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“I have a children's theater background, so I grew up performing for child audiences; it's sort of my specialty. I know the child audience pretty well - or felt like I did because I performed for them so much. I studied a lot about the child audience, about theater. So it was naturally a place that I gravitated to.”

Quote by Linda Woolverton

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Linda Woolverton

Linda Woolverton is a renowned screenwriter, best known for her work on Disney films. Born in December 19, 1952, she has been writing scripts for successful movies since the 1980s, including 'Beauty and the Beast', 'The Little Mermaid', and 'Cinderella'. more

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