Shelby Foote was born on November 17, 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, USA as Shelby Dade Foote Jr. He is known for his work on Memphis (1992), Baseball (1994) and Rebel Forrest: The Nathan Bedford Forrest Story (2002). He was married to Gwyn Rainer, Peggy DeSommes and Tess Lavery. He died on June 27, 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.