Henry Ephron


Henry Ephron was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer who often worked with his wife, Phoebe. He was active as a writer from the early 1940s through the early 1960s.

Early life

Henry Ephron was born in Bronx, New York, the son of Gittle "Gussie" 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, widow of Oscar Levant, who wed Ephron in 1978, was also one of four sisters. His family is Jewish.
Ephron died in 1992 of "natural causes" at the Motion Picture Hospital in Los Angeles.

Notable works

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