaptation of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' in 1963.<ref>[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 "Ceremonies, 1963"] oscars.org, accessed March 22, 2019</ref> Foote did not attend the [[35th Academy Awards|Oscars ceremony]] in 1963 because he did not expect to win, and so was not present to collect the award in person; it was accepted on his behalf by the film's producer, [[Alan J. Pakula]].<ref name="Mercies">{{cite video |people=[[Bruce Beresford]] (actor), [[Robert Duvall]] (actor), Horton Foote (actor), [[Tess Harper]] (actor), Gary Hertz (director)|date=April 16, 2002|title=Miracles & Mercies|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383509|medium=Documentary|publisher=[[Blue Underground]]|location=West Hollywood, California|access-date=January 28, 2008}}</ref> Foote personally recommended actor [[Robert Duvall]] for the part of [[List of To Kill a Mockingbird characters#Arthur .22Boo.22 Radley|Boo Radley]] in ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' after meeting him during a 1957 production of ''[[The Midnight Caller (play)|The Midnight Caller]]'' at [[Neighborhood Playhouse]] in New York City. The two would work together many more times in the future. Foote had described Duvall as "our number one actor."<ref name="Mercies"/> Foote's script for the 1983 film ''[[Tender Mercies]]'' had been rejected by many American film directors before Australian director [[Bruce Beresford]] finally accepted it; Foote later said, "this film was turned down by every American director on the face of the globe."{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} The film received five 1984 Academy Award nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (which Foote won).<ref name=oscar1984>[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 "Oscars. Ceremonies 1984"] oscars.org, accessed March 22, 2019</ref> Duvall won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance.<ref name=oscar1984/> Aware of his failure to attend the 1963 ceremony, Foote made sure to attend [[56th Academy Awards|the 1984 ceremony]]. The film also earned Foote the [[Writers Guild of America]] Award for Best Screenplay.<ref name="Mercies"/> Other film scripts include ''[[Baby the Rain Must Fall]]'' starring [[Steve McQueen]] and [[Lee Remick]], which was based on his play ''The Travelling Lady''. The film was directed by [[Robert Mulligan]], who had worked with Foote on ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' in 1962.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67873/Baby-the-Rain-Must-Fall/ ''Baby the Rain Must Fall''] tcm.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref><ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20116/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird/ ''To Kill a Mockingbird''] tcm.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> Foote generally wrote screenplays that were based on his plays, such as the semi-autobiographic trilogy of ''[[1918 (1985 film)|1918]]'' (1985),<ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/1918-v65 ''1918''] allmovie.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> ''[[On Valentine's Day]]'' (1986)<ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/on-valentines-day-v36258 ''On Valentine's Day''] allmovie.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> and ''Courtship'' (1987).<ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/courtship-v11245 ''Courtship''] allmovie.com, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> ''1918'' and ''On Valentine's Day'' were shot on location in [[Waxahachie, Texas]]. His screenplay for ''[[The Trip to Bountiful]]'' (1985) received an Academy Award nomination and [[Geraldine Page]] won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.<ref>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986 "The 58TH Academy Awards: 1986"], oscars.org, accessed January 30, 2018</ref> He also adapted works by other authors, such as [[John Steinbeck]] (''[[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|Of Mice and Men]]'', directed by and starring [[Gary Sinise]] with [[John Malkovich]]).<ref>{{tcmdb title|85393|Of Mice and Men}}</ref> In addition to Faulkner's ''Old Man'', Foote adapted Faulkner's short story ''Tomorrow'' as a [[Tomorrow (1972 film)|1972 film]] of the same name starring Robert Duvall. Foote had previously adapted the story as a play for television's Playhouse 90 in 1960.<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93548/tomorrow#articles-reviews?articleId=1286603 ''Tomorrow''] tcm.com, accessed January 19, 2024</ref> [[Leonard Maltin]], in his movie guide book, calls the movie the best film adaptation of any of Faulkner's work. On the subject of Faulkner, Foote said, "Faulkner I never met but evidently he liked [my adaptations] because he's allowed me to share the dramatic copyrights to both [[If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem|''Old Man'']] and [[Tomorrow (1972 film)|''Tomorrow'']]&nbsp;... So in other words, you have to get both our permissions to do it."