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- Mary Lee Settle was born on July 29, 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Pleasure Garden (1955), The Paris Review: Early Chapters (2001) and Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (2009). She was married to William L. Tazewell, Douglas Newton and Rodney Weathersbee. She died on September 27, 2005 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
- SpousesWilliam L. Tazewell(1978 - 1998) (his death)Douglas Newton(1946 - 1956) (divorced)Rodney Weathersbee(1939 - 1946) (his death, 1 child)
- Tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).
- Founder of the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
- Became a novelist following a career as an actress and model.
- Besides being an author, she was an actress during her early years. She reportedly screen tested for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the classic film "Gone With the Wind."
- Lived in England during and after World War II. Served in the Royal Air Force and her first two husbands were British.
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