This collection is comprised of journalist and author Lyn Tornabene's personal documents, correspondence, publications, manuscripts, photographs, and audio interviews. The bulk of the materials date from 1961-1989.
Collection Number:
MS 411
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
Lyn Tornabene was born October 13, 1930, in Williamsport, PA. In 1952, she graduated with a B.A. in English from Penn State and soon thereafter moved to Manhattan where she soon worked in the editorial departments of Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and Cosmopolitan. In 1960, she published her first article with by-lined articles appearing regularly in Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, McCall's, Woman's Day, Family Circle, and Good Housekeeping. She authored a popular column for Cosmopolitan which ran between the 1960s – 1970s titled Lunch Dateas well as a regularly published column for McCall's in the 1960s titled Walking With. Her articles primarily centered on social commentaries and celebrity profiles, including interviews with top celebrities from the period such as Federico Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, Gene Kelly, Cher, Warren Beatty, Bruce Willis, Oprah Winfrey, and many others.
She was the author of several books including I Passed as a Teenager (1966), What's a Jewish Girl? (1967), and Long Live the King: A Biography of Clark Gable (1977). The latter was a major Literary Guild selection and was condensed by Reader's Digest. Throughout her career, she gave many talks on interviewing, writing, editing, and dealing with New York Agents and appeared on major television shows including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Today Show, and What's My Line? She was married for fifty years to art publisher Frank Tornabene and had one daughter.
She resides in Tucson, and contributes to the advancement of the arts.
Organization
The Lyn Tornabene papers is organized into 7 series.
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