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Article: A CONVERSATION WITH...MARY 'SCOUT' BADHAM.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2005
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When Mary Badham's mother took her to a 1961 cattle call for the film "To Kill a Mockingbird," the 9-year-old had almost no acting experience.
She made up for it at the audition in Birmingham, Ala., with innocence and a memorable Southern drawl -- exactly what director Robert Mulligan and star Gregory Peck wanted.
Badham won the role of feisty 6-year-old tomboy Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, living in a Depression-era Alabama town. The screen version of Harper Lee's novel followed Scout and her father, Atticus, played by Peck, who agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman.
Today, Badham is a 52-year-old mother who works ...