<ref>Spenser, Stuart. [http://bombsite.com/issues/15/articles/764 "Horton Foote"], BOMBsite.com, Spring 1986</ref> Playwright [[Lillian Hellman]] adapted his 1952 play and 1956 novel for the 1966 film ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]'', with [[Marlon Brando]], [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Robert Redford]].<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19800/The-Chase/articles.html ''The Chase''] tcm.com, accessed March 22, 2019</ref><ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19800/The-Chase/screenplay-info.html "Notes on ''The Chase''"] tcm.com, accessed March 22, 2019</ref><ref>Staff. [https://variety.com/1965/film/reviews/the-chase-2-1200421014/ "Film Review: 'The Chase'"] ''Variety'', December 31, 1965</ref> Foote provided the voice of [[Jefferson Davis]] for [[Ken Burns]]'s critically acclaimed documentary, ''The Civil War'' (PBS, 1990). Adaptations of his plays ''The Habitation of Dragons'' (TNT, 1992) and ''Lily Dale'' (Showtime, 1996) preceded the Showtime production of ''Horton Foote's Alone'' (1997). His final work was the screenplay for ''[[Main Street (2010 film)|Main Street]]'', a 2010 dramatic film.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} ==Honors and style== Foote was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2006 from [[Carson-Newman University]].<ref>[http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/photos08.html "Horton Foote's Honorary Degree"] cn.edu, accessed March 21, 2019</ref> He received an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 1987 from [[Spalding University]] ([[Louisville, Kentucky]]). One of Foote's primary biographers is Dr. Gerald Wood, former chairman of the English Department at Carson-Newman. Books by Wood about Foote include ''Horton Foote and the Theater of Intimacy'' and ''Horton Foote: A Casebook'' (Taylor & Francis, 1998, {{ISBN|08-15-325444}}; rev. Routledge, 2014, {{ISBN|11-35-636028}}). Wood and Marion Castleberry co-edited ''The Voice of an American Playwright: Interviews with Horton Foote'' (Mercer University Press, 2012, {{ISBN|978-0881463972}}). [[Baylor University]] also holds close ties with Foote. In 2002, Foote accepted the title as "Visiting Distinguished Dramatist" with the Baylor Department of Theatre Arts.<ref>[https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=6511 "Baylor Festival Honors Legendary Playwright Horton Foote"] baylor.edu, February 5, 2004</ref> [[Tess Harper]], an actress who worked with Foote on ''Tender Mercies'', described him as "America's [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]. If he didn't study the Russians, he's a reincarnation of the Russians. He's a quiet man who writes quiet people." Regarding his own writing, Foote said, "I know that people think I have a certain style, but I think style is like the color of the eyes. I don't know that you choose that."<ref name="Mercies"/> Foote made an effort to employ lifelike language in his writing, citing [[W. B. Yeats]]'s work as an example of this realistic approach. In an interview with playwright Stuart Spencer, Foote discusses his writing and material: "I think there's certain things you don't choose. I don't think that you can choose a style; I think a style chooses you. I think ''that's'' almost an unconscious choice. And I don't know that you can choose subject matter, really. I think that's almost an unconscious choice. I have a theory that from the time you're 12 years old all your themes are kind of locked in.".<ref>Spencer, Stuart. [http://bombsite.com/issues/15/articles/764 "Horton Foote"], ''[[BOMB Magazine]]'' (Spring 1986)]; retrieved November 26, 2012.</ref> The Fine Arts Building at the college located in [[Wharton, Texas]], Wharton County Junior College, is named the Horton Foote Theatre. He was known to be a large supporter of the arts in his hometown of [[Wharton, Texas]]. A Horton Foote Scholarship is awarded at the school to one student per year who excels in theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcjc.edu/Programs/communications-and-fine-arts/drama/scholarship-info.aspx|title=Scholarship Info|website=Wcjc.edu|access-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> In December 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Foote with the [[National Medal of Arts]], saying that he was "the nation's most prolific writer for stage, film, and television."<ref>Cearley, Ramona. [https://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/conversation-horton-foote "A Conversation with Horton Foote"] Humanities Texas, May 2011 (original published in 2005 by University of Texas Press)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.utsa.edu/digital/collection/p15125coll4/id/620|title=Audio of interview with Horton Foote|website=digital.utsa.edu}}</ref> ;Academy Awards *''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (winner) – Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium (1962) *''[[Tender Mercies]]'' (winner) – Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (1983) *''[[The Trip to Bountiful]]'' (nominee) – Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium (1985) ==Personal life== Foote was married to Lillian Vallish Foote (1923–1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|title=RootsWeb: Database Index |website=Ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> from June 4, 1945, until her death in 1992.