Ellen Simon

Biography

Born 00/00/1957

One might assume that being the daughter of one of the most famous playwrights and screenwriters in American history would have its perks, but for Ellen Simon, there was also a great deal of emotional trauma and pain. Her mother, Joan, a former dancer, died of bone cancer when Simon was 16....
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Highlights

  • In 1995, Screen adapation of "Moonlight and Valentino" starring Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathleen Turner released
  • In 1989, Stage play "Moonlight and Valentino" premiered at the Duke University New Playwrights Festival
  • In 1987, While jogging, second husband struck by car and killed

Family & Companions

  • Neil Simon: father (born July 4, 1927)
  • Joan Baim Simon: mother (born 1932, died of bone cancer, 1973)
  • Marsha Mason: step-mother (born 1942; four-time Academy Award nominee, married to Neil Simon from 1973-1982)

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