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Mary Badham Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mary Badham. A ten-year-old native of Alabama, Badham portrayed "Scout" Finch in the Academy Award-winning film To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). She has since lectured around the world about the film's messages of tolerance and compassion. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 12, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

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Mary Badham Oral History

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11/12/2014

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Duration: 56 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

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2014.001.0136

Curatorial Note:

To Kill a Mockingbird was released by Universal Pictures on December 25, 1962. The film ultimately won three Academy Awards out of a total of eight nominations. In addition to the film winning Best Screenplay and Best Art Direction, Gregory Peck won his first and only Oscar for Best Actor after having been previously nominated in the category four times. Mary Badham was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (the youngest actress ever nominated in the category) alongside Shirley Knight for Sweet Bird of Youth; Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate, Thelma Ritter for Birdman of Alcatraz and Patty Duke, who won for her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Mary Badham Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Mary Badham. A ten-year-old native of Alabama, Badham portrayed "Scout" Finch in the Academy Award-winning film To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). She has since lectured around the world about the film's messages of tolerance and compassion. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 12, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Mary Badham Oral History

Date:

11/12/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Literature

Films

Civil rights

Alabama

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Popular Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 56 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0136

Curatorial Note:

To Kill a Mockingbird was released by Universal Pictures on December 25, 1962. The film ultimately won three Academy Awards out of a total of eight nominations. In addition to the film winning Best Screenplay and Best Art Direction, Gregory Peck won his first and only Oscar for Best Actor after having been previously nominated in the category four times. Mary Badham was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (the youngest actress ever nominated in the category) alongside Shirley Knight for Sweet Bird of Youth; Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate, Thelma Ritter for Birdman of Alcatraz and Patty Duke, who won for her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. - Stephen Fagin, Curator