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=Early Life & Legacy= | =Early Life & Legacy= | ||
Originally from [[w:Atkins, Arkansas|Atkins, Arkansas]], Norris Church Mailer had successful careers in various fields. After graduating from [[w:Arkansas Tech University|Arkansas Polytechnic College]], she became an art teacher and, later, a successful model for the [[w:Wilhelmina Models|Wilhelmina modeling agency]]. She held several one-woman shows featuring her paintings and also acted in television and features films, including [[w:Ragtime (film)|''Ragtime'']] (1981) and [[w:The Executioner's Song (film)|''The Executioner's Song'']] (1982), and the television soap opera, [[w:All My Children|''All My Children'']].{{sfn|Mansfield|2008}} | Originally from [[w:Atkins, Arkansas|Atkins, Arkansas]], Norris Church Mailer had successful careers in various fields.{{sfn|Mailer|1989}} After graduating from [[w:Arkansas Tech University|Arkansas Polytechnic College]], she became an art teacher and, later, a successful model for the [[w:Wilhelmina Models|Wilhelmina modeling agency]]. She held several one-woman shows featuring her paintings and also acted in television and features films, including [[w:Ragtime (film)|''Ragtime'']] (1981) and [[w:The Executioner's Song (film)|''The Executioner's Song'']] (1982), and the television soap opera, [[w:All My Children|''All My Children'']].{{sfn|Mansfield|2008}} | ||
=Life with Normal Mailer= | =Life with Normal Mailer= | ||
Norris Church Mailer's near 33-year marriage to her second husband, [[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]]"{{sfn|Berger|2019|p=B11}}, 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 Norman Mailer's five children. | Norris Church Mailer'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. She 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 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.{{sfn|Bragg|2010}} She was the mother of two children and stepmother of Norman Mailer's five children. | ||
=Death & Posthumous Honor= | =Death & Posthumous Honor= | ||
In 2004, [[w:Wilkes University|Wilkes University]] established the Norris Mailer Church Fellowship in creative writing in her honor.{{sfn| | In 2004, [[w:Wilkes University|Wilkes University]] established the Norris Mailer Church Fellowship in creative writing in her honor.{{sfn|The Norris Church Mailer Fellowship in Creative Writing|n.d.}} She died in 2010 of complications from [[w:Gastrointestinal cancer|gastrointestinal cancer]].{{sfn|Berger|2019}} | ||
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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. | * {{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 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 }} | ||