Mary Badham

Actress

Female

Born Oct 7, 1952

Age 60

Hometown Birmingham, Alabama

Mary Badham is an American actress, known for her portrayal of Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. At the time, Badham (aged 10) was the youngest actress ever nominated… Read More

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White House Screens 'To Kill A Mockingbird' To Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Glitterazzi - Apr 30, 2012

The Oscar-winning film ,"To Kill A Mockingbird," which based on Harper Lee's critically acclaimed novel, is celebrating 50 years. So, in honor of it, President Obama hosted students from a local Virginia school, as well as several celebs who were tied to the film, to watch the movie in the White House's "Family Theater." The invited guests included: Actress Mary Badham Wilt, who plays Scout in the film Veronique Peck, widow to Gregory Peck, who...
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Screening "To Kill A Mockingbird" At The White House
The White House - Apr 27, 2012

Art has helped create the America that we know and love today. And at its best, film allows us a window into our own lives and get a chance to see the world through someone else's eyes. One of the heroes of American cinema, Atticus Finch, said that "you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." That great line is from the classic film "To Kill A Mockingbird," a movie that has inform...
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Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of To Kill A Mockingbird On Film
The White House - Apr 26, 2012

President Obama hosted a film screening of To Kill a Mockingbird in the Family Theater at The White House to commemorate its 50th anniversary with guests including local students from Washington-Lee High School, Mary Badham Wilt, the actress who played Scout, and Veronique Peck, widow of Gregory Peck who played Atticus Finch. The President also acknowledged the American Film Institute for their commitment to the fine arts and NBC Universal and USA Network f...
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Readout From The President’s Film Screening Of To Kill A Mockingbird At The White House
The White House - Apr 05, 2012

This evening, the President hosted a film screening of To Kill a Mockingbird in the Family Theater at The White House to commemorate its 50th anniversary. The President welcomed guests including local students from Washington-Lee High School, Mary Badham Wilt, the actress who played Scout, and Veronique Peck, widow of Gregory Peck who played Atticus Finch. The President also acknowledged the American Film Institute for their commitment to the fine arts an...
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CHILDHOOD

1952 Birth Born on October 7, 1952.

FIFTIES

2003 50 Years Old Mary Badham had no prior film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Oscar in her category went to another child actress, Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker. During filming, Badham became particularly close to actor Gregory Peck who played Scout's father, and afterwards she remained in touch with him, always calling him by his character's name 'Atticus', until his death in 2003. … Read More

2007 54 Years Old … Henry Lee Badham was an aviator in both world wars and was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame in 2007. … Read More

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