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- Birth nameBarbara Stone
- Barbara Gelb was born on February 6, 1926 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for American Experience (1987), The Face of a Genius (1966) and Camera Three (1955). She was married to Arthur Gelb. She died on February 9, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseArthur Gelb(June 1946 - May 20, 2014) (his death, 2 children)
- Author, she was the niece of Jascha Heifetz and the stepdaughter of S.N. Behrman. She and Arthur Gelb are parents of Peter Gelb.
- She was also a freelance reporter, writing profiles of Joseph Heller, George C. Scott, Mike Nichols, and Richard Burton, and articles on subjects including crime and Soviet dissidents.
- She and her husband, Arthur Gelb, wrote the first full-scale biography of playwright Eugene O'Neill.
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