Editing Nora Ephron (section)

== Early life and education ==

Ephron was born in [[New York City]] on May 19, 1941, to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family.<ref name="Bergan">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/27/nora-ephron|title=Nora Ephron obituary|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|date=June 27, 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 22, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She was the eldest of four daughters, and grew up in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref name="timesneck">{{cite news|title=Get real – ageing's not all Helen Mirren|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/get-real-ageings-not-all-helen-mirren-8lcr6hc5t7j|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052619/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article1466183.ece|archive-date=September 28, 2011|work=The Times|date=March 4, 2007|access-date=August 16, 2007|location=London, UK|first=Ed|last=Hawkins}}</ref> Her parents, [[Phoebe Ephron|Phoebe]] (née Wolkind) and [[Henry Ephron]], were both East Coast-born playwrights and screenwriters. Her parents named her Nora after the protagonist in the play ''[[A Doll's House]]'' by [[Henrik Ibsen]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Everything is Copy|last=Dance|first=Liz|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7864-9674-7|location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}</ref> Nora's younger sisters, [[Delia Ephron|Delia]] and [[Amy Ephron|Amy]], are also writers. Her sister [[Hallie Ephron]] is a journalist, book reviewer, and novelist who writes crime fiction. Ephron's parents based the ingenue character in the play and film version of ''[[Take Her, She's Mine]]'' on the 22-year-old Nora and her letters from college; [[Sandra Dee]] played the character based on Nora in the film version, with [[James Stewart]] portraying her father.<ref name="guardian2007">{{cite news|title=Everything is copy|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2025098,00.html|work=The Guardian|date=March 3, 2007|access-date=August 16, 2007|location=London, UK|first=Emma|last=Brockes}}</ref> Both her parents became alcoholics during their declining years.<ref name="timesneck"/>

As a high school student, Ephron dreamed of going to New York City to become another [[Dorothy Parker]], an American poet, writer, satirist, and critic.<ref>"Ephron, Nora." ''Current Biography Yearbook 1990.'' The H.W. Wilson Company. 1990. p. 216.</ref> Ephron has cited her high school journalism teacher, Charles Simms, as the inspiration for her pursuit of a career in journalism.<ref name=":0" /> She graduated from [[Beverly Hills High School]] in 1958, and from [[Wellesley College]] in Massachusetts in 1962 with a degree in political science.<ref name="Bergan"/>