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Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and blogger. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of

She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material Silkwood is a 1983, Academy Award -nominated film which dramatizes the story of Karen Silkwood, who died in a car accident under suspicious When Harry Met Sally is a 1989 Romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American comedy-drama Film written and directed by Nora Ephron. She sometimes writes with her sister, Delia Ephron. Delia Ephron is a Scriptwriter and producer. She is the sister of Nora Ephron; their parents were screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron

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Personal life

Ephron was born in New York, New York, eldest of four daughters in a Jewish family and grew up in Beverly Hills;[1] her parents, Henry and Phoebe Ephron, were both East Coast-born and raised screenwriters. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Henry Ephron (1912-1992 born Bronx NY was a playwright screenwriter and film producer who often worked with his wife Phoebe Wolkind Ephron. Phoebe Ephron (January 26 1914-October 131971 born Phoebe Wolkind in New York New York) was a playwright and screenwriter who often worked with her husband Henry Her sisters Delia and Amy are also screenwriters. Delia Ephron is a Scriptwriter and producer. She is the sister of Nora Ephron; their parents were screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron Amy Ephron (born October 21, 1958) is an American Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist, and Film producer. Ephron's parents based Sandra Dee's character in the play and then Jimmy Stewart film Take Her, She's Mine on their 22-year-old daughter Nora and her letters to them from college. Sandra Dee ( April 23 1942 - February 20 2005) was an American Film actress best known for her portrayal James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Take Her She's Mine is a 1963 comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee. College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. [2] Both became alcoholics during their declining years. [1] Ephron graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California in 1959. Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as "Beverly" or as "BHHS" is the only major Public high school in Beverly Hills California

She has been married three times. Her first marriage, to writer Dan Greenburg, ended in divorce after six years. Dan Greenburg (born June 20, 1936) is an American Author and Screenwriter. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. [1] Her second was to journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame in 1976. Carl Bernstein (pronounced BERN-steen ˈbɜrnstiːn (born February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who as a reporter for The The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's Ephron had an infant son, Jacob, and was pregnant with her second son, Max, in 1980 when she found out the news of Bernstein's affair with their mutual friend,[3] married British politician Margaret Jay. Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female Max Bernstein (born 1979 is an American Musician. He is the lead Singer and Guitarist for the Los Angeles California, pop-punk Margaret Ann Jay Baroness Jay of Paddington, PC (born November 18, 1939) is a British politician for the Labour Party. She delivered Max prematurely as a result. [1] Ephron was inspired by the events to write the 1983 novel Heartburn,[4] which was made into a 1986 film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Heartburn (1983 is an autobiographical novel based on Nora Ephron 's life story about her second marriage to Carl Bernstein. Heartburn is a 1986 American Drama film directed by Mike Nichols. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre, In the book, Ephron wrote of a husband, Mark, who was “capable of having sex with a venetian blind. For other uses see Blinds (disambiguation For the desktop theming software see WindowBlinds. ”[1] She also said that the character Thelma (based on Margaret Jay) looked like a giraffe with "big feet. The giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African Even-toed ungulate Mammal, the tallest of all land-living Animal Species "[1] Bernstein threatened to sue over the book and film, but never did. [2]

Ephron has been married for more than 20 years to screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi and lives in New York City. Nicholas Pileggi (born February 22, 1933 in New York City, New York) is an Italian-American Author and Screenwriter The City of New York

Career

Ephron graduated from Wellesley College and was briefly an intern in the White House of President John F. Kennedy. Wellesley College is a women's liberal arts college, in Wellesley Massachusetts, that opened in 1875 founded by Henry Fowle Durant See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of

Ephron got a job at the New York Post, where she stayed as a reporter for five years, after a satire she wrote lampooning the Post caught the editor's eye. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually [2] Upon becoming a successful writer, she wrote a column on women's issues for Esquire. Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition [1] In this position, Ephron made a name for herself by taking on subjects as wide-ranging as Dorothy Schiff, her former boss and owner of the Post, Betty Friedan, whom she chastised for pursuing a feud with Gloria Steinem, and her alma mater Wellesley, which she said had turned out a generation of "docile" women. Dorothy Schiff ( March 11, 1903 &mdash August 30, 1989) was an owner and then Publisher of the New York Post for Betty Friedan ( February 4, 1921 – February 5, 2006) was an American feminist, activist and Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist icon Journalist and women's rights advocate [2] A 1968 send-up of Women's Wear Daily in Cosmopolitan resulted in threats of a lawsuit from WWD. Cosmopolitan is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world [2]

