Nora Ephron (/ˈɛfrÉ™n/ EF-rÉ™n; May 19, 1941 â€" June 26, 2012) was
an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for
her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the
Academy Award for Best Writing: for Silkwood (1983), When Harry Met
Sally... (1989), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She won a BAFTA
Award for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally.... She
often co-wrote scripts with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was
Julie & Julia (2009). Her first produced play, Imaginary Friends
(2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002â€"03 New
York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk
Awardâ€"winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In
2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play
for Lucky Guy.Ephron was born in New York City, to a Jewish family.
She was the eldest of four daughters, and grew up in Beverly Hills,
California. Her parents, Henry and Phoebe (née Wolkind) Ephron, were
both East Coast-born and were noted playwrights and screenwriters.
Ephron was named after the protagonist in the play A Doll’s House by
Henrik Ibsen. 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.As a high
school student, Ephron dreamed of going to New York City to become
another Dorothy Parker, an American poet, writer, satirist, and
critic. Ephron has cited her high school journalism teacher, Charles
Simms, as the inspiration for her pursuit of a career in journalism.
She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1958, and from
Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1962 with a degree
in political science.
an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for
her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the
Academy Award for Best Writing: for Silkwood (1983), When Harry Met
Sally... (1989), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She won a BAFTA
Award for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally.... She
often co-wrote scripts with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was
Julie & Julia (2009). Her first produced play, Imaginary Friends
(2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002â€"03 New
York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk
Awardâ€"winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In
2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play
for Lucky Guy.Ephron was born in New York City, to a Jewish family.
She was the eldest of four daughters, and grew up in Beverly Hills,
California. Her parents, Henry and Phoebe (née Wolkind) Ephron, were
both East Coast-born and were noted playwrights and screenwriters.
Ephron was named after the protagonist in the play A Doll’s House by
Henrik Ibsen. 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.As a high
school student, Ephron dreamed of going to New York City to become
another Dorothy Parker, an American poet, writer, satirist, and
critic. Ephron has cited her high school journalism teacher, Charles
Simms, as the inspiration for her pursuit of a career in journalism.
She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1958, and from
Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1962 with a degree
in political science.
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