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Also Known As Robert Patrick Mulligan
Born August 23, 1925 • New York City • New York
Died December 20, 2008 (aged 83) • Lyme • Connecticut
Notable Works “Baby the Rain Must Fall” • “Bloodbrothers” • “Come September” • “Fear Strikes Out” • “Inside Daisy Clover” • “Kiss Me Goodbye” • “Love with the Proper Stranger” • “Same Time, Next Year” • “The Great Impostor” • “The Man in the Moon” • “The Nickel Ride” • “The Rat Race” • “The Stalking Moon” • “To Kill a Mockingbird”

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Estelle Evans as Calpurnia stands with hands on hips beside Phillip Alford as Jem Finch and Mary Badham as Scout Finch on a porch in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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