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Also known as Norah Louise Ephron

American film director and writer (1941–2012)

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Nora Ephron (1941–2012) was an American producer, novelist, and director. Her professional career spanned from 1973 until her death in 2012. She was a female citizen of the United States and had two children.

Ephron’s literary output included 41 works, with notable titles such as *Some Day This Will Be A Funny Story*, *The Most Of Nora Ephron*, *Ani śonet et ha-tsaṿar sheli*, *Cookie*, and *Moja szyja mi sie nie podoba*. She also authored five works recorded in academic databases. Her writing has been referenced in 508 other encyclopedia articles.

Her public persona included tags identifying her as an atheist. She is associated with quotes regarding sanity and marriage, such as, "Insane people are always sure they're just fine. It's only the sane people who are willing to admit they're crazy."

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Instance of
human
Given name
Nora
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Upper West Side
Place of death
Manhattan
Occupation
director
Employer
New York
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Field of work
essay
Image
Nora Ephron.jpg
Number of children
2
Residence
New York City
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Nora Ephron
cause of death
pneumonia
date of birth
1941-05-19
date of death
2012-06-26
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1973-00-00
end of work period
2012-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Nora Ephron (/ˈɛfrən/ EF-rən; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American writer, playwright, journalist, and filmmaker. Known for writing and directing romantic comedy films, she received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Writers Guild of America Awards.

Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the last of which earned the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was ranked by the Writers Guild of America as the 40th greatest screenplay of all-time. She made her directorial film debut with the comedy drama This Is My Life (1992), and was followed by the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael (1996), You've Got Mail (1998), Bewitched (2005), and the biographical film Julie & Julia (2009).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nora Ephron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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