Fran Lebowitz
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Frances Ann Lebowitz is an American author, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, and the New York Dolls.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Great humorous stories
- Face to Face
- By the Grace of Extinction
- Un día cualquiera en Nueva York
- La vita è qualcosa da fare quando non si riesce a dormire
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Key facts
- Born
- Frances Ann Lebowitz , ( 1950-10-27 ) October 27, 1950 (age 75) , Morristown, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author public speaker actor
- Nationality
- American
- Genre
- Essays
- Notable works
- Metropolitan Life (1978), Social Studies (1981)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frances
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Morristown
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Christopher Macsurak Fran Lebowitz.jpg
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- Fran Lebowitz
- date of birth
- 1950-10-27
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- birth name
- Frances Ann Lebowitz
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- social media followers
- 9203
- name in native language
- Fran Lebowitz
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Encyclopedic overview
Frances Ann Lebowitz (/ˈliːbəwɪts/; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, and the New York Dolls.
Lebowitz gained fame for her books Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981), which were combined into The Fran Lebowitz Reader in 1994. She has been the subject of two projects directed by Martin Scorsese, the HBO documentary film Public Speaking (2010), and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021).
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