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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.
Linda Woolverton is a writer and producer who has worked on animated and live-action Disney movies, such as Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Maleficent. She was born in Long Beach, California, and has a BFA in Theater Arts from California State University, Long Beach.
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Linda Woolverton is a writer and producer of animated and live-action films, such as Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Maleficent. She has a BFA in Theater Arts and a Masters in Theater for Children, and has worked for CBS and Disney.
- December 19, 1952
May 29, 2016 · When Linda Woolverton was writing the screenplay for 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast,” she developed a reputation for banging her head on the table in meetings.
But even as we come to expect the live-action treatment for every princess ever dreamed up, there’s one person monitoring the 3-D-ification of Belle with more than a passing interest: Linda...
May 27, 2016 · Screenwriter Linda Woolverton, 63, has penned such moderns classics as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. In 2010, with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, she became the...
Oct 18, 2019 · Linda Woolverton is a Disney stalwart who wrote Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Maleficent. She talks about her career, her vision of strong female characters, and her lack of royalties from Disney Plus.
