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Nora Ephron Biography (1941-)
Born May 19, 1941, in New York, NY; daughter of Henry (a writer) and Phoebe (a writer; maiden name, Wolkind) Ephron; sister of Delia Ephron and Amy Ephron(writers); married Dan Greenburg (a writer), April 9, 1967 (divorced); married Carl Bernstein (a journalist), April 14, 1976 (divorced, December, 1979);married Nicholas Pileggi (a writer), March 28, 1987; children: (second marriage) Jacob, Max. Addresses: Office: Heartburn Entertainment, Inc., 2211Broadway, Suite 1J, New York, NY 10024.; Agent: Jim Wiatt, William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Writer, producer, director, actress
- Birth Details
- May 19, 1941
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Executive producer (with Susan Seidelman and Alice Arlen), Cookie,Warner Bros., 1989
- Associate producer, When Harry Met Sally..., Columbia, 1989
- Executive producer (with Goldie Hawn and Andrew Stone), My Blue Heaven, Warner Bros., 1990
- Director, This Is My Life, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
- Director, Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar, 1993
- Director, Mixed Nuts (also known as Lifesavers), TriStar, 1994
- Producer and director, Michael, New Line Pictures, 1996
- Producer and director, You've Got Mail, Warner Bros., 1998
- Executive producer, Strike (also known as All I Wanna Do,
The Hairy Bird,
College femminile, and Les filles font la loi), Miramax, 1998
- Producer and director, Red Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in CentralPark, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1999
- Producer, Hanging Up, Columbia, 1999
- Producer and director, Lucky Numbers (also known as Le bon numero), Paramount, 2000
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Film Appearances
- Wedding guest, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Orion, 1989
- Dinner party guest, Husbands and Wives, TriStar, 1992
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Television Work
- Executive producer and director, Putting It Together (pilot), CBS,1995
- Director (with others), The 74th Annual Academy Awards (special),ABC, 2002
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, TBS, 1996
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Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Golden Boy, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Romance Classics, 1998
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Spencer Tracy: Triumph and Turmoil, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
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We All Dream of Oz, TNT, 2000
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Steve Martin Seriously Funny, Comedy Central, 2000
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Pride and Prejudice, The Learning Channel, 2000
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The Making of "Hanging Up" (also known as Connected: The Makingof Hanging Up and HBO Look: The Making of "Hanging Up"), HBO, 2000
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Lifestory: Rosie O'Donnell, Nickelodeon, 2001
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New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks, USA Network, 2002
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Episodic
- Guest, "Funny Ladies," Women Aloud, syndicated, 1992
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American Cinema, PBS, 1995
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Where's Elvis This Week?, 1996
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The Entertainment Business, Bravo, 1998
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
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How Harry Met Sally... (documentary), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2000
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (With Alice Arlen) Silkwood, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
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Heartburn (based on her novel), Paramount, 1983
- (With Arlen) Cookie, Warner Bros., 1989
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When Harry Met Sally..., Columbia, 1989
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My Blue Heaven, Warner Bros., 1990
- (With Delia Ephron) This Is My Life (based on a novel by Meg Wolitzer), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
- (With David S. Ward and Jeffrey Arch) Sleepless in Seattle (basedon a story by Arch), TriStar, 1993
- (With D. Ephron) Mixed Nuts (based on the film Le pere noel estun ordure; also known as Lifesavers), TriStar, 1994
- (With D. Ephron, Pete Dexter, and Jim Quinlan) Michael, New Line Pictures, 1996
- (With D. Ephron) You've Got Mail, Warner Bros., 1998
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Red Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park, Sony PicturesReleasing, 1999
- (With D. Ephron) Hanging Up, Columbia, 1999
- (With others) America's Sweethearts, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2001
- Other screenplays with Arlen include Maggie and Modern Bride.
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Film Music
- "You Can't Get to Heaven," This Is My Life, Twentieth Century-Fox,1992
- "Lips Like a Blowfish," Michael, New Line Pictures, 1996
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Television Movies
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Perfect Gentlemen, CBS, 1978
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Television Episodes
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Adam's Rib, ABC, 1973
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Stage Plays
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Imaginary Friends, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2002
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Other
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Wallflower at the Orgy (essays), Viking (New York City), 1970
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Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women (essays), Knopf (New York City), 1975, revised edition published as Crazy Salad Plus Nine, 1984
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Scribble, Scribble: Notes on the Media (columns), Knopf, 1979
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Heartburn (novel), Knopf, 1983
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When Harry Met Sally, Knopf, 1990
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Nora Ephron Collected, Avon (New York City), 1991
- Contributor of short stories, essays, and reviews to magazines, includingGood Housekeeping.
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- The 1963 film comedy Take Her, She's Mine, written by her parentsHenry and Phoebe Ephron, is based on letters Nora Ephron wrote as a college student. Their play Three's a Family is reportedly based on incidents from Nora's infancy.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 35, Gale, 2000
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Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998
Periodicals
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Hollywood Reporter, June 11, 1996
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Maclean's, November 6, 2000, p. 83
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Rolling Stone, July 8, 1993, pp. 73-75
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Time, December 21, 1998, p. 74
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US, February, 1999, pp. 60-63, 93
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