Frank Perry produced several plays at Westport Country Playhouse and then turned for a time to producing television documentaries.
12 Facts About Frank Perry
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Frank Perry went on to direct and produce a number of films, many based on literary sources or with strong literary associations, including The Swimmer, based on a John Cheever story, Last Summer, and Trilogy, written by Truman Capote.
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Frank Perry is known for his character studies, such as Diary of a Mad Housewife.
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The film became a cult classic despite mixed reviews from critics; it won the Razzie Award for worst picture, and Frank Perry was nominated for worst director, while actress Faye Dunaway received the Razzie for her performance.
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Some of Frank Perry's film-related material and personal papers are held at the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives, a collection to which scholars and media experts from around the world today have full access.
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In 1958, Frank Perry married his first wife Eleanor, who was 15 years his senior and had two children in William and Ann from a previous marriage.
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In 1979, Eleanor Frank Perry wrote the novel Blue Pages, based on their relationship.
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Frank Perry died of cancer two years later, at age 66.
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Frank Perry's sister is pastor Mary Christine Perry, the wife of pastor Maurice Keith Hudson and mother of singers Katy Perry and David Hudson.
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Frank Perry died of prostate cancer on August 29,1995, eight days after his 65th birthday, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.
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Frank Perry's final film, On the Bridge, is an autobiographical documentary about his illness.
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Frank Perry's ashes were scattered on the mountains of Aspen, Colorado, where he lived the last three years of his life.