Person Details

Birthday: 1936-06-03 21:41:44

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 18

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Larry Jeff McMurtry (born June 3, 1936) is an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for co-writing the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry McMurtry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Brokeback Mountain
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8

Brokeback Mountain

(2005) Screenplay
Joe Bell
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7

Joe Bell

(2020) Writer
Hud
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7

Hud

(1963) Novel
Lonesome Dove
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8

Lonesome Dove

(1989) Novel
The Last Picture Show
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8

The Last Picture Show

(1971) Novel
Terms of Endearment
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7

Terms of Endearment

(1983) Novel
The Evening Star
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6

The Evening Star

(1996) Author
Streets of Laredo
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6

Streets of Laredo

(1995) Creator

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