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Linda Woolverton

1952 - Today

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Linda Woolverton (born December 19, 1952) is an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist, whose most prominent works include the screenplays and books of several acclaimed Disney films and stage musicals. She is the first woman to have written an animated feature for Disney, Beauty and the Beast (1991), which is also the first animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. She also co-wrote the screenplay of The Lion King (1994), provided additional story material for Mulan (1998), and adapted her own Beauty and the Beast screenplay into the book of the Broadway adaptation of the film, for which she received a Tony Award nomination and won an Olivier Award. Her recent work includes the screenplays for Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Maleficent (2014), both of which were significant box office successes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Linda Woolverton is the 6,251st most popular writer (up from 6,386th in 2024), the 11,201st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,732nd in 2019) and the 817th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Linda Woolverton ranks 6,251 out of 7,302. Before her are Owen Barfield, Philippa Boyens, Dannie Abse, William Roscoe, Tron Øgrim, and Charlie Jane Anders. After her are Samar Yazbek, Sarojini Sahoo, Christian Prudhomme, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Akiva Goldsman, and Katie Couric.

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Among people born in 1952, Linda Woolverton ranks 609. Before her are Angelika Bahmann, Mabel Rivera, Thomas Ahlström, Al Parker, Andrzej Fischer, and Masaru Arai. After her are Shakti Kapoor, Ivo Papazov, Rubén Toribio Díaz, Parviz Davoodi, Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher, and Christine Korsgaard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Linda Woolverton ranks 11,203 out of 20,380. Before her are Eytan Fox (1964), Jimmy Van Heusen (1913), Charlie Jane Anders (1969), Amy Schumer (1981), James Deen (1986), and Curtis Armstrong (1953). After her are Richard O. Covey (1946), Chino Moreno (1973), Don Williams (1939), Donna Douglas (1932), Janine Lindemulder (1968), and Mort Walker (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Linda Woolverton ranks 817. Before her are Edward Everett Hale (1822), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Andrew Vachss (1942), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Jane Smiley (1949), and Charlie Jane Anders (1969). After her are Akiva Goldsman (1962), Katie Couric (1957), August Wilson (1945), Judith Merril (1923), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), and Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869).

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