What happened to Lucy Saroyan father?
Lucy Saroyan, a former actress who struggled for years over her estrangement from her famous father, author William Saroyan, has died. She was 57. The cause was cirrhosis of the liver complicated by hepatitis C, said her brother, Aram, of Los Angeles. She is also survived by her mother, Carol Matthau, of New York. Advertisement
Who is Ms Saroyan?
Ms. Saroyan was born in San Francisco on Jan. 17, 1946. She was the second child of her father and the former Carol Marcus, a New York debutante who enchanted the writer with her beauty, zest and glamorous friends. The marriage took place at the peak of Saroyan's fame. He became known for stories that celebrated brotherhood and tightknit families.
Is Lucy Saroyan related to Carol Grace's brother?
Saroyan was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of the writer William Saroyan and the actress Carol Grace. Her brother is writer Aram Saroyan. Following her parents' second divorce, her mother married the actor Walter Matthau [1] and Lucy Saroyan later worked alongside her stepfather in a number of his films.
Who did Lucy Saroyan date?
She dated comic legend and Blue Collar co-star Richard Pryor during this time. The first exhibit of Lucy Saroyan's posthumously discovered portraits of A-List Hollywood and New York entertainment figures of the 1970s and 1980s opened at the Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica on January 16, 2010.
Where are Lucy Saroyan's papers?
Lucy Saroyan's personal papers, including dozens of letters and postcards to and from her father from early childhood until their eventual estrangement, are now archived in the Fresno County Public Library.
Where is Lucy Saroyan from?
Saroyan was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of the writer William Saroyan and the actress Carol Grace. Her brother is writer Aram Saroyan. Lucy attended the Dalton School in New York, her mother's alma mater, where Carol solidified her lifelong friendships with Gloria Vanderbilt and Oona O'Neill. She spent her adolescent summers at a horse camp in Montana. Following her parents' second divorce, her mother married the actor Walter Matthau and Lucy later worked alongside her stepfather in a number of his films. She also played small parts on Broadway, off-Broadway, and on TV, in addition to working as a film library archivist. Her most notable film role was in Paul Schrader 's 1978 film Blue Collar, in which she played Harvey Keitel 's wife. She dated comic legend and Blue Collar co-star Richard Pryor during this time.
