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Full Name Elaine Loretta Melson Children Virginia Madsen, Michael Madsen, Cheryl Madsen Books The Texan and Dutch Gas: Kicking Off the European Energy Revolution Spouse Edward Carstens (m. 2011), Calvin Madsen (m. ?–1968) Parents Lavinia Melson, Lance Melson Grandchildren Jack Sabato, Christian Madsen, Hudson Lee Madsen, Calvin Madsen, Luke Ray Madsen, Max Madsen Similar People | ||
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Elaine Loretta Madsen (born May 28, 1932) is an American author and filmmaker. She is also the mother of actors Virginia Madsen and Michael Madsen. She won an Emmy Award in 1983 for producing the documentary Better Than It Has To Be.
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- Elaine madsen randy olsen chatting a tiny bit of me
- Michael and elaine madsen on his career quentin tarantino and her newest movie
- Personal life
- Career
- References
Michael and elaine madsen on his career quentin tarantino and her newest movie
Personal life
She was born Elaine Loretta Melson near Romeoville, Illinois, the daughter of Lavina L. (née Shay; 1910–2004) and Lance E. Melson (1907–1988). She has two siblings, Virginia (Melson) Osterman and Reverend Lance Melson Jr. She is divorced from Calvin Christian Madsen, a firefighter, with whom she had three children, actors Virginia Madsen and Michael Madsen, and Cheryl Madsen, who is an entrepreneur. She originally went into a career in finance, later deciding to pursue more creative endeavors for herself. In the 1960s she became an acquaintance of Roger Ebert, who encouraged her to pursue a career in the film industry. Her grandson is actor Christian Madsen.
Career
In 2007, Madsen co-authored with Douglass Stewart a book titled The Texan and the Dutch Gas. Madsen published a book of original poems titled Crayola Can't Make These Colors in 2009. She has written for several magazines and also spent time as a film critic.
In 1983, she produced a documentary titled Better Than It Has To Be, for which she won an Emmy Award. The documentary is about the history of filmmaking in the Chicago area. In 2009, she partnered with her daughter to produce and direct I Know a Woman Like That, a documentary featuring interviews with several women over 60 and how they defy age stereotypes. Featured interviews include Rita Moreno, Lauren Hutton, Elaine Kaufman, and Eartha Kitt.
She works with her daughter's film production company, Title IX Productions. The name was chosen from the 1972 law that defends against gender discrimination.