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Phoebe Ephron (née Wolkind; January 26, 1914 – October 13, 1971) was an American playwright and screenwriter, who often worked with Henry Ephron, her husband, whom she wed in 1934. Ephron was born in New York City to Louis and Kate (née Lautkin) Wolkind, a dress manufacturer.
- October 13, 1971 (aged 57), New York City
- Phoebe Wolkind, January 26, 1914, New York City, New York, U.S.
- 1944–1963
Phoebe (Wolkind) Ephron was born in the Bronx on January 26, 1914, to Louis Wolkind, a manufacturer, and Kate (Lautkin) Wolkind. She had one brother, Harold Wolkind. A graduate of James Monroe High School and Hunter College, she met Henry Ephron in 1933, while both were summer camp counselors. Shortly after, Henry Ephron proposed to her.
Nov 16, 2022 · In 1914 Phoebe Wolkind was born in New York City. She graduated from Hunter College and worked as a counselor at a summer camp where she met Henry Ephron, a stage manager for famous playwriting team George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
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Oct 14, 1971 · Mrs. Phoebe Wolkind Ephron, who with her hushand Henry Ephron had been successful Broadway and Hollywood writer since 1943, died yesterday after a long illness at their home, 176 East 71st Street.
Phoebe Ephron was born on 26 January 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), Carousel (1956) and Daddy Long Legs (1955). She was married to Henry Ephron.
- Writer
- January 26, 1914
- Phoebe Ephron
- October 13, 1971
Mar 28, 2016 · Nora’s writer mother Phoebe taught her that “everything is copy.”. Even as she was dying, she ordered Nora to take notes. All four Ephron daughters became writers, but Nora, named for the door-slamming heroine of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, most of all mined her own life and those around her for material. She is best remembered as the ...
Jan 26, 2015 · Jan 26, 2015. January 26, 1914, is the birthdate of Phoebe Ephron, a playwright and screenwriter who regularly reminded her four daughters, even as she lay on her deathbed, to “take notes” about everything, as “everything is copy.”. Those daughters – Nora, Delia, Hallie and Amy – took their mother at her word: Each would become a ...