Albert Hackett

Birth Name:

Albert Maurice Hackett

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor, Soundtrack

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

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