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[[File:Norris Church Mailer.jpeg|thumb|Photo courtesy of the Norris Church Mailer Estate.]] | [[File: Norris Church Mailer.jpeg|thumb|Photo courtesy of the Norris Church Mailer Estate.]] | ||
Norris Church Mailer ( | Norris Church Mailer (née Barbara Jean Davis, January 31, 1949, in Atkins, Arkansas) was an American artist, actress, model, and author of several books. Her publications include the memoir, ''A Ticket to the Circus'', and the novels ''Cheap Diamonds'' and ''Windchill Summer''. She is the mother of [[Matthew Mailer|Matthew]], her son with her first husband, and [[John Buffalo Mailer|John Buffalo]].{{sfn|Moore|1989|p=66}} | ||
* [[:Category:Written by Norris Church Mailer|Contributions]] | After graduating from [[w:Arkansas Tech University|Arkansas Polytechnic College]], Norris became an art teacher and, later, a successful model for [[w:Wilhelmina Models|Wilhelmina modeling agency]].{{sfn|Klemesrud|1979}} She held several successful one-woman art exhibits and appeared in [[w:Ragtime (film)|''Ragtime'']] (1981), [[w:The Executioner's Song (film)|''The Executioner's Song'']] (1982), and the television drama, [[w:All My Children|''All My Children'']].{{sfn|Mansfield|1986}} Norris was a member of the [[w:Actors Studio|Actors Studio]].{{sfn|Moore|1989|p=66}} | ||
Norris's near 33-year marriage to her second husband, [[Norman Mailer|Norman Mailer]],{{sfn|Italie|2010}} is frequently the focus of reviews about her life. Norris described Mailer as “the [[w:Henry Higgins|Henry Higgins]] to my [[w:Eliza Doolittle|Eliza Doolittle]],”{{sfn|Berger|2010}} often seeking his advice on novel drafts and defending him against critics.{{sfn|Klemesrud|1979}} ''A Ticket to the Circus'' chronicles her life.{{sfn|Bragg|2010}} | |||
In 2004, [[w:Wilkes University|Wilkes University]] established the Norris Mailer Church Fellowship in Creative Writing in her honor. Norris died in 2010 of complications from [[w:Gastrointestinal cancer|gastrointestinal cancer]].{{sfn|Berger|2010}} | |||
==Links== | |||
* [[:Category: Written by Norris Church Mailer|Contributions]] | |||
* [[Tributes to Norris Church Mailer]] | * [[Tributes to Norris Church Mailer]] | ||
==Citations== | ==Citations== | ||
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* {{cite news |last=Berger |first=Joseph |date=November 22, 2010 |title=Norris Church Mailer, Artist and Ally, Dies at 61 |work=New York Times |location=New York |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite news |title=Provincetown Arts 'hero' Mailer is missed |last=Bragg |first=M. A. |date=November 23, 2010 |work=CapeCodOnline.com|message-id=|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20101123/NEWS/11230311 |access-date=2010-11-26 |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Ellen |date=December 2010 |title=The Norman Conquest, or The Last Wife of Norman Mailer Speaks |journal=Belle Lettres |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=22-23 |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=November 22, 2010 |title=Norris Mailer; her memoir tells of life as author's 6th wife |work=Boston Globe |location=New York |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Klemesrud |first=Judy |date=April 22, 1979 |title=Mailer's Latest Love Story |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=3H |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Frazier |date=April 1989 |title=The Very Versatile Mrs. Mailer |url= |magazine=Interview |location= |pages=66–68 |access-date= |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Mansfield |first=Stephanie |date=January 26, 1986 |title=Norris Mailer, Out of Arkansas The Author's Sixth Wife, Her Art and Her Roots |work=Washington Post |location= |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite press release |author=Wilkes University|title=The Norris Church Mailer Fellowship in Creative Writing|url=https://www.wilkes.edu/academics/graduate-programs/masters-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/admissions-requirements/financial-aid.aspx |date=2004 |access-date=2019-04-07 |ref=harv }} | |||
* {{cite news |author=<!--no author--> |title=Norris Mailer, 6th wife of Norman Mailer, dies |work=Tulsa World |location= |date=2010-11-26 |ref=harv }} | |||
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