Ruth McKenney
Author
1911 – 1972
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Who was Ruth McKenney?
Ruth McKenney was an American author and journalist, best remembered for My Sister Eileen, a memoir of her experiences growing up in Ohio and moving to Greenwich Village with her sister Eileen McKenney. This was later adapted as the musical Wonderful Town by Leonard Bernstein.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1911
Mishawaka - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Cleveland
- Indiana
- Died
- Jul 25, 1972
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on July 23, 2013
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