Name: Elaine May
Date of Birth: 21 April 1932 Mother of 'Jeannie Berlin' (qv)She and 'Mike Nichols (I)' (qv) were referred to as "the world's fastest humans".Partnered with 'Mike Nichols (I)' (qv) for a number of years until their less than amicable split. They made up years later and wrote the movie _The Birdcage (1996)_ (qv).She married as a teenager and had a daughter ('Jeannie Berlin' (qv), born in 1949) before she turned 18 years oldSo brief was her 70s marriage to lyricist 'Sheldon Harnick' (qv) of _Fiddler on the Roof (1971)_ (qv) fa... me, the joke went that Elaine got custody of the cake.Has not directed a movie since the colossal box office failure of _Ishtar (1987)_ (qv).Her play, "Hot Line," was nominated for a 1983 Joseph Jefferson Award for "New Work" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.Read more Elaine May movies (actor)Elaine May movies (director)User Comments |
