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Nora Ephron
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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
- Spouse
- Dan Greenburg
- Father
- Henry Ephron
- Mother
- Phoebe Ephron
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Beverly Hills High School
- 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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- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Nora Ephron
- Commons category
- 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
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Play
- 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).
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