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- NAME: Dalton Trumbo
- OCCUPATION: Anti-War Activist, Director, Author, Screenwriter
- BIRTH DATE: December 09, 1905
- DEATH DATE: September 10, 1976
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Montrose, Colorado
- PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
- AKA: Robert Rich
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Dalton Trumbo was an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and forced to work under various pseudonyms.
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Dalton Trumbo was born on December 9, 1905 in Montrose, Colorado. He was a screenwriter and novelist who was a member of the Hollywood Ten, a group who refused to testify before the 1947 U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities. As a result, he was blacklisted and spent 11 months in prison. He wrote 30 scripts under pseudonyms and won an Oscar for The Brave One. He died in 1976.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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