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Nora Ephron (born May 19 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist.

Her parents, Henry and Phoebe Ephron, were both successful East Coast-born and raised screenwriters. Both died from alcoholism. Nora Ephron was briefly an intern in the White House of President John F. Kennedy. She later wrote, "It didn't upset me that he never hit on me. It upset me more that I didn't have the right clothing, if you want to know the truth."

She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. She sometimes writes with her sister, Delia Ephron.

She has been married three times, first to writer Dan Greenburg, second to journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame, and currently to writer Nicholas Pileggi. When Bernstein left her for British politician Margaret Jay, Ephron was inspired to write the 1983 novel Heartburn about the events, which was made into a 1986 film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. She continues to write articles and books.

Selected filmography

Director and screenwriter

• (1992) This Is My Life
• (1993) Sleepless in Seattle
• (1994) Mixed Nuts
• (1996) Michael
• (1998) You've Got Mail
• (2000) Lucky Numbers
• (2005) Bewitched

Screenwriter only

• (1983) Silkwood
• (1986) Heartburn
• (1989) Cookie
• (1989) When Harry Met Sally...
• (1990) My Blue Heaven
• (2000) Hanging Up

Essay collections

• Crazy Salad
• Wallflower at the Orgy
• (2006) I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

External links

• Biography
• Biography
• Nora Ephron on figuring out that W. Mark Felt was Deep Throat
• I Feel Bad About My Neck - Reviews & Scores at Metacritic.com
• The Bat Segundo Show #72 (2006 podcast interview)

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