Charlotte Chandler

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Lyn Erhard, better known under the pen name of Charlotte Chandler, is an American biographer and playwright. [1] [2] Chandler authored biographies of Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Ingrid Bergman, Mae West and Alfred Hitchcock. [3] [4]

A resident of New York City, Chandler is a member of the board of Film at Lincoln Center. [5]

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References

  1. Jones, Lewis (17 June 2010). "The Real Kate: a Personal Biography of Katharine Hepburn by Charlotte Chandler: review". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. Gussom, Mel (24 September 1986). "Theater—Nightingale". The New York Times.
  3. Pfeffer, Lindsay (20 March 2005). "Psycho analysis". The Observer.
  4. "Review: Charlotte Chandler's biography presents Katharine Hepburn …". San Jose Mercury News. 17 July 2010.
  5. Article at Simon & Schuster 2021