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/07/obituaries%2Flillian-vallish-foote-producer-69.html "Lillian Vallish Foote; Producer, 69"] ''The New York Times'', August 7, 1992</ref> Their four children are actors Albert Horton Foote, III; [[Hallie Foote]]; playwright Daisy Brooks Foote; and director, writer and lawyer Walter Vallish Foote.<ref name=star/> They have worked on projects with their father. Hallie and Albert Horton Foote III (aka Horton Jr.) appeared in their father's film ''1918'' (1985). Hallie has appeared on stage in her father's works, including, for example, ''[[Dividing the Estate]]'' in 2008,<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/dividing-the-estate-479744 ''Dividing the Estate'' Broadway] ibdb.com, accessed March 20, 2019</ref> ''The Orphans' Home Cycle Part III: The Story of a Family'' in 2010<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/824 "Hallie Foote Off-Broadway"] lortel.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref> and ''Harrison, TX: Three Plays by Horton Foote'' Off-Broadway in 2012.<ref name=curtain/> Daisy wrote the play ''When They Speak of Rita'' (2000) in which Hallie appeared and was directed by their father.<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/46 ''When They Speak of Rita''] lortel.org, accessed March 20, 2019</ref> Foote was introduced to [[Christian Science]] while in California and went on to become a dedicated member of the church. He served as a First Reader in a branch church in [[Nyack, New York]], and also taught Sunday School for many years while living in [[New Boston, New Hampshire]].<ref>[http://journal.christianscience.com/issues/2006/7/124-7 ''Christian Science Journal'' (July 2006 Interview), Volume 124, Issue 7]; accessed June 15, 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Watson |first=Charles S. |date=2003 |title=Horton Foote: A Literary Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYZdAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA155 |location=Austin, TX |publisher=University of Texas Press |page=155 |isbn=978-0-2927-9160-2}}</ref> Foote was the voice of [[Jefferson Davis]] in the 11-hour PBS series ''[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]]'' (1990).<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/about/about-overview/ "Civil War"] pbs.org, accessed March 23, 2019</ref><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/about/credits/ "''Civil War'' Credits"] pbs.org, accessed March 23, 2019</ref> [[Shelby Foote]] wrote the comprehensive three volume, 3000-page history, together titled ''[[The Civil War: A Narrative]]'', upon which the series was partially based and who appeared in almost ninety segments. The two Footes were cousins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://authoradventures.org/trails/search-by-state-h-o/mississippi/delta-state-university/|title=Delta State University in Mississippi}}</ref> Foote was the cousin of actor/director [[Peter Masterson]] who directed three of his screenplays, including ''The Trip to Bountiful'', ''[[Convicts (film)|Convicts]]'' and the Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of ''Lily Dale'', starring [[Mary Stuart Masterson]], Peter's daughter. Foote died in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], on March 4, 2009, at the age of 92, while he was working on a production of ''[[The Orphans' Home Cycle]]'' to premiere in the city.<ref name = Hampton/><ref>Holley, Joe. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/04/AR2009030403922.html "Horton Foote Dies; 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Screenwriter"] ''The Washington Post'', March 5, 2009</ref><ref name=star>[http://www.legacy.com/star-gazette/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=124896274 Obituary] Star-Gazette</ref> At the time of his death, he lived in his hometown of [[Wharton, Texas]], and the [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles|Pacific Palisades]] section of Los Angeles.<ref name = Hampton/> ==Stage plays== ''[[The Orphans' Home Cycle]]'' is a series of nine plays concerning Horace Robedaux (an alias for Horton Foote's father, Albert Horton Foote Sr.), Elizabeth Vaughn (his mother Harriet Gauthier "Hallie" Brooks), and their extended families. {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=50%}} * ''Wharton Dance'' (1940) * ''Texas Town'' (1941) * ''Only the Heart'' (1942) * ''Out of My House'' (1942) * ''Two Southern Idylls:'' ''Miss Lou'' / ''The Girls'' (1943) * ''The Lonely'' (1944) * ''Goodbye to Richmond'' (1944) * ''Daisy Lee'' (one-act) (1944) * ''Homecoming'' (1944) * ''In My Beginning'' (1944) * ''People in the Show'' (1944) * ''Return'' (1944) * ''Celebration'' (1950) * ''The Chase'' (1952) smd * ''The