Elaine Dundy

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

Life

Elaine Brimberg grew up in a wealthy New York family. Her father was a successful businessman who was very irascible and abusive with his family. Elaine graduated from Sweet Briar College , studied acting at the Jarvis Theater School in Washington, DC, and adopted the pseudonym Elaine Dundy. After the end of World War II , she traveled to Europe . She lived first in Paris , where she French films set to music . She later moved to London and starred in a radio drama on the BBCWith. In 1950 she met the theater critic Kenneth Tynan . They were married on January 25, 1951. Their daughter Tracy was born on May 12, 1952.

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

In 1962, Elaine Dundy wrote That Was the Week That Was for the BBC satire . She wrote two other novels and plays, biographies on Peter Finch and Elvis Presley, and a book on the city of Ferriday , Louisiana . She has worked as a writer for Esquire , The New Yorker , Vogue and Cosmopolitan magazines. Elaine Dundy died of a heart attack on May 1, 2008 . She was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery .

Works

Novels

  • An American woman 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 books

  • 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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview: Elaine Dundy, celebrated author of the seminal book, 'Elvis & Gladys: Genesis of The King', talks to EIN. In: Elvis Information Network. 2004, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Philip Purser: Elaine Dundy. In: The Guardian . May 8, 2008, accessed May 16, 2020 .
  3. ^ Afterword by Elaine Dundy in An American woman in Paris , Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag 2009, page 362.
personal data
SURNAME Dundy, Elaine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elaine Rita Brimberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, biographer, journalist and actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2008
Place of death los Angeles