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Ephron was born in New York City on May 19, 1941, to a Jewish family. [9] She was the eldest of four daughters, and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. [10] Her parents, Phoebe (née Wolkind) and Henry Ephron, were both East Coast-born playwrights and screenwriters. Her parents named her Nora after the protagonist in the play A Doll's House ...
All four of his daughters by his first wife, Phoebe: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Hallie Ephron and Amy Ephron, also became notable writers. Coincidentally, his second wife, June (née Gilmartin; July 6, 1911 – November 13, 1996), widow of Oscar Levant , who wed Ephron in 1978, was also one of four sisters.
Aug 15, 2022 · Ephron was born in New York City in 1941, to the playwrights Henry and Phoebe Ephron. When she was five, the family moved to Los Angeles, where the Ephrons wrote for the movies.
Jun 29, 2009 · Henry Ephron, Nora’s father, was in and out of mental hospitals in his later years, and attempted suicide. Phoebe Ephron became an alcoholic, and died of cirrhosis, at the age of fifty-seven,...
May 15, 2024 · Ephron was the eldest daughter of Hollywood screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron, who based two of their Broadway plays, Three’s a Family and Take Her, She’s Mine, on their family life with young Nora.
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Nora Ephron, the Academy Award-nominated writer of "Heartburn," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle,", who brought her wit and intelligence to projects in a variety of writing...
Jun 26, 2012 · Ephron was born on May 19, 1941, into a family of writers. Her parents, Henry and Phoebe Ephron, wrote screenplays for “Carousel,” “Desk Set” and “There’s No Business Like Show ...