While married to Bernstein in the mid-1970s, at her husband and Bob Woodward's request, she helped Bernstein re-write William Goldman's script for All the President's Men, because the two journalists were not happy with it. Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. This article is about the screenwriter/novelist For the mathematician see William Goldman (professor. All the President's Men is a 1976 film based on the 1974 non-fiction book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating The Ephron-Bernstein script was not used in the end, but was seen by someone who offered Ephron a job writing a television movie, which would be her first screenwriting job. [2]

Ephron and Deep Throat

For many years, Ephron was among only a handful of people in the world to know the identity of Deep Throat, the source for news articles written by her husband Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal. Deep Throat is the Pseudonym given to the secret source who provided information to the Washington Post about the involvement of U Carl Bernstein (pronounced BERN-steen ˈbɜrnstiːn (born February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who as a reporter for The Ephron claims to have guessed the identity of Deep Throat through clues left by Bernstein. Among them was the fact that Bernstein referred to the source as "My Friend," the same initials as "Mark Felt," whom some suspected to be Bernstein's source. William Mark Felt Sr (born August 17, 1913) is a former agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, who retired in 1973

Ephron's marriage with Bernstein ended acrimoniously, and Ephron was loose-lipped about the identity of Deep Throat. [1] She told her son Jacob and has said that she told anyone who asked. "I would give speeches to 500 people and someone would say, ‘Do you know who Deep Throat is?’ And I would say, ‘It’s Mark Felt. ’”[1] Classmates of Jacob Bernstein at the Dalton School and Vassar College recall Jacob revealing to numerous people that Felt was Deep Throat. The Dalton School, originally called the Children's University School, is a private University-preparatory school on New York City 's Upper East Vassar College is a private Coeducational, liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Curiously, the claims did not garner attention from the media during the many years that the identity of Deep Throat was a mystery. Ephron was invited by Arianna Huffington to write about the experience in the Huffington Post and now regularly blogs for the site. Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos, on July 15, 1950) is an Author, media gadfly, and nationally syndicated The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog

Selected filmography

Producer, director, and screenwriter

Director and screenwriter

Producer and screenwriter

Producer and director

Screenwriter

Essay collections

Trivia

Ephron produced a film of collected clips from New York movies for the 2002 Academy Awards. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Michael is the title of an American fantasy motion picture released in 1996. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) You've Got Mail is an American romantic comedy released in 1998 by Warner Brothers. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bewitched is a 2005 family comedy - fantasy produced by Columbia Pictures and inspired by the classic television series of This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Julie & Julia is an upcoming film based on Julie Powell 's memoir Julie and Julia 365 Days 524 Recipes 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American comedy-drama Film written and directed by Nora Ephron. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) For the 1922 short comedy film see Mixed Nuts. Mixed Nuts is a motion picture released in the United 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Hanging Up is an 2000 American (Comedy/Drama film about a trio of sisters who bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) My Blue Heaven is a 1990 comedy crime Film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron and starring 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Lucky Numbers is a 2000 comedy Film written by Adam Resnick, directed by Nora Ephron, and starring John Travolta Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Silkwood is a 1983, Academy Award -nominated film which dramatizes the story of Karen Silkwood, who died in a car accident under suspicious Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Heartburn is a 1986 American Drama film directed by Mike Nichols. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Cookie is a 1989 Comedy film released on August 23 1989 by Warner Brothers. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) When Harry Met Sally is a 1989 Romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) My Blue Heaven is a 1990 comedy crime Film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron and starring Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Nora Ephron was the host of the dinner party where Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan met. Carl Edward Sagan ( November 9 1934 &ndash December 20 1996) was an American Astronomer, astrochemist, author Ann Druyan (born June 13, 1949) is an American Author and media producer known for her involvement in many projects aiming to popularize and (Source: Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death on the Brink of the Millennium, 1997)

In 2007, Ephron appeared in the feature-length documentary Dreams on Spec, which profiled three aspiring Hollywood screenwriters and offered wisdom from big-name writers like James L. Brooks, Carrie Fisher, and her. James L Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, Screenwriter and director. Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, Screenwriter and Novelist.

Ephron's 6 word biography in Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Larry Smith is: 'Secret to Life, Marry an Italian'

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Get real – ageing’s not all Helen Mirren", The Times, March 4, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting  
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Everything is copy", The Guardian, March 3, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting  
  3. ^ "For the truly vengeful, the pen (or word processor) is mightier than the sword.", Cosmopolitan, July 1, 1996. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  
  4. ^ "Baroness Jay's political progress", BBC News, July 31, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting  

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