John Huston has the unique distinction of directing both his father Walter and his daughter Anjelica in Oscar-winning performances (in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Prizzi's Honor", respectively), making the Hustons the first family to have three generations of Academy Award winners. He also directed her in "Sinful Davey" in 1969. In addition, he also directed 13 other actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Sam Jaffe, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, José Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Deborah Kerr, Grayson Hall, Susan Tyrrell, Albert Finney, Jack Nicholson and William Hickey. In 1960, Huston was honored with a star on the Hollywood
Allegra Huston Salman Rushdie as "an extraordinary telling of an amazing life. I loved it." In "The Telegraph", Lynn Barber wrote that "Huston is an absolutely outstanding writer, incapable of writing a dull sentence." Huston is also the writer and producer of the award-winning short film "Good Luck, Mr. Gorski" and the author of a number of screenplays currently in development. Huston was born in London, England. Her mother was Italian-American ballerina Enrica Soma, and her biological father was John Julius Norwich (Viscount Norwich). When Huston was four, her mother died in a car accident and she subsequently moved to Ireland where