Violet (1981 film)

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Violet
Directed byShelley Levinson
Written bySusan Baskin
Doris Betts
Based on"The Ugliest Pilgrim"
by Doris Betts
Produced byPaul Kemp
Shelley Levinson
John D. Schwartz
Karen Shapiro
Starring Didi Conn
Edited byLynne Southerland
Music byDonald Peake
Production
company
Distributed byCOE Film Associates [1]
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
31 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Violet is a 1981 American short film directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. [2] [3] The film is based on the Doris Betts short story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories in 1973 (Harper & Row Publishers).

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References

  1. https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE005911532
  2. "New York Times: Violet". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  3. "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2011.