Patricia Bosworth (1933–2020)
Author of Diane Arbus: A Biography
About the Author
Patricia Bosworth is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. She has taught literary nonfiction at Columbia University and Barnard College, and is a winner of the Front Page Award. A longtime board member of the Actors Studio, she ran the Playwrights/Directors Unit there. Her first memoir, Anything show more Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story, was about her family and the Hollywood Blacklist. She is also the author of bestselling biographies of Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and the photographer Diane Arbus. Her Arbus biography inspired the 2006 film Fur, starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. show less
Works by Patricia Bosworth
John Wayne: The Legend and the Man: An Exclusive Look Inside Duke's Archive (2012) — Contributor — 20 copies
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- Other names
- Crum, Patricia (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1933-04-24
- Date of death
- 2020-04-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- COVID-19
- Places of residence
- Oakland, California, USA
- Education
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Occupations
- actor
journalist
memoirist
biographer
writing teacher - Relationships
- Arrighi, Mel (spouse)
Crum, Gertrude Bosworth (mother)
Crum, Bartley C. (father) - Organizations
- Actors Studio
Woman's Day
McCall's
Harper's Bazaar
Viva
Vanity Fair (show all 8)
Columbia University
Barnard College
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Statistics
- Works
- 10
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 1,140
- Popularity
- #22,524
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 23
- ISBNs
- 72
- Languages
- 8