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Originally from Atkins, Arkansas, Norris Church Mailer had successful careers in various fields. Her first job was at a pickle factory. After graduating from Arkansas Polytechnic College, she became an art teacher and, later, a successful model for the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She held several one-woman shows featuring her paintings and also acted in television and features films, including ''Ragtime'' (1981) and ''The Executioner's Song'' (1982), as well as performing on the television soap opera, ''All My Children''. | Originally from Atkins, Arkansas, Norris Church Mailer had successful careers in various fields. Her first job was at a pickle factory. After graduating from Arkansas Polytechnic College, she became an art teacher and, later, a successful model for the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She held several one-woman shows featuring her paintings and also acted in television and features films, including ''Ragtime'' (1981) and ''The Executioner's Song'' (1982), as well as performing on the television soap opera, ''All My Children''. | ||
Norris Church Mailer's near 33-year marriage to her second husband, [[w:Norman Mailer|Norman Mailer]], is frequently the focus of reviews about her life. She described Mailer as "the Henry Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle", often seeking his advice on drafts of her novels and defending him against critics who claimed he was misogynistic. ''A Ticket to the Circus'' in part chronicles her relationship with Mailer. She was the mother of two children and stepmother of author Norman Mailer's five children. | Norris Church Mailer's near 33-year marriage to her second husband, [[w:Norman Mailer|Norman Mailer]], is frequently the focus of reviews about her life. She described Mailer as "the [[w:Henry Higgins|Henry Higgins]] to my [[w:Eliza Doolittle|Eliza Doolittle]]", often seeking his advice on drafts of her novels and defending him against critics who claimed he was misogynistic. ''A Ticket to the Circus'' in part chronicles her relationship with Mailer. She was the mother of two children and stepmother of author Norman Mailer's five children. | ||
In 2004, Wilkes University, in Pennsylvania, established the Norris Mailer Church Fellowship in creative writing in her honor. She died in 2010 of complications from gastrointestinal cancer. | In 2004, Wilkes University, in Pennsylvania, established the Norris Mailer Church Fellowship in creative writing in her honor. She died in 2010 of complications from gastrointestinal cancer. | ||