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Date of Birth
19 January 1921, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Date of Death
4 February 1995, Locarno, Switzerland (leukemia)

Birth Name
Mary Patricia Plangman

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Used the pseudonym Claire Morgan for the novel The Price of Salt (later retitled Carol) because of its autobiographical lesbian theme, to avoid pigeonholing.

Emigrated to England in 1951. Lived most of her life in Switzerland.

Attended Barnard College

Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1978


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