James Lee Barrett

James Lee Barrett (19 November 1929 – 15 October 1989) was an American producer, screenwriter, and Tony Award-winning writer.

Barrett, along with Peter Udell and Phillip Rose won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for "Shenandoah",cite web|accessdate=2007-04-17
url=http://www.ibdb.com/awardperson.asp?id=6608 |title=James Lee Barrett Awards
publisher=Internet Broadway Database] which was based on his 1965 film by the same name, which starred Jimmy Stewart.

Other notable works written by Barrett include the 1965 epic film "The Greatest Story Ever Told"

Biography

Barrett was born in 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to his career as a screenwriter, he served in the United States Marines. His first screenplay was for the 1957 film, "The D.I.",cite web|accessdate=2007-04-17|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050283/
title="The D.I." (1957) |publisher=Internet Movie Database] which starred Jack Webb as a Marine Corps drill instructor at MCRD Parris Island.

In 1989, at age 59, Barrett died in Templeton, California of cancer.

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