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Linda Woolverton is an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist, known for her work on Disney films and musicals. She wrote Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Alice in Wonderland, and Maleficent, among others.
Linda Woolverton. Writer: Maleficent. Linda Woolverton was born in Long Beach, California, graduating from high school in 1969 and having been an honors student in her schools theater program. She enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, graduating with a BFA in Theater Arts in 1973.
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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 Disney since 1980.
- December 19, 1952
May 27, 2016 · Linda Woolverton was a playwright and author when she got her start with Disney, writing 1991’s era-defining hit Beauty and the Beast, and since then has written Disney standouts like The...
- Maxwell Losgar
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 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.
May 27, 2016 · Linda Woolverton, 63, is the first female writer of a billion-dollar-earning movie, Alice in Wonderland. She also wrote Beauty and the Beast, Maleficent, and Alice Through the Looking Glass, and fought for a more independent and complex Belle character.
