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  1. May 14, 2024 · From Nights, 10:18 pm on 14 May 2024. Share this. On this week, 83 years ago, American filmmaker Nora Ephron was born. A writer and director, she is best known for her films When Hally Met Sally (1989), You've Got Mail (1998), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She died in 2012, aged 71, from a rare blood disorder, but remains an influential ...

  2. 5 days ago · O'Donnell credits Ephron's son Jacob Bernstein with helping her secure the role, as he was a fan of her friend Madonna, with whom the comedian had also starred in A League of Their Own. Inspired by Whoopie Goldberg 's Academy Award-winning performance in Ghost (1990), Ephron felt hiring a comedian in a funny supporting role would similarly ...

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  4. May 15, 2024 · Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941, New York City, New York, U.S.—died June 26, 2012, New York City) was an American author, playwright, screenwriter, and film director who was known for creating romantic comedies that feature biting wit and strong female characters. Ephron was the eldest daughter of Hollywood screenwriters Henry and Phoebe ...

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  5. 4 days ago · The community of authors who write about Nora Ephron is a small one.. When I’ll Have What She’s Having arrived in 2017, it was pretty much just me and my book about the making of Nora’s romantic comedies, Richard Cohen and his heartfelt memoir about their friendship, and Australian academic Liz Dance and her persuasive defense of the late filmmaker as an auteur, a distinction usually ...

  6. I love the name Nora — like the famous screenwriter, Nora Ephron. I just saw a list of her relatives’ names, and dang, I like their names, too! Particularly Delia, Laura, Phoebe, and June. Amy Laura (sister) Delia (sister) Hallie Elizabeth (sister) Henry (father) Phoebe (mother) June (stepmother)

  7. May 8, 2024 · 'Nora Ephron at the Movies' by Ilana Kaplan. Abrams. Think of Nora Ephron as the fairy godmother of modern-day rom-coms. After years of a genre lying in wait, she waved her magic wand and penned ...

  8. May 7, 2024 · Watch on. Ephron’s 1986 film adaptation, directed by Mike Nichols, stars Meryl Streep as Rachel and Jack Nicholson as Mark (Mandy Patinkin was the original Mark but apparently there wasn’t enough chemistry between them). It also features Jeff Daniels, Stockard Channing and Catherine O’Hara; Kevin Spacey and a young Natasha Lyonne make ...