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{{Short description|American writer and actress (1921–2008) }}
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▲[[File:Elaine Dundy.jpg|right|thumb|220px|[[Jim McDermott (illustrator)|Jim McDermott]]'s portrait of
'''Elaine Rita Dundy''' (née '''Brimberg'''; August 1, 1921 – May 1, 2008) was an American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress and playwright.
==Early life==
She was born '''Elaine Rita Brimberg''' in New York City
A habituée of New York nightclubs from the age of 15, she met the exiled Dutch painter [[Piet Mondrian]], who wished to be taught how to [[jitterbug]].<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elaine-dundy-the-times-obituary-9hpwg27dqn6|title=Elaine Dundy: The Times obituary|work=The Times|date=May 9, 2008|access-date=14 May 2021}} {{subscription required}}</ref> An honors graduate from Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia, she studied acting at the Jarvis Theatre School in Washington<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last=Hoare|first=Philip|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elaine-dundy-author-of-the-dud-avocado-who-first-took-up-writing-as-a-response-to-life-as-poor-little-mrs-tynan-825472.html|title=Elaine Dundy: Author of 'The Dud Avocado' who first took up writing as a response to life as 'poor little Mrs Tynan'|work=The Independent|date=May 10, 2008|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref> with future star actors [[Rod Steiger]], [[Tony Curtis]] and others, and in the [[Dramatic Workshop]] was taught by [[Erwin Piscator]].<ref name="Times"/>
Dundy's controlling father insisted she live at home while in New York, but she calculated that her monthly allowance would allow her to live in Paris for a short time.<ref name="Times"/> At the end of World War II, she traveled to Europe, first to live in Paris, France, dubbing French films,<ref name="Purser"/> then settled in London, where she performed in a BBC radio play. In 1950, she met the theater critic [[Kenneth Tynan]], and two weeks later, they began living together. They married on January 25, 1951, had a daughter Tracy (born May 12, 1952, London), and became part of the theatrical and film elite of London and Hollywood. Dundy's sister, [[Shirley Clarke]], was a leading independent filmmaker and a professor of film at UCLA. {{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}▼
▲Dundy's controlling father insisted she live at home while in New York, but she calculated that her monthly allowance would allow her to live in [[Paris]], France, for a short time.<ref name="Times"/> At the end of World War II, she traveled to Europe, first to live in Paris
==Radio and television==
Among her roles as an actress, she appeared in "The Scream," a 1953 episode of the TV series ''Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents'', and a BBC-TV production of ''[[Dinner at Eight (play)|Dinner at Eight]]'' as a maid: "One of those small parts an actress can do absolutely nothing with except look as pretty as possible, act as naive as possible and stay out of the way of the knives." Dundy was heard in different roles on [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]]'s Harry Lime dramas, directed by [[Orson Welles]].<ref name="Independent"/> In 1955, Dundy and Tynan appeared together on camera, hosting the "Madrid Bullfight" episode of ''[[Around the World with Orson Welles|Around the World With Orson Welles]]'', the documentary series Welles made for [[Associated-Rediffusion]], a contractor for Britain's [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] commercial network.<ref>
==Books==
In 1958, Dundy published her first novel ''The Dud Avocado'', loosely based on her experiences in Paris. It reached the top of the bestseller lists.<ref name="Telegraph">
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Tynan disapproved of Dundy's writing vocation despite having forecast success,<ref name="Telegraph"/> because it distracted attention from himself; Dundy, however,
As part of her research for the Presley book, Dundy moved from her luxurious suites in London and New York to live for five months in Presley's birthplace of [[Tupelo, Mississippi]]. ''[[Elvis and Gladys]]'' was first published by Macmillan in 1985 (reissued in 2004 by the University Press of Mississippi). The ''[[Boston Globe]]'' hailed it as "nothing less than the best Elvis book yet".<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' described it as "the most fine-grained Elvis bio ever."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elaine-dundy-3/elvis-and-gladys/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
==Later life==
Dundy maintained a home in London until 1986,<ref>Elaine Dundy ''Life Itself'', 2001, Virago, p. 346.</ref> and then moved to Los Angeles to be near her daughter. By then, Tracy was a costume designer; she is married to film director [[Jim McBride]].<ref name="Garner">{{cite news|last=Garner|first=Dwight|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/books/review-in-tracy-tynans-memoir-wear-and-tear-feeding-on-explosive-drama.html?_r=0|title=Review: In Tracy
Tracy Tynan's memoir ''Wear and Tear'', published in the United States in 2016, deals with Tynan's trying experiences of her parents.<ref name="
==Death==
In Dundy's final years, she was losing her eyesight
==Bibliography==
===Novels===
*''[[The Dud Avocado]]'' (1958)
*''The Old Man and Me'' (1964)
*''The Injured Party'' (1974)
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===Articles===
*"Hip, Beat & Square", ''The Observer'', 4 December 1960
*"Memory in Spain", ''The Observer'', 25 December 1960
*"Stanley Kubrick and Dr. Strangelove", ''Queen'', 13 March 1963 (reprinted in ''Glamour'', April 1964)
*"Reviewing Reviewing" (on the first issue of the ''New York Review of Books''), ''The Spectator'', 7 June 1963
*"Formentoracle", ''The Observer'', 4 May 1964
*"Crane, Masters, Wolfe,
*"What Means Tiny Alice?" (on Edward Albee), ''New York Herald Tribune'', 31 January 1965
*"How
*"The Image in the Marketplace", ''Esquire'', July 1965
*"Can a Simple Welsh Lass of Thirty-six Find Happiness with a Macedonian Rock-and-Roll Star of Twenty-four?", ''Esquire'', December 1965
*[on Christopher Plummer], ''New York Herald Tribune'', 26 December 1965
*Tom Wolfe Issue (letter), ''New York Review of Books'' 17 March 1966
*Tom Wolfe ... But Exactly, Yes! ''Vogue'', April 1966
*[on Rosemary Harris], ''New York Herald Tribune'', 10 April 1966
*"Vivien Leigh: On Interviewing a Star
*"Suddenly It's Fun", ''The Observer'', 20 August 1967
*"Finding
*"Life
*"Why Actors Do Better for Sidney Lumet", ''New York'', 22 November 1976,
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*"Born to Please" (on Vivien Leigh), ''The New York Times'', 22 May 1977
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===Short
*"The Sound of a Marriage", ''Queen'', 1960 or 1965? (reprinted, ''Cosmopolitan'', February 1967)
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*{{IMDb name|id=1133864|name=Elaine Dundy}}
*[http://www.elvisinfonet.com/dundy1.html Interview with Elaine Dundy]
*[http://www.elvisnews.com/Presentation/Functional/Page/articles.aspx?command=show&item=806 Elvis News interview with Elaine Dundy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529184432/http://www.elvisnews.com/Presentation/Functional/Page/articles.aspx?command=show&item=806 |date=May 29, 2006 }}
*[http://www.elainedundy.com/Guardian/guardian.html "Out of the Darkness": Elaine Dundy on losing her sight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502230238/http://www.elainedundy.com/Guardian/guardian.html |date=May 2, 2006 }}
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