Clancy Sigal
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Clancy Sigal is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 novelist and screenwriter born in Chicago. He was a part of the Philadelphia Association
Philadelphia Association
The Philadelphia Association is a UK "charity concerned with the understanding and relief of mental suffering." It was founded in 1965 by the psychiatrist and psychoanalyst R. D...

 experiment with R. D. Laing at Kingsley Hall
Kingsley Hall
Kingsley Hall is a community centre in the East End of London. It dates back to the work of Doris Lester and Muriel Lester, who had a nursery school in nearby Bruce Road. Their brother, Kingsley Lester, died aged 26 in 1914, leaving money for work in the local area for "educational, social and...

. He was one of several co-writers of the screenplay for the 2002 Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...

 film Frida
Frida
Frida is a 2002 biographical film which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera....

, based on the book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera. His wife, Janice Tidwell Sigal, is featured in the recent BBC TV series The Trap. He is perhaps best known for his autobiographical novel Going Away (1961).

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