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Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

Writer | Actress

Gertrude Stein was the fifth child in the Daniel and Amelia Stein family. She grew up in a trilingual environment, spending her childhood in Vienna and Paris, then living in California. She graduated from Radcliffe College and went to the Medical School at Johns Hopkins University for 2 years. She continued her medical studies in Europe... See full bio »

Born:

in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 72) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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2011 Tender Buttons (short) (writer)
 
2005 Hubby/Wifey (short)
 
1988 Quest for Love (novel "Q.E.D.")
 
1988 Three Plays by Gertrude Stein (TV short) (play)
 
1986 O Cinema Falado (excerpt)
 
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1996 Paris Was a Woman (documentary)
Herself - Reads Poems about Toklas, Picasso (uncredited)
 
1954 The Unconquered (documentary)
Herself (in Louis Braille procession) (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Three Lives," 1909.

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Height:

5' 1" (1.55 m)
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Personal Quote:

On success: Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something See more »

Trivia:

She sarcastically advocated awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to 'Adolf Hitler': "...because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle from Germany. By driving out the Jews and the democratic and Left element, he is driving out everything that conduces to activity. That means peace..." (New York Times Magazine, May 6, 1934). See more »

Nickname:

The Mother Goose of Montparnasse See more »

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