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  1. Léonie Gilmour (June 17, 1873 – December 31, 1933) was an American educator, editor and journalist. She was the lover and editor of the writer Yone Noguchi and the mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour. She is the subject of the feature film Leonie (2010) and the book Leonie Gilmour: When East Weds West (2013).

  2. Léonie Gilmour (1873–1933) was a writer, editor, translator, and single mother of Isamu Noguchi. Learn about her life, work, and relationship with her son through letters, manuscripts, and photographs from the Noguchi Museum archive.

  3. Mar 22, 2013 · 1h 42m. By Rachel Saltz. March 21, 2013. Who is Leonie Gilmour and why does she rank her own biopic? For the writers of “Leonie,” Hisako Matsui (who also directed) and David Wiener, the short...

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  5. Aug 19, 2023 · An incredible life embodying what it means to be remarkable—the indelible Léonie Gilmour exited earth’s atmosphere—December 31, 1933—goodbye for now dear Léonie, and thank you so very much for your deeply inspirational story.

  6. Apr 10, 2013 · Bringing together extensive research and lively storytelling, Leonie Gilmour: When East Weds West is the first complete portrait of the unique, pioneering American educator, editor and writer whose story inspired Hisako Matsui's acclaimed film Leonie, starring Emily Mortimer and Shido Nakamura.

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  7. Mar 19, 2013 · Exquisitely acted by the pristine beauty Emily Mortimer and lushly photographed with the literary sensibility of a Merchant-Ivory saga, Leonie is the true story of the life of Leonie Gilmour,...

  8. Isamu Noguchi is born at Los Angeles County Hospital, the only child of Léonie Gilmour (1873–1933) and Yonejiro (Yone) Noguchi (1875–1947). Yonejiro, a Japanese poet, and Léonie, an Irish-American writer and educator, met in New York in 1901 when Léonie took a job as Yone’s editor and translator during his brief stay in the city.

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