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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Alvarado, Texas, USA

Homepage: http://www.terrysouthern.com/

Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the 1960s and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Southern, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Saturday Night Live
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7

Saturday Night Live

(1975) Writer
Casino Royale
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5

Casino Royale

(1967) Screenplay
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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8
Barbarella
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6

Barbarella

(1968) Screenplay
Easy Rider
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7

Easy Rider

(1969) Screenplay
The Collector
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7

The Collector

(1965) Additional Writing
The Cincinnati Kid
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7

The Cincinnati Kid

(1965) Screenplay
Candy
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5

Candy

(1968) Novel

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