Eleanor Perry

Eleanor Perry , born in Cleveland, Ohio, was a screenwriter and author who was a part of a team with her then husband film director Frank Perry. She won an Emmy award for her television screenplay adaptation of Truman Capotes A Christmas Memory. The Perry duo was responsible for 1968s The Swimmer starring Burt Lancaster, Diary of a Mad Housewife starring Carrie Snodgrass and the Academy Awardnominated independent film, David and Lisa among other films. Eleanor Perry was also a journalist and novelist who penned Blue Pages, a semiautobiographical novel about her time writing screenplays in Hollywood. Prior to working with Frank Perry, Eleanor had published numerous articles, plays and novels including Third Best Sport which was produced on Broadway.

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