Patricia Highsmith

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• born: 19/Jan/1921 (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
• died: 04/Feb/1995 (Locarno, Switzerland) - leukemia

[edit] Biography

Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers. She acquired world renown for "Strangers on a Train", which has been adapted to the screen a number of times, most famously by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951, and for her "Ripliad" series of books on the character of Thomas Ripley. She also wrote many short stories, often macabre, satirical or tinged with black humour.

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[edit] Filmography

Adaptations by Hitchcock...

• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV)
  • "Annabel" (01/Nov/1962) - original story

Other adaptations of note...

• Plein soleil (1960)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

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