- Born
- DiedAugust 25, 1984 · Los Angeles, California, USA (liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication)
- Birth nameTruman Streckfus Persons
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Truman Capote was born on September 30, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Murder by Death (1976), The Innocents (1961) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). He died on August 25, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- ParentsAugustus Archilus Persons Jr.
- His characters were often emotionally isolated and/or confused about their sexuality
- He was the inspiration for the character "Dill" in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". He and Lee were childhood friends.
- Capote had a rather obsessive fan, a young man trying to break into the art world. To quote Capote, said fan was "one of those hopeless people you know nothing's ever going to happen to." and "a born loser". That persistent fan was named Andy Warhol.
- His aunt, who helped raise him as a boy, is Marie Rudisill, aka The Fruitcake Lady from the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992).
- "Capote" was actually his stepfather's last name.
- According to George Plimpton's biography "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career," one of Capote's eccentricities was to walk into a liquor store and ask for a bottle of "Justerini and Brooks" scotch, which is more familiarly known as J&B, which is one of the most famous brand names in the liquor business. Even if a merchant told him the store did not carry the brand (as most people didn't know what the initials stood for), even when it was likely it did carry the brand, Capote would not call it "J&B", even if it meant that he went without it.
- It's a scientific fact ... For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two points of their IQ.
- I think I've written one masterpiece in my career and that's "In Cold Blood". It is a masterpiece and I don't care what anyone says. I think I've also written three or four short stories that are as good as anything written in the English language.
- The greatest thing about masturbation is that you don't have to dress up for it.
- [on Meryl Streep] She looks like a chicken!
- [on Marilyn Monroe] She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo.
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - $65,000
- Beat the Devil (1953) - $1,500 /week
- Stazione Termini (1954) - $1,500 /week
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