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Robert Altman

director
Born: 2/20/1925
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri

Film director whose sprawling, stylized films deglamorized and shattered myths surrounding history, Hollywood, and politics. His films included M*A*S*H (1970), McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Nashville (1975), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), and Cookie's Fortune (1999), Dr. T and the Women (2000).

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Died: 11/20/2006

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