![]() ![]() ![]() Like Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird was Alford’s film debut. In 2005, she came out of retirement to play a cameo in Cameron Watson’s Our Very Own, and in 2012, she attended a 50th-anniversary screening of To Kill a Mockingbird with Barack Obama at the White House. Badham had a short career thereafter, starring in “The Bewitchin’ Pool” (the final episode of The Twilight Zone), This Property Is Condemned (1966) starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, and Charles Bronson, and Let’s Kill Uncle (1966) before retiring from acting. Mary Badham had no acting experience prior to being cast as Scout, and her performance earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role-which made her the youngest actress ever (at age 10) nominated for the category at the time. He was the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute from 1967 to 1969, and was also a lifelong humanitarian. Peck also starred in acclaimed films like Spellbound (1945), Roman Holiday (1954), The Big Country (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Cape Fear (1962), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Omen (1976). He was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Keys of Kingdom (1941), The Yearling (1946), and Elia Kazan’s Gentleman's Agreement (1947). Though he is most remembered for his performance as Atticus Finch, Peck was a widely respected and popular actor from the 1940s to the 60s. ![]()
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