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Patrick Dennis (May 18, 1921 -- November 6, 1976)

Born Edward Everett Tanner III in Evanston, Illinois

Wrote fiction under pseudonyms Patrick Dennis and Virginia Rowans

Book about:

Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis
by Eric Myers

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Books by:

Around The World With Auntie Mame (1958), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (1955), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

The novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis was first published in 1955.  It spent 112 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
 

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Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade,
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First Lady:  My First Thirty Days Upstairs in the White House (1964), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Genius (1962), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Guestward, Ho! (1956), co-written as Patrick Dennis with Dorothy Erskine

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House Party (1954), published under the pseudonym Virginia Rowans

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How Firm A Foundation (1968), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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The Joyous Season (1965), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Little Me:  The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, Belle Poitrine (1961), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Love and Mrs. Sargent (1961), published under the pseudonym Virginia Rowans

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The Loving Couple: His (and Her) Story (1956), published under the pseudonym Virginia Rowans

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Oh What A Wonderful Wedding (1953), published under the pseudonym Virginia Rowans

 
 
 

Paradise (1971), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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The Pink Hotel (1957), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

 
 
 

3-D (1972) (published in the UK as Anything You Like in 1974), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Tony (1966), published under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis

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Book about Auntie Mame

But Darling, I'm Your Auntie Mame!: The Amazing History of the World's Favorite Madcap Aunt (Paperback)
by Richard Tyler Jordan

Anecdotal history of Auntie Mame's theatrical journey from a bestselling novel by Patrick Dennis to stage play to film (Auntie Mame) to Broadway musical and then film version of the musical (Mame).

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Movies based on works

Auntie Mame

Mame

Musical theatre

Little Me

Mame

Television

The 1960 television series Guestward Ho! was based on the novel by Patrick Dennis.

The 1966 television series The Pruitts of Southampton, with Phyllis Diller,  was based on House Party.

 

 

 

"'Auntie Mame' Prevails as Improbable Best Seller in Italian Market," New York Times, January 28, 2010