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Nora Ephron

screenwriter, director, actress
Born: 5/19/1941
Birthplace: New York City

Noted particularly for her screenplays that feature strong female leads, she earned Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay for Silkwood (1983) and When Harry Met Sally (1989). She wrote and directed This Is My Life (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael (1996), You've Got Mail (1998), and for 2005's Bewitched with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. She is married to writer Nicholas Pileggi.


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On the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, the author and screenwriter Nora Ephron wrote in the Huffington Post: "This is an election about whether the people of Pennsylvania hate blacks more than they hate women.(The Week)(Brief article) (National Review)

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Revision revisited: essayist, screenwriter, and director Nora Ephron is a chronic reviser.(FROM THE EDITOR) (Healthcare Financial Management)

Nora Ephron's Aha! Moment: at a crowded, chaotic screening, the Bewitched director learned a bit of magic.(LYBL) (O, The Oprah Magazine)

Nora Ephron: on maintenance; She knows time marches on; she just doesn't want it marching on her. How far will one woman go to keep up appearances? Only her colorist, dentist, trainer, Restylane doctor, a Russian woman on the Upper West Side--and now you--know for sure. (O, The Oprah Magazine)

You've got rapture: writer-director Nora Ephron prefers to couch her words (with a squishy pillow and a quiet afternoon). (Books that Made a Difference). (O, The Oprah Magazine)

Bag race: they're a morass of loose Tic Tacs, open lipsticks, and leaky pens. They're out of season and match nothing. Nora Ephron is swearing off purses. (Opinion). (Harper's Bazaar)

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