Nora Ephron (1941–2012)
Author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
About the Author
Nora Ephron was born in Manhattan on May 19, 1941. While attending Wellesley College, she was a summer intern in the Kennedy White House in 1961. After graduating in 1962, she began her career as a journalist with the New York Post, where she remained until 1968. She then focused on magazine show more journalism and primarily wrote for Esquire and New York. She wrote several books during her lifetime including Heartburn, Wallflower at the Orgy, Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women, Scribble Scribble, I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Reflections on Being a Woman, and I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections. In her later years, she was a blogger for The Huffington Post. She wrote several screenplays including Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally (1989). She also wrote and directed several movies including This Is My Life (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Lucky Numbers (2000), Bewitched (2005), and Julie and Julia (2009). She wrote two plays Love, Loss, and What I Wore with her sister and Imaginary Friends. Her title I Remember Nothing made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. She died from pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia on June 26, 2012 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2015) 44 copies
Laws of Attraction / Must Love Dogs / Two Weeks Notice / You've Got Mail (4 Film Favorites) (2010) — Director — 3 copies
Silkwood: A Screenplay 2 copies
Eat Pray Love / The Holiday [2006] / Julie & Julia (3-Movie Collection) (2016) — Director — 2 copies
It Could Happen to You / My Best Friend's Wedding / Sleepless in Seattle (Video) — Director — 1 copy
2-Film Collection (The Shop Around the Corner / You've Got Mail) — Director — 1 copy
The Romance Collection (The Lake House / The Phantom of the Opera / You've Got Mail) — Director — 1 copy
Bewitched [and] Bewitched [Episodes 1-3 from TV series] — Director — 1 copy
Embrujada 1 copy
Triple Feature: Meg Ryan — Director — 1 copy
Não gosto do meu pescoço 1 copy
Ephron, Nora Archive 1 copy
You've Got Mail / Addicted To Love [Import anglais] — Director — 1 copy
3 Films: Tom Hanks — Director — 1 copy
I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1 copy
Associated Works
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone (2007) — Contributor — 545 copies
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributor — 237 copies
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributor — 79 copies
We thought we could do anything: The life of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron (1977) — Epilogue — 9 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Ephron, Nora
- Birthdate
- 1941-05-19
- Date of death
- 2012-06-26
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- pneumonia, as a complication of leukemia
- Places of residence
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Wellesley College (BA|1962)
- Occupations
- columnist
screenwriter
film director
producer - Relationships
- Ephron, Henry (father)
Ephron, Phoebe (mother)
Greenburg, Dan (first husband)
Bernstein, Carl (second husband)
Pileggi, Nicholas (husband)
Ephron, Delia (sister) (show all 8)
Ephron, Hallie (sister)
Ephron, Amy (sister) - Organizations
- New York Post
Esquire - Awards and honors
- Women in Film Crystal Award (1994)
Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (2007)
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay (1989)
Ian McLellan Hunter Award (2003)
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Statistics
- Works
- 58
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 9,857
- Popularity
- #2,418
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 345
- ISBNs
- 198
- Languages
- 13
- Favorited
- 15
- Touchstones
- 247