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Donald Spoto | |
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| Born | June 28, 1941 |
| Died | February 11, 2023 (aged 81) Køge, Denmark |
| Education | Iona College (BA, 1963); Fordham University (MA, 1966; PhD, 1970)[1] |
| Spouse | Ole Flemming Larsen[2] |
Donald Spoto (June 28, 1941 – February 11, 2023) was an American biographer and theologian. He was known for his biographies of people in the worlds of film and theater, and for his books on theology and spirituality.
Spoto wrote 29 books,[2] including biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Alan Bates. The BBC/HBO television film The Girl (2012), about Tippi Hedren's experience during the filming of The Birds (1963), was based in part on Spoto's work on Hitchcock.
Spoto wrote biographical accounts of the House of Windsor from the Victorian era to Diana, Princess of Wales, and of religious figures such as Jesus, Saint Joan of Arc, and Saint Francis of Assisi; the latter was made into a television program by Faith & Values Media.[3][4]
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- ^ Biography of Donald Spoto Archived October 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Home page, accessed September 17, 2007.