Albert Hackett Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for his decades-long writing partnership with his wife, Frances Goodrich
• Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for the play "The Diary of Anne Frank․"
• Was the older brother of actor Raymond Hackett
• Shared his introduction into Hollywood with his wife when they wrote their first screenplay, 1931's "Up Pops the Devil․"
• Studied at the Professional Children's School and acted in films and on stage as a child
• Associated with big name writers of the 1930s, including F․ Scott Fitzgerald and Dorothy Parker
• Became instrumental in establishing the Screen Writers Guild in 1933