Patrick Dennis

. Patrick Dennis, actually: Edward Everett Tanner III, ( born May 18, 1921 in Evanston, Illinois, † November 6, 1976 in New York City ) was an American author.

Dennis counted from 1950 to 1960 the most widely read authors in America. He published 16 novels, most of which were bestsellers.

His biggest success was the 1955 published novel "Auntie Mame " ( original title: " Auntie Mame - to Irreverant Escapade "). The eccentric heroine was seen as an alternative to conservative- conservative ideal woman of that time, as "America's diabolical answer to Mary Poppins " (Paul Rudnick ). The novel served as the basis for a play, a movie from 1958 with Rosalind Russell in the title role, an eponymous musical in which premiered on Broadway in 1966 Angela Lansbury embodied Mame and a film adaptation of the musical from 1974 with Lucille Ball

To Dennis 's oeuvre also includes titles such as " Around the World with Auntie Mame " ( "Around the World with Auntie Mame "), " Genius ", " Tony ", " How Firm a Foundation ," "The Joyous Season", "Love and Mrs. Sergeant "and" Little Me. " The plot of his works is often applied to the model of "Aunt Mame " about an eccentric female protagonist around.

When Dennis ' works out of fashion had come, he fell into disuse and was bankrupt, he worked from 1974 until his death as a butler, without his employer knew that this is the famous author. He died on November 6, 1976 at the age of 55 years to pancreatic cancer.

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Epilogues by Paul Rudnick and Michael Tanner in "Auntie Mame ", Goldmann Verlag 2004