A. Martin Zweiback, who wrote the screenplay for the 1984 black comedy Grace Quigley, which starred Katharine Hepburn in her final leading role, has died. He was 85. Zweiback died Saturday at his home in Santa Monica of cancer, his friend Joan Dykman told The Hollywood Reporter. Dykman is serving as trustee and executor of his literary estate. Zweiback received a WGA nomination for writing Me, Natalie (1969), which starred Patty Duke and James Farentino and featured Al Pacino in his first big-screen appearance. He also wrote and directed the anti-war melodrama Cactus in the Snow (1971), starring
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- 4/27/2016
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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