Traveling Lady'' (1954) * ''The Dancers'' (1954) * ''John Turner Davis'' (1956) * ''The Midnight Caller'' (1956) * ''[[The Trip to Bountiful (play)|The Trip to Bountiful]]'' (1962) * ''Roots in a Parched Ground'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1962) * ''Tomorrow'' (1968) * ''Gone with the Wind'' (Author of book) (1972) * ''A Young Lady of Property'' (1976)<ref name=sanfran/> * ''Night Seasons'' (1977) * ''Courtship'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1978) * ''1918'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1979) * ''In a Coffin in Egypt'' (1980) * ''Valentine's Day'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1980) {{col-break}} * ''The Man Who Climbed the Pecan Trees'' (1981) * ''The Old Friends'' (1982) * ''The Roads to Home:'' ''Nightingale'' / ''The Dearest of Friends'' / ''Spring Dance'' (1982) * '' The Land of the Astronauts'' (1983) * ''Cousins'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1983) * ''The Road to the Graveyard'' (one-act) (1985) * ''Courtship/Valentine's Day'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1985) * ''The One-Armed Man'' (1985) * ''The Prisoner's Song'' (1985) * ''Blind Date (one-act) (1985) * ''Convicts'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1986) * ''The Widow Claire'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1986) * ''Lily Dale'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1986) * ''The Habitation of Dragons'' (1988) * ''The Death of Papa'' (''Orphans' Home'' cycle) (1999) * ''Dividing the Estate'' (1989) * ''Talking Pictures'' (1990) * ''Laura Dennis'' (1995) * ''[[The Young Man From Atlanta]]'' (1995) * ''[[The Day Emily Married]]'' (1996) * ''Vernon Early'' (1998) * ''The Last of the Thorntons'' (2000) * ''The Carpetbagger's Children'' (2001)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929190002/http://www.scr.org/media/pdf/02-03programs/carpet.pdf Program from Horton Foote's ''The Carpetbagger's Children''] [[South Coast Repertory]]</ref> * ''The Actor'' (San Francisco, 2002)<ref name=sanfran>Ehren, Christine. [http://www.playbill.com/article/acts-young-conservatory-premieres-two-new-footes-in-san-francisco-jan-17-27-com-103440# "ACT's Young Conservatory Premieres Two New Footes in San Francisco Jan. 17-27"] platbill, January 17, 2002</ref> * ''Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards'' ([[South Coast Repertory]], 2002)<ref>Oxman, Steven. [https://variety.com/2002/more/reviews/getting-frankie-married-and-afterwards-1200550403/ "Reviews. ''Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards''] ''Variety'', April 8, 2002</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929185932/http://www.scr.org/media/pdf/01-02programs/frankieprog.pdf Program for Horton Foote's ''Getting Frankie Married—and Afterwards'' at South Coast Repertory] scr.org</ref> * ''[[Dividing the Estate]]'' (2008) * ''Harrison, TX: Three Plays by Horton Foote'' (Off-Broadway, 2012)<ref name=curtain>Saltzman, Simon. [http://www.curtainup.com/harrisontx.html "A CurtainUp Review. 'Harrison, TX: Three Plays By Horton Foote'"] curtainup.com, August 8, 2012</ref> {{col-end}} ==Original screenplays== * ''[[Tender Mercies]]'' (1983) * ''Alone'' (1997) * ''Main Street'' (2009) ==Memoirs== * ''Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood'' (Scribner, 1999)<ref>Ehren, Christine. [http://www.playbill.com/article/horton-footes-farewell-remembers-texas-childhood-com-82620# "Horton Foote's "Farewell" Remembers Texas Childhood"] playbill, June 16, 1999</ref> * ''Beginnings'' (2001), Simon and Schuster, 2002, {{ISBN|0-74-3217616}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * {{cite book|title=Horton Foote: America's Storyteller|url=https://archive.org/details/hortonfooteameri00hamp|url-access=registration|first=Wilborn|last=Hampton|location=New York|publisher=Free Press|year=2009|isbn=9781416566403 }} * {{cite book|title=The Major Plays of Horton Foote: ''The Trip to Bountiful, The Young Man from Atlanta, ''and'' The Orphans' Home Cycle''|first=Robert W.|last=Haynes|location=Lewiston, New York|publisher=The Edwin Mellen Press|year=2010}} * Castleberry, Marion. 2014. ''Blessed Assurance: The Life and Art of Horton Foote.'' Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. ==External links== * {{IBDB name}} * {{IMDb name|285210}} * {{iobdb name|823}} * {{Find a Grave|34454630}} *[http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=Interview_with_Horton_Foote Interview with Horton Foote], from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image {{Navboxes |title = Awards for Horton Foote |list = {{AcademyAwardBestOriginalScreenplay 1981-2000}} {{AcademyAwardBestAdaptedScreenplay 1961-1980}} {{Emmy Award for Miniseries Writing 1979-2000}} {{Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay}} {{National Medal of Arts recipients 2000s}} {{PulitzerPrize DramaAuthors 1976-2000}} {{Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay}} {{Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement}} {{Evelyn F. 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