Elaine Dundy

Elaine Dundy, born as Elaine Rita Brimberg, ( born August 1, 1921 in New York City; † May 1, 2008 in Los Angeles ) was an American novelist, biographer, journalist and actress.

Life

Elaine Brimberg grew up in a wealthy New York family. Her father was a successful businessman who was very hot-tempered and abusive to his family. Elaine received her degree at Sweet Briar College and studied acting at the Jarvis Theatre School in Washington, DC. After the end of World War II, she traveled to Europe. There they first lived in Paris, where she set French films. Later she moved to London and played in a radio BBC radio play with. In 1950 she met the theater critic Kenneth Tynan know. Both were married on 25 January 1951. Their daughter Tracy was born on 12 May 1952.

Elaine Dundy played various supporting roles in films and plays. In 1958 she published her first novel, The Dud Avocado based ( An American in Paris), loosely based on her experiences in Paris. The novel was a bestseller and made Elaine Dundy famous. In 1964, Kenneth Tynan and Elaine Dundy divorced.

Elaine Dundy wrote in 1962 for the BBC satire That Was the Week That Was. She wrote two additional novels and plays, biographies of Peter Finch and Elvis Presley and a book about the city in Ferriday Louisiana. As an author she worked for magazines Esquire, The New Yorker, Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Elaine Dundy died 1 May 2008 of a heart attack. She was buried in the cemetery Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Works

Novels

  • An American in Paris, 1960 (The Dud Avocado, 1958)
  • An evening for two, 1967 ( The Old Man and Me, 1964)
  • The Injured Party, 1974

Biographies and non-fiction

  • Finch, Bloody Finch: A Biography of Peter Finch, 1980
  • Elvis and Gladys, 1985
  • Ferriday, Louisiana, 1991
  • Life Itself! , 2001 ( autobiography )

Pieces

  • My Place, 1962
  • Death in the Country
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