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Eleanor Gehrig(1904-1984)

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Eleanor Gehrig was born on 6 March 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1977) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She was married to Lou Gehrig. She died on 6 March 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornMarch 6, 1904
DiedMarch 6, 1984(80)
BornMarch 6, 1904
DiedMarch 6, 1984(80)
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Known for

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1977)
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
6.7
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1977
Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
  • Self(as Mrs. Lou Gehrig)

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Writer

  • A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1977)
    A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • book "My Luke and I"
    • 1977

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Mrs. Lou Gehrig
  • Born
    • March 6, 1904
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • March 6, 1984
    • New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Lou GehrigSeptember 29, 1933 - June 2, 1941 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Portrayal

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father was Chicago Parks Commissioner Frank Twitchell
  • Quotes
    On her marriage to Lou Gehrig: "I would not have traded two minutes of joy and the grief with that man for two decades of anything with another."

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