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- Birth nameMary Therese McCarthy
- Mary McCarthy was born on June 21, 1912 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was a writer, known for The Group (1966), Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990) and Bibliothèque de poche (1966). She was married to James Raymond West, Robert Bowden Broadwater, Edmund Wilson Jr. and Harold Johnsrud. She died on October 25, 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesJames Raymond West(April 15, 1961 - October 25, 1989) (her death)Robert Bowden Broadwater(December 18, 1946 - February 14, 1961) (divorced)Edmund Wilson Jr.(February 10, 1938 - December 10, 1946) (divorced, 1 child)Harold Johnsrud(June 21, 1933 - August 11, 1936) (divorced)
- RelativesKevin McCarthy(Sibling)
- Older sister of actor Kevin McCarthy.
- Cousin of Eugene McCarthy.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 568-570. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Augusta Dabney.
- Sister-in-law of Kate Farquharson-Crane.
- Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior: the ape in man.
- Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
- In science, all facts - no matter how trivial or banal - enjoy democratic equality.
- Life for the European is a career. For the American it is a hazard.
- [on Lillian Hellman] Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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