The Most Famous Actress Born Each Year Between 1920-2006
By Ben Wittstein, Stacker News
AND Meagan Drillinger, Stacker News
On 5/23/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
Whether it be Judy Garland s timeless portrayal of Dorothy in 1939 s
The Wizard of Oz or Anya Taylor-Joy turning heads in the 2020 mastery of Beth Harmon in the Netflix adaptation of
The Queen s Gambit, film and television actresses have turned out performances with grace and talent time and time again.
While films and shows such as these will rightfully mark these women s places in history, it is not uncommon that the people they ve fashioned themselves into in real life are even more impressive than the characters they portray.
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You’ve Got Mail are widely credited with saving the romantic comedy genre. But beyond that, Ephron was a star in her own right, writing prolifically about her experiences of being a woman, from the 1970s up until the time of her death in 2012 from pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia.
In honor of what would have been Ephron s 80th birthday on May 19th, below are some fun facts about the creator’s life and work.
1. Nora Ephron was fictionalized from an early age.
Ephron made her living telling other people’s stories, but she’s inspired some, too dating back to her teen years. Ephron’s parents, Hollywood screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron, based their 1961 play and subsequent film
Screenshot: Singin’ In The Rain
Singin’ In The Rain defies an auteurist reading. As the film’s star, co-director, and co-choreographer, Gene Kelly would seem like a likely candidate for authorship, but the fact that Kelly shares the last two roles with Stanley Donen reveals the film’s collaborative nature. Similarly, songwriter-turned-producer Arthur Freed could rightly be singled out for his part in its creation, since he came up with its concept of a film that would showcase the songs he’d co-written with Nacio Herb Brown. Finally, screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green can claim much of the credit for