GEORGE PLIMPTON
Name: George Ames Plimpton
Born March 18, 1927
Died September 25, 2003
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 - September 25, 2003) was an American
journalist, writer, editor, and actor.
Plimpton was born in New York. He attended St. Bernard's School, Phillips Exeter
Academy, and Daytona Beach High School, where he received his High School
diploma before entering Harvard University in July 1944. He wrote for the
Harvard Lampoon, was a member of the Hasty Pudding-Institute of 1770, Pi Eta and
Phoenix-S.K. His field of concentration was English. While Plimpton considered
himself part of the Class of 1948, he actually graduated from Harvard in 1950
due to intervening military service. He was also an accomplished birdwatcher.
Plimpton was first married to Freddy Medora Espy, a photographer's assistant,
from 1968 to 1988. They had two children: Medora Ames and Taylor Ames. In 1991
he married Sarah Whitehead Dudley, with whom he had twin girls, Laura and Olivia.
In 1953, Plimpton joined the influential literary journal The Paris Review,
founded by Peter Matthiessen, Thomas H. Guinzburg, and Harold L. Humes, becoming
its first editor in chief. This periodical carries great weight in the literary
world, but has never been financially strong; for its first half-century, it was
largely financed by its publishers and by Plimpton. Poet laureate Donald Hall,
who had met Plimpton at Exeter was Poetry Editor. One of the magazine's most
notable discoveries was author Terry Southern, who was living in Paris at the
time and formed a lifelong friendship with Plimpton.
Name: George Ames Plimpton
Born March 18, 1927
Died September 25, 2003
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 - September 25, 2003) was an American
journalist, writer, editor, and actor.
Plimpton was born in New York. He attended St. Bernard's School, Phillips Exeter
Academy, and Daytona Beach High School, where he received his High School
diploma before entering Harvard University in July 1944. He wrote for the
Harvard Lampoon, was a member of the Hasty Pudding-Institute of 1770, Pi Eta and
Phoenix-S.K. His field of concentration was English. While Plimpton considered
himself part of the Class of 1948, he actually graduated from Harvard in 1950
due to intervening military service. He was also an accomplished birdwatcher.
Plimpton was first married to Freddy Medora Espy, a photographer's assistant,
from 1968 to 1988. They had two children: Medora Ames and Taylor Ames. In 1991
he married Sarah Whitehead Dudley, with whom he had twin girls, Laura and Olivia.
In 1953, Plimpton joined the influential literary journal The Paris Review,
founded by Peter Matthiessen, Thomas H. Guinzburg, and Harold L. Humes, becoming
its first editor in chief. This periodical carries great weight in the literary
world, but has never been financially strong; for its first half-century, it was
largely financed by its publishers and by Plimpton. Poet laureate Donald Hall,
who had met Plimpton at Exeter was Poetry Editor. One of the magazine's most
notable discoveries was author Terry Southern, who was living in Paris at the
time and formed a lifelong friendship with Plimpton.