Norris Church Mailer
Norris Church Mailer (born Barbara Jean Davis ; born January 31, 1949 in Atkins , Arkansas ; † November 21, 2010 in Brooklyn Heights , Brooklyn , New York City ) was an American model , film actress , writer and painter and the sixth and last wife of the writer Norman Mailer .
biography
The daughter of a road worker won a child modeling competition as "Miss Little Rock" at the age of three and studied at Arkansas Polytechnic College after attending Atkins High School . Her first marriage in 1969 to a schoolmate was divorced in 1974, so that she subsequently lived as a single mother with her son from this marriage.
She then began a career as a photo model and changed her name to Norris Church. In 1975 she met Norman Mailer, whom she married on November 11, 1980. Another son, John Buffalo Mailer, emerged from the marriage, which lasted until Mailer's death on November 10, 2007.
Shortly after the wedding, she ended her modeling career and began working as an actress. She made her debut in 1981 in the film Ragtime by Miloš Forman . In 1982, she played in the film version of Mailer with the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Executioner's Song alongside Tommy Lee Jones , the one for his portrayal of a murderer on death row Emmy received. After a role in Dangerous Triangle ( Exposed ) (1983) by James Toback , she last played in 2000 in the independent film Chinese Coffee produced by Robert Salerno and directed by Al Pacino based on a play by Ira Levin .
In addition, Norris Church Mailer worked as a painter and writer and published two novels with Windchill Summer (2001) and Cheap Diamonds (2007) .
In 2010 her memoir A Ticket to the Circus appeared , in which she describes in particular her time with Mailer, through which she met Jacqueline Kennedy , Imelda Marcos , Woody Allen and Fidel Castro, among others .
Web links
- Norris Church Mailer in nndb (English)
- Obituary of November 21, 2010 on archive.boston.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mailer, Norris Church |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Barbara Jean (maiden name); Norris Church (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atkins , Arkansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2010 |
| Place of death | Brooklyn Heights , Brooklyn , New York City |