Editing Philadelphia Main Line (section)

==In popular culture==
=== Film ===
[[File:Philadelphiastorydvdcover.jpg|thumb|A promotional poster for ''[[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story]]'']]
==== 1940–1989 ====
*''[[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story (1940)]]''
*''[[Kitty Foyle (film)|Kitty Foyle (1940)]]''
*''[[South Pacific (1958 film)|South Pacific (1958)]]'': Character "Lt. Joe Cable, USMC" is from [[Ardmore, Pennsylvania|Ardmore]]
*''[[The Young Philadelphians|The Young Philadelphians (1959)]]''
*''[[The Happiest Millionaire|The Happiest Millionaire (1967)]]''
*''[[Obsession (1976 film)|Obsession (1976)]]''
*''[[Grease (film)|Grease (1978)]]'': Loosely based on [[Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Radnor, PA]]
*''[[Taps (film)|Taps (1981)]]'': Filmed at VFMA, featuring scenes in Wayne (at Farmers Market and North Wayne Avenue)
*''[[Trading Places|Trading Places (1983)]]'' 
*''[[Mannequin (1987 film)|Mannequin (1987)]]''

==== 1990–present ====
*[[Downtown (film)|''Downtown (1990)'']]: Set in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania|Bryn Mawr]] and filmed in Philadelphia
*''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia (1993)]]:'' [[Tom Hanks]]'s character celebrates Thanksgiving at his family home in [[Lower Merion Township|Lower Merion]]
*''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar|To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)]]'': The setting for [[Patrick Swayze]]'s character's family home is [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania|Bala Cynwyd]], with those scenes filmed in [[Montclair, New Jersey]].
*''[[Wide Awake (1998 film)|Wide Awake (1998)]]:'' [[M. Night Shyamalan]] movie, filmed at his alma mater, [[Waldron Mercy Academy]]
*''[[The Sixth Sense|The Sixth Sense (1999)]]'': The wake scene was set in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania|Bryn Mawr]].
*''[[In Her Shoes (film)|In Her Shoes (2005)]]'': [[Toni Collette]]'s character attends a Main Line wedding and jokes about what she should wear.
*''[[Pride (2007 film)|Pride (2007)]]''
*''[[Dare (film)|Dare (2009)]]''
*''[[Happy Tears (film)|Happy Tears (2009)]]''
*''[[Tenure (film)|Tenure (2009)]]''
*''[[The Art of the Steal (2009 film)|The Art of the Steal (2009):]]'' Documentary chronicling the acquisition and emigration of the [[Barnes Foundation|Barnes art collection]] from Merion to Philadelphia.
*''[[The Lovely Bones (film)]]''
*''[[Foxcatcher|Foxcatcher (2014)]]''
*[[Split (2016 American film)|''Split (2016)'']]

===Literature===
*''[[A Stranger Is Watching (novel)|A Stranger Is Watching]]'': The main character's murdered wife Nina grew up in a wealthy Philadelphia Main Line Family. In the book, it mentions that Nina went to Bryn Mawr College.
*''Blackbird Sisters'', mystery novels by Nancy Martin
*''[[Bobos in Paradise]]'', by [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]]
*''[[Official Preppy Handbook]]'', by Lisa Birnbach
*The ''[[Pretty Little Liars (book series)|Pretty Little Liars]]'' series, by [[Sara Shepard]], which uses the fictional Main Line suburb of Rosewood as its setting.
*''Pterodactyls'', by [[Nicky Silver]]. The play is set in a Main Line house.
*''[[Song of Solomon (novel)|Song of Solomon]]'', by [[Toni Morrison]]. The character First Corinthians is educated at Bryn Mawr College.
*''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', by [[J.D. Salinger]]. Valley Forge Military Academy (where Salinger attended for two years) is the basis for Pencey Prep.  Additionally, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, believes Jane Gallagher to have gone to [[The Shipley School|Shipley]], a Main Line private school.
*''[[The It Girl (novel series)|The It Girl]]'', by [[Cecily von Ziegesar]]
*''[[The Lovely Bones]]'', by [[Alice Sebold]]
*''[[Curtis Sittenfeld#The Man of My Dreams|The Man of My Dreams]]'', by [[Curtis Sittenfeld]]
*''[[The Badge of Honor Series]]'', by [[W.E.B. Griffin]]. The main character, Matt Payne, is from Merion.
*''[[Americanah]]'', by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]. The main character gets assaulted by a tennis coach in Ardmore and subsequently works as a nanny on the Main Line (possibly Merion)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksie.com/posting/iranwo-ewejobi/book-review-of-chimamanda-adichies-americanah-334757|title=Book Review of Chimamanda Adichie's Americanah}}</ref>
*''[[Luckiest Girl Alive]]'', by Jessica Knoll, which uses the Main Line and the fictional Bradley School, based on [[Shipley School|The Shipley School]], as its setting<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/books/luckiest-girl-alive-author-jessica-knoll-makes-a-revelation.html|title=Jessica Knoll Reveals the Rape Behind Her Novel, 'Luckiest Girl Alive'|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|date=2016-03-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref>
*''[[The Ginger Barnes Main Line Mysteries]]'', by Donna Huston Murray, take place in the Philadelphia Main Line.
* ''That Summer'' by Jennifer Weiner

===Television===
*''[[All My Children]],'' [[Soap opera]] which aired from 1970 to 2011, set in a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, named Pine Valley and modeled after the town of [[Rosemont, PA|Rosemont]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-sep-23-la-oe-hoffman-all-my-children-20110923-story.html|title='All My Children': Farewell to Pine Valley|last=Hoffman|first=Alice|date=September 23, 2011|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
*''[[Broad City]]'': Co-creator and co-star [[Abbi Jacobson]] is from [[Wayne, Pennsylvania|Wayne]].
*''[[Made (TV series)|Made]]''
*''[[My Super Sweet 16]]''
*''[[One Life to Live]]''
*''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]''
*''[[Pretty Little Liars (TV series)|Pretty Little Liars]]'', as with the book, set in fictional Rosewood based on the city [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania]] and modeled after the town of [[Wayne, Pennsylvania]].
*''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]''
*''[[Mad Men]]'': [[Betty Draper]], [[Don Draper]]'s wife in seasons [[Mad Men (season 1)|one]] through [[Mad Men (season 3)|three]], is said to be from [[Lower Merion Township]] and to have attended [[Bryn Mawr College|Bryn Mawr]].