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Leigh Chapman
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Spent her first paycheck she earned as a professional writer on a Corvette.
Howard Hawks
taught her how to ride a dirt bike. He also wanted her to write the script for his last film,
Rio Lobo (1970)
.
Her first TV script was written for
Burke's Law (1963)
, followed by scripts for
Dr. Kildare (1961)
and
My Favorite Martian (1963)
. Her first movie script was for
A Swingin' Summer (1965)
, starring
Raquel Welch
and
James Stacy
.
Attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC.
She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s, where her first job, as a secretary at the William Morris agency, led to acting jobs. Later, the agency represented her as a writer.
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