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Frances Lear (née Loeb, July 14, 1923 – September 30, 1996) was an American activist, magazine publisher, editor and writer. Biography. Lear was born with only a first name, Evelyn, to an unwed mother in Hudson, New York, at the Vanderheusen Home for Wayward Girls.
Oct 1, 1996 · Frances Lear, a mercurial figure in the media world who spent some $25 million she received in a divorce settlement to start a magazine named after herself, died yesterday at her home in...
Feb 23, 2021 · Learn about the two women who shaped Norman Lear's life and career before his current wife, Lyn. Frances Lear was a feminist publisher and a bipolar divorcee, while Charlotte Rosen was a cosmetics saleswoman and a trophy wife.
Maude is generally considered to be based on Lear's wife Frances, which she confirmed, with Charlie Hauck serving as main producer and writer. Lear's longtime producing partner was Bud Yorkin, who also produced All in the Family, Sanford and Son, What's Happening!!, Maude, and The Jeffersons. Yorkin split with Lear in 1975.
Frances Lear (1923–1996) was an American magazine editor and feminist who founded Lear's, the first mass-circulated magazine for women over 40. She was also a political activist, a divorcee of TV producer Norman Lear, and a breast cancer survivor.
May 15, 1989 · FRANCES LEAR, publisher with a messianic commitment to women over 40, has broken the wrinkle barrier by reaching for a neglected market
Oct 1, 1996 · Frances Lear, the former wife of producer Norman Lear who used her sizable divorce settlement to found a women’s magazine called Lear’s and later founded Lear Television, died Monday. She...
