![]() "Sleepless in Seattle" star Tom Hanks said Ephron "knew what was important to know how things really worked, what was worthwhile, who was fascinating and why." A writer, director, wife, mother, chef, wit - there didn’t seem to be anything she couldn’t do." "In a world where we’re told that you can’t have it all, Nora consistently proved that adage wrong. "I suppose you could say Nora was my ideal," Fisher said. Fisher and Meg Ryan were among the many actresses who said they loved working with Ephron because she understood them so much better than did her male peers. " and "Sleepless in Seattle," and was the rare woman to write, direct and produce Hollywood movies. ![]() ![]() Friends from Mike Nichols and Meryl Streep to Calvin Trillin and Pete Hamill adored her for her wisdom, her loyalty and turns of phrase.Īs a screenwriter, Ephron was nominated three times for Academy Awards, for "Silkwood," ”When Harry Met Sally. She wrote openly about her difficult childhood, her failed relationships, her doubts about her physical appearance and the hated intrusion of age.Įven within the smart-talking axis of New York-Washington-Los Angeles, no one bettered Ephron, slender and dark-haired, her bright and pointed smile like a one-liner made flesh. She was tough on others - Bernstein’s marital transgressions were immortalized in "Heartburn" - and relentless about herself. She wrote and directed such favorites as "Julie & Julia" and "Sleepless in Seattle," and her books included the novel "Heartburn," a roman a clef about her marriage to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein and the popular essay collections "I Feel Bad About My Neck" and "I Remember Nothing." Loved, respected and feared for her devastating and diverting wit, she was among the most quotable and influential writers of her generation. "It makes no sense to me that she isn’t alive anymore."īorn into a family of screenwriters, Ephron was a top journalist in her 20s and 30s, then a best-selling author and successful director. "She was so, so alive," said her friend Carrie Fisher. She died of leukemia Tuesday night at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, her family said in a statement. ![]() Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism, has died. Nora Ephron poses for a portrait in her home in New York in this November 3, 2010, file photo. Writer-filmmaker Nora Ephron dies at 71 NEW YORK -The Associated Press ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |