Mary Badham Biography
Mary Badham is an American actress who played Jean Louise “Scout” Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. At the time, Badham was the youngest actress to be nominated in this category.
Mary Badham Age
Badham was born on October 7, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America. Mary is 71 years old as of October 2023.
Mary Badham Family
Badham was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America. She is the daughter of However, he is the younger sister of director John Badham.
Mary Badham Husband
She has been married to her husband Richard W. Wilt, dean of Library and Educational Support Services at Lehigh Carbon Community College, since 1975. Together, they have two children.
Mary Badham Career
Badham has no prior film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. Patty Duke, another child actress, won an Oscar in her category for The Miracle Worker. Badham became particularly close to Gregory Peck, who played Scout’s father, Atticus Finch, while filming; she maintained contact with him, always referring to him as “Atticus,” until his death in 2003. Peck called her “Scout” in response. Badham portrayed Sport Sharewood in “The Bewitchin’ Pool,” the final episode of the original Twilight Zone series. Due to technical difficulties, her voice in outside sequences was dubbed in postproduction by adult voice actor June Foray. She also appeared in the films This Property Is Condemned and Let’s Kill Uncle before retiring from acting.
Badham stepped out of retirement in 2005, at the request of actor/writer/director Cameron Watson, to make an eccentric cameo alongside Keith Carradine in his film Our Very Own. Watson indicated that he would not consider any other actress for the role. He had managed to contact her in Monroeville, Alabama, where she had been invited to see a stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird. On March 27, 2022, Badham made her theatrical debut as Mrs. Dubose in Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaption of To Kill a Mockingbird during the United States national tour. She joined President Barack Obama at the White House in 2012 for a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird to commemorate the film’s 50th anniversary.
Mary Badham Net Worth
Mary has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
Mary Badham Films
2019 Erasing His Past
2015 Earl Hamner Storyteller Ray Castro Jr
2005 Our Very Own
1998 Fearful Symmetry
1966 This Property Is Condemned
1966 Let’s Kill Uncle
1964 The Twilight Zone
1963 Dr. Kildare
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird