American women biographers

The list American women biographers includes Sondra Locke, Shirley MacLaine, Arianna Huffington, Paula Broadwell and Sheilah Graham. The list consists of 317 members and 1 sublist.

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Sondra Locke

American, Actress

Overview: Sandra Louise Anderson (née Smith; May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director.

Date of birth: 28 May 1944

Date of death: 3 November 2018

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Deaths from breast cancer in California 100T

Deaths from bone cancer in California 43T

Memoirists from Tennessee 2T
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Shirley MacLaine

American actress, and author (born 1934)

Overview: Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American film, television, and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author. An Oscar winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1934

Age: 90

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Washington-Liberty High School alumni 35T

Broadway actors 482T

Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 70T
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Arianna Huffington

Greek-American author and columnist (born 1950)

Overview: Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoulou, Greek: Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου on July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She is a co ...

Date of birth: 15 July 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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American opinion journalists 71T

HuffPost bloggers 24T

Writers from Athens 118T
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Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

Overview: Maya Angelou ( ANN-jəl-oh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1928

Date of death: 28 May 2014

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American women memoirists 620T

African-American memoirists 19T
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Barbara Minty

American writer

Overview: Barbara Minty (born June 11, 1953), also known as Barbara Minty McQueen, is a former fashion model who was the third wife and widow of American film star Steve McQueen.

Date of birth: 11 June 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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American women non-fiction writers 2,184T

Female models from Oregon 18T

Women biographers 545T
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Monica Crowley

American conservative pundit and television personality (born 1968)

Overview: Monica Crowley (born September 19, 1968) is the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She has been a political commentator and lobbyist. She was a Fox News co ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Pundit

Gender: Female

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American conservative talk radio hosts 58T

Watchung Hills Regional High School alumni 14T
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Linda Lee Cadwell

American teacher, writer, the widow of Bruce Lee

Overview: Linda Emery Lee Cadwell (born March 21, 1945) is a retired American teacher and writer, the widow of martial arts master and actor Bruce Lee (1940–1973), and the mother of actor Brandon Lee (1965–1993) ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Teacher

Gender: Female

Partner: Bruce Cadwell (Married)

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Family of Bruce Lee 7T

University of Washington College of Education alumni 17T

American women non-fiction writers 2,662T
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Paula Broadwell

Journalist

Overview: Paula Dean Broadwell (née Kranz; born November 9, 1972) is an American writer, academic and former military officer. She served in the US Army on active and reserve duty for over 20 years, including time ...

Date of birth: 9 November 1972

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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21st-century American biographers 114T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T
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Sheilah Graham

American gossip columnist (1904–1988)

Overview: Sheilah Graham (born Lily Shiel; 15 September 1904 – 17 November 1988) was a British-born, nationally syndicated American gossip columnist during Hollywood's "Golden Age". In her youth, she had been a ...

Date of birth: 14 September 1904

Date of death: 17 November 1988

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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20th-century English women writers 690T

American women columnists 383T
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Phyllis Newman

American actress and singer (1933–2019)

Overview: Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 – September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the Broadway- ...

Date of birth: 19 March 1933

Date of death: 15 September 2019

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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21st-century American Jews 7,859T

Lincoln High School (New Jersey) alumni 21T

American women memoirists 740T
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Margaret Truman

American socialite and daughter of President Harry S. Truman (1924–2008)

Overview: Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008) was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the ...

Date of birth: 17 February 1924

Date of death: 29 January 2008

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century American memoirists 443T

Writers from Manhattan 402T

Children of vice presidents of the United States 71T
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Adela Rogers St. Johns

American journalist

Overview: Adela Nora Rogers St. Johns (May 20, 1894 – August 10, 1988) was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. She wrote a number of screenplays for silent movies but is best remembered for her ...

Date of birth: 20 May 1894

Date of death: 10 August 1988

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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20th-century memoirists 804T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

American women television writers 652T
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Doris Kearns Goodwin

American biographer

Overview: Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist and political commentator.

Date of birth: 4 January 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Female

Partner: Richard N. Goodwin (Married)

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20th-century American women journalists 548T

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Clara Clemens

American; daughter of Mark Twain; opera singer

Overview: Clara Langhorne Clemens Samossoud, formerly Clara Langhorne Clemens Gabrilowitsch (June 8, 1874 – November 19, 1962), was a daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain. She was a contralto concert ...

Date of birth: 8 June 1874

Date of death: 19 November 1962

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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American women non-fiction writers 2,503T

Converts to Christian Science from Presbyterianism 6T

Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York) 17T
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Cindy Adams

American gossip columnist and writer

Overview: Cynthia "Cindy" Adams (née Sugar; later Heller; born April 24, 1930) is an American gossip columnist and writer. She is the widow of comedian/humorist Joey Adams.

Date of birth: 24 April 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: American

Occupation: Columnist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Writers from Manhattan 74T

Writers from Queens, New York 32T

Andrew Jackson High School (Queens) alumni 19T
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Catherine Lloyd Burns

American actor

Overview: Catherine Lloyd Burns (born April 19, 1961) is an actress and writer.

Date of birth: 19 April 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Adam Forgash (Married)

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Historians from New York (state) 493T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T

Women biographers 545T
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Carole Simpson

American journalist

Overview: Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1940) is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. She is the first African-American woman to anchor a major United States network newscast.

Date of birth: 7 December 1940

Age: 83

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Partner: Jim Marshall (Married)

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20th-century African-American educators 139T

Hyde Park Academy High School alumni 44T

21st-century American women educators 88T
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Baby Peggy

American child film actress and film historian (1918–2020)

Overview: Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery, October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. At the time ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1918

Date of death: 24 February 2020

Age: 101 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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2020 deaths 11,737T

American women memoirists 620T

Women centenarians 1,059T
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Shana Alexander

Journalist

Overview: Shana Alexander (October 6, 1925 – June 23, 2005) was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation ...

Date of birth: 6 October 1925

Date of death: 23 June 2005

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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American women columnists 383T

20th-century American women 4,137T

Women magazine editors 530T
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Diane Dimond

American journalist

Overview: Diane Dimond (born November 15, 1952) is an American investigative journalist, author, syndicated columnist, and TV commentator. She is best known for breaking the story of child molestation allegations ...

Date of birth: 15 November 1952

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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21st-century American biographers 114T

20th-century American biographers 388T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T