James Agee

James Agee

writer, actor, director

James Agee was born on Nov 27, 1909 in USA. James Agee's big-screen debut came with The Quiet One directed by Sidney Meyers in 1948. James Agee is known for All the Way Home directed by Delbert Mann, Sally Field stars as Mary Follet and William Hurt as Jay Follet. The upcoming new movie James Agee plays is A Death in the Family which will be released on Mar 25, 2002.

James Agee, Pulitzer Prize winning author, was born in Knoxville in 1909. The intense writer was to enjoy little real success in his lifetime, but after death won accolades. In 1958 he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his uncompleted biographical novel A Death in the Family. Agee also wrote the classic Let Us Now Praise Famous Men with Walker Evans and the Oscar nominated screenplay for The African Queen with John Huston. Agee also appeared in a film and several TV shows while working in Hollywood. He died in 1955, only 45 years old, of a heart attack in NYC.

  • Birthday

    Nov 27, 1909
  • Place of Birth

    Knoxville, Tennessee, USA