Carole Eastman (February 19, 1934 – February 13, 2004) was an American actress and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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. Among her credits are screenplays for
Monte Hellman's ''
The Shooting'' (1967),
Bob Rafelson's ''
Five Easy Pieces'' (1970)
(for which she was nominated for an
Academy Award
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along with co-writer Rafelson), and
Mike Nichols’s ''
The Fortune'' (1975). She occasionally used the
pseudonym
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s "Adrien Joyce" and "A.L. Appling".
Filmography
*''
The Shooting'' (1967)
*''
Run for Your Life'' (1968) (TV) (Episodes 42 & 80)
*''
Model Shop'' (1969)
*''
Five Easy Pieces'' (1970)
*''
Puzzle of a Downfall Child'' (1970)
*''
The Fortune'' (1975)
*''
Man Trouble'' (1992)
*''Running Mates'' (1992) (TV)
References
External links
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1934 births
2004 deaths
American women screenwriters
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American screenwriters
People from Glendale, California
Writers from California
21st-century American women