Henry Ephron

Henry Ephron was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer. He often worked with his wife, Phoebe and 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

:Three Is a Family Bride by Mistake Belles on Their Toes ; sequel to Cheaper by the DozenWhat Price Glory ; ScreenplayThere's No Business Like Show Business Daddy Long Legs ; ScreenplayCarousel ; also producerDesk Set ; also producerTake Her, She's Mine ; Broadway play, later made into a film, then an unsold ABC TV comedy series with Van Johnson starring in the pilotCaptain Newman, M.D., nominated for Oscar, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Autobiography

''We Thought We Could Do Anything''