Ross, Lillian (1926–)

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Ross, Lillian (1926–)

American journalist and writer. Born June 8, 1926, in Syracuse, New York; dau. of Louis Ross and Edna (Rosenson) Ross; children: Erik Jeremy Ross (adopted).

Wrote for The New Yorker for more than 50 years, beginning in 1945, when she was not yet 20; became well known for her laudatory portraits of movie stars, famous writers, and other celebrity subjects, including John Huston and Ernest Hemingway.

See also memoir Here But Not Here: A Love Story (1998); and Women in World History.

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