Years active 1944-63 Name Henry Ephron | Role Playwright | |
Born May 26, 1911 ( 1911-05-26 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Screenwriter, producer, director Died September 6, 1992, Woodland Hills, California, United States Children Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Amy Ephron, Hallie Ephron Books We thought we could do anything Movies Desk Set, There's No Business Like Sho, Daddy Long Legs, Carousel, On the Riviera Similar People | ||
Henry Ephron (May 26, 1911 – September 6, 1992) was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer who often worked with his wife, Phoebe (née Wolkind). He was active as a writer from the early 1940s through the early 1960s.
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Henry Ephron was born in Bronx, New York, the son of Gittle "Gussie" (née Weinstein) and Yitzhak Asher "Isaac" Ephron, a retailer. His parents were Jewish immigrants, his father from Grodno, now in Belarus, and his mother from Skidzyel', now in Belarus. All four of his daughters by his first wife, Phoebe: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Hallie Ephron and Amy Ephron, also became notable writers. Coincidentally, his second wife, June (née Gilmartin; July 6, 1911 – November 13, 1996), widow of Oscar Levant, who wed Ephron in 1978, was also one of four sisters.
Ephron died in 1992 of "natural causes" at the Motion Picture Hospital in Los Angeles.
Notable works
(unless otherwise noted, films written with Phoebe Ephron):