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Joan Didion

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 5, 1934Died December 23, 2021 (87 years)
Joan Didion was an American writer. In the late 1960s, Didion's reportage brought Californian subcultures to wider attention. Her political writing often concentrated on the subtext of rhetoric.

Known For

  • The Panic in Needle Park
  • The Last Thing He Wanted
  • Up Close & Personal
  • A Star Is Born
  • True Confessions
  • Play It As It Lays
  • Such Good Friends
  • Broken Trust
  • Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
  • Out of My Head

Filmography

2020
The Last Thing He Wanted · as Novel
2018
A Star Is Born · as Original Film Writer
1996
Up Close & Personal · as Screenplay
1995
Broken Trust
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1981
True Confessions · as Screenplay
1976
A Star Is Born · as Screenplay
1972
Play It As It Lays · as Screenplay
1971
Such Good Friends
1971
The Panic in Needle Park · as Screenplay

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