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==Early life==
She was born '''Elaine Rita Brimberg''' in New York City of Polish and Latvian descent. Her Polish-born Jewish father, Samuel Brimberg, was an office furniture manufacturer and a violent bully.<ref name="Purser">{{cite news|last=Purser|first=Philip|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2278393,00.html|title= Elaine Dundy|work=The Guardian|date=May 8, 2008|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref>
Her mother was the daughter of a multimillionaire Jewish manufacturer and inventor. Dundy was one of three sisters; a sibling was [[Shirley Clarke]], the independent filmmaker.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gelder|first=Lawrence Van|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/26/movies/shirley-clarke-is-dead-at-77-maker-of-oscar-winning-film.html|title=Shirley Clarke Is Dead at 77; Maker of Oscar-Winning Film|date=September 26, 1997|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 12, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Dundy grew up in a [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]] home where she was educated by a governess, though she eventually attended high school, where her boyfriend Terry was the son of playwright [[Maxwell Anderson]]. Later, they met again and almost married.<ref name="Purser"/> 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.
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