Arlene Alda

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Arlene Alda
Born
Arlene Weiss

(1933-03-12) March 12, 1933 (age 91)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Evander Childs High School
Alma materHunter College
Occupation(s)Photographer, writer
Years active1963–present
Spouse
Elizabeth and Beatrice
RelativesRobert Alda (father-in-law)
Websitewww.arlenealda.com

Arlene Alda (née Weiss; born March 12, 1933)[1] is an American musician, photographer and writer. She began her career playing clarinet professionally, then moved on to photography and writing children's books. She is married to actor Alan Alda.

Early life

Alda was born Arlene Weiss in

Houston Symphony Orchestra, playing assistant first clarinet and bass clarinet under the baton of Leopold Stokowski.[3]

Weiss played first clarinet in the Ridgefield Orchestra. She pursued an early interest in photography by studying with Mort Shapiro and

photo essay
, "Allison's Tonsillectomy".

Literary works

Alda is the author of 15 children's books, including the best seller, Sheep, Sheep Sheep, Help Me Fall Asleep (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1992), Arlene Alda's 1,2,3 (Tricycle Press 1998), which won an American Library Notable citation, The Book of ZZZs (Tundra 2005), Did You Say Pears? (Tundra 2006) and Except the Color Grey (Tundra 2011). She also wrote the popular Hurry Granny Annie (Published by

Tricycle Press in 1999) as well as Hold the Bus (Published by Troll Press in 1996), Iris Has a Virus (2008) and Lulu's Piano Lesson (2010). For much, but not all, of her career as an author, she has provided her own photography as illustrations used in her children's books.[4]

She is also represented in photo anthologies, Women of Vision, and Soho Gallery 2. Alda is the author of On Set (Fireside/Simon and Schuster 1981) illustrated with over one hundred of her photographs and The Last Days of Mash (Unicorn, 1983) with photos by Alda and co-written with her husband, Alan Alda. Her most recent book, Just Kids from the Bronx (Henry Holt and Co. March 2015.) an Oral History of 64 interviews with prominent Bronxites. The story tellers include

TATS CRU Graffiti Artists, Grandmaster Melle Mel
, and the others, from age 93 to age 23.

Personal life

Arlene is married to actor

Elizabeth (b. 1960), and Beatrice (b. 1961), as well as eight grandchildren.[5]

Awards and honors

Alda was honored as The New Jewish Home's Eight Over Eighty Gala 2015 honoree.[6]

References

  1. ^
    Cengage
    . Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Klemesrud, Judy (31 May 1981). "Arlene Alda: Life as a Feminist's Wife". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  3. ^
    The Bronx Museum of the Arts
    .
  4. ^ "Arlene Alda's official website"
  5. ^ Klemesrud, Judy (May 31, 1981). "Arlene Alda: Life as a Feminist's Wife". NY Times.
  6. ^ "Eight Over Eighty Gala Celebrates 8 Remarkable New Yorkers". Retrieved 13 July 2021.

External links

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