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30th January 2012
'To Kill A Mockingbird' Star Mary Badham On Being Scout, Gregory Peck And Losing The Academy Award
In 1962, 10-year-old Mary Badham tried out for a role in a movie filming near her hometown of Birmingham, Ala.: "To Kill a Mockingbird." The beloved adaptation of Harper Lee's novel earned Badham an Oscar nomination, making her, at the time, the youngest actress to ever receive one.