✦ᴊᴏɴᴇsɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴘʀᴏsᴘᴇʀɪᴛʏ™✦ on Twitter: "🎂 May 13, 1957: American writer, director, and producer for television, film, and theater, Alan Ball ("American Beauty," "Six Feet Under," "True Blood") is born in Marietta,
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Alan Ball, writer of the screenplay of the film American Beauty, arriving at the Shrine Auditorium for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards, The Oscars, in Los Angeles Stock Photo - Alamy
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