Norris Church Mailer: Difference between revisions

Possbile conciseness edit with Early life, added Wilkes University to Works Cited as Author of Scholarship.
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=Early Life & Career=
=Early Life & Career=
Originally from [[w:Atkins, Arkansas|Atkins, Arkansas]], Norris had several successful careers.{{sfn|Mailer|1989}} 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}} Norris held several successful one-woman art exhibits, while acting in television and features films, including [[w:Ragtime (film)|''Ragtime'']] (1981), [[w:The Executioner's Song (film)|''The Executioner's Song'']] (1982), and the television soap, [[w:All My Children|''All My Children'']]{{sfn|Mansfield|2008}}. Norris was a member of the [[w:Actors Studio|Actors Studio]].{{sfn|Wire Reports|2010}}
Originally from [[w:Atkins, Arkansas|Atkins, Arkansas]], Norris had several successful careers.{{sfn|Mailer|1989}} 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}} Norris held several successful one-woman art exhibits, while acting 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|2008}}. Norris was a member of the [[w:Actors Studio|Actors Studio]].{{sfn|Wire Reports|2010}}


=Life with Normal Mailer=
=Life with Normal Mailer=
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|2019|p=B11}}, 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}} Norris was mother and stepmother to nine children.{{sfn|Berger|2019}}
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|2019|p=B11}}, 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}} Norris was mother and stepmother to nine children.{{sfn|Berger|2019}}


=Legacy & Death=
=Legacy & Death=
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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 }}
* {{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 }}
* {{cite newsgroup |title=Provincetown Arts 'hero' Mailer is missed |author=Bragg, M. A. |date=November 23, 2010 |newsgroup=CapeCodOnline.com |message-id= |url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101123/NEWS/11230311/ |access-date=2010-11-26}}
* {{cite newsgroup |title=Provincetown Arts 'hero' Mailer is missed |author=Bragg, M. A. |date=November 23, 2010 |newsgroup=CapeCodOnline.com|message-id=|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101123/NEWS/11230311/ |access-date=2010-11-26}}
* {{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 }}
* {{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 }}
* {{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 }}
* {{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 }}
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* {{cite interview |last=Mailer |first=Norris |subject-link=Norris Church Mailer |interviewer=Frazier Moore |title=The Very Versatile, Mrs. Mailer |publisher= |location= |date=April 1989 |work= }}
* {{cite interview |last=Mailer |first=Norris |subject-link=Norris Church Mailer |interviewer=Frazier Moore |title=The Very Versatile, Mrs. Mailer |publisher= |location= |date=April 1989 |work= }}
* {{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= }}
* {{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= }}
* {{cite press release |author=<!--no by-line.--> |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=n.d. |access-date=2019-04-07}}
* {{cite press release |author=Wilks 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}}
* {{cite news |author=Wire Reports|title=Norris Mailer, 6th wife of Norman Mailer, dies |work=Tulsa World |location= |date=2010-11-26 }}
* {{cite news |author=Wire Reports|title=Norris Mailer, 6th wife of Norman Mailer, dies |work=Tulsa World |location= |date=2010-11-26 }}