Ephron

Ephron is a Jewish surname; notable people with this name include:

  • A family of American writers:
    • Henry Ephron (1911–1992), father
    • Phoebe Ephron (1914–1971), mother
    • Amy Ephron (born 1952), daughter
    • Delia Ephron (born 1944), daughter
    • Hallie Ephron (born 1948), daughter, sometimes writes as G. H. Ephron
    • Nora Ephron (1941–2012), daughter
  • Theron Ephron Catlin (1878–1960), American politician from Missouri

Famous quotes containing the word ephron:

    Consciousness-raising is at the very least supposed to bring about an intimacy, but what it seems instead to bring about are the trappings of intimacy, the illusion of intimacy, a semblance of intimacy.
    —Nora Ephron (b. 1941)

    It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, “They lived happily ever after” and the following quarter-century warning that they’ll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.
    —Nora Ephron (b. 1941)

    The women’s liberation movement at this point in history makes the American Communist Party of the 1930s look like a monolith.
    —Nora Ephron (b. 1941)