Albert Hackett

Playwright

Birthday February 16, 1900

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace New Jersey

DEATH DATE Mar 16, 1995 (95)

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About

Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright and screenwriter, most remembered for his 1959 work, The Diary of Anne Frank. He also wrote In the Good Old Summertime and The Long, Long Trailer.

Before Fame

He attended the Professional Children's School in New York City.

Trivia

He and his writing partner, Frances Goodrich, won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for their play, The Diary of Anne Frank.

Family Life

He married his business and writing partner, Francis Goodrich.

Associated With

He studied at the Professional Children's School, where singer Lady Gaga also attended.