Henry Farrell

Born in 1920 and active across novels, screenwriting, and television, he became most widely known for writing What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, the chilling story that was later adapted into the famous 1962 film. His work often leaned toward gothic suspense and psychological horror, with a taste for unsettling characters and high-stakes family drama.

Before and alongside his later success, he published fiction in magazines and built a varied writing career that crossed genres and formats. That range helped him move between prose and screen work with ease.

He died in 2006, but his reputation endures through Baby Jane and the lasting appeal of his darker, character-driven storytelling.