- Born
- Died
- Birth nameShana Cecelia Ager
- Shana Alexander was born on October 6, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for The Slender Thread (1965), Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987) and Mrs. Harris (2005). She was married to Stephen Alexander Jr.. She died on June 23, 2005 in Hermosa Beach, California, USA.
- SpousesStephen Alexander Jr.(September 22, 1951 - 1966) (divorced, 1 child)?(1944 - 1944) (divorced)
- Parents
- Daughter of composer Milton Ager, and columnist Cecelia Ager. In February 1987, her only daughter, 25-year-old Katherine, committed suicide. She jumped 31 stories to her death from the Park Avenue high-rise where she lived with her mother in New York.
- She wrote for several magazines, including Newsweek and National Geographic. She was the first woman hired to be a staff writer for Life magazine. She once called "Point-Counterpoint" a "modern reincarnation of Punch and Judy".
- What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be difficult. It should be difficult for millionaires, too.
- When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband.
- On truth: Gossip is often...But mostly, gossip is half-true. Between the two poles of whole-truth and half-truth is slung the hammock in which we all rock.
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