![]() Helene Hanff's career saw her move from unproduced playwright to writer of some of the earliest television dramas to becoming a noted writer and personality in her own right, as a quintessential New Yorker. She had to abandon this when she realised that her family needed her to be a wage earner. She decided to teach herself, and she established a daily schedule of study. She said that she was resigned to leaving after a year when the money was used. ![]() Her family could not fund an expensive education, but Hanff won a scholarship to attend Temple University. However, it was said that he still liked the theatre, and he would swap shirts for a chance to get into a theater. Her father had been a performer, but he settled down to sell shirts. ![]() She was born in 1916 to Miriam (born Levy) and Arthur Hanff. ![]() She is best known as the author of the book 84, Charing Cross Road, which became the basis for a stage play, television play, and film of the same name. Helene Hanff (April 15, 1916 – April 9, 1997) was an American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ![]()
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