Nora Ephron
| Nora Ephron | |
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Ephron at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
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| Born |
May 19, 1941 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | June 26, 2012 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, producer, director, journalist, playwright, author |
| Years active | 1973–2012 |
| Notable work | Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, Julie & Julia |
| Spouse(s) |
Dan Greenburg (m. 1967–1976; divorced) Carl Bernstein (m. 1976–1980; divorced) Nicholas Pileggi (m. 1987–2012; her death) |
| Children | 2 sons, Max and Jacob Bernstein |
| Parent(s) |
Henry Ephron, Phoebe Wolkind |
| Awards | BAFTA Award (1990), Crystal Award (1994), Ian McLellan Hunter Award (2003), Golden Apple Award (2009) |
Nora Ephron (EHF-rihn; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer, director, and blogger.
Ephron is best known for her romantic comedies and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally..., and Sleepless in Seattle. She won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally.... She sometimes wrote with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was Julie & Julia. She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award–winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for her play Lucky Guy.
Ephron was born in New York City to a Jewish family, the eldest of four daughters, and grew up in Beverly Hills. Her parents, Henry Ephron and Phoebe Wolkind Ephron, were both East Coast-born and were noted playwrights and screenwriters. Nora's younger sisters, Delia and Amy, are also screenwriters. Her sister Hallie Ephron is a journalist, book reviewer, and novelist who writes crime fiction. Ephron's parents based the ingenue character in the play and film version of Take Her, She's Mine on the 22-year-old Nora and her letters from college. Both her parents became alcoholics during their declining years. Ephron graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1958, and from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1962.
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