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Nov 11, 2015 · W hile many women in Hollywood have to be boldly assertive in order to get noticed, Melissa Mathison’s ascent to success was marked by patience and modesty. In fact, the screenwriter behind the ...
Nov 4, 2015 · Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 65.
Nov 5, 2015 · Melissa Mathison, screenwriter of the Steven Spielberg film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), has died at age 65. Her sister, Melinda Mathison, said the cause was neuroendocrine cancer.
Nov 4, 2015 · Mathison also served as assistance producer on the film, working under Kathleen Kennedy. “Melissa was a remarkable friend not only to me but to everyone who had the privilege to know her ...
The sporadic but brilliant career of screenwriter Melissa Mathison offered a vivid case study of an artist who succeeded in maximizing the benefits of each opportunity she was afforded. Though she had only a half dozen films to her credit when she died of cancer on November 4, 2015, Mathison earned a permanent place in American pop culture as ...
May 14, 2024 · He then welcomed son Malcolm, 36, and daughter Georgia, 33, in 1987 and 1990, respectively, with his second wife, Melissa Mathison. A decade later, Ford adopted his now-wife Calista Flockhart 's ...
Aug 9, 2019 · Melissa Mathison was born Melissa Marie Mathison, on June 3, 1950, in Los Angeles, to Richard Randolph Mathison and Margaret (Pegeen) Jean Mathison (née Kieffer). Her father was the Los Angeles bureau chief of ‘Newsweek,’ and her mother was a food writer and a convenience-food entrepreneur. She had a happy childhood in Hollywood Hills and ...
