Apropos of Nothing (index)
Abe (uncle) 23, 37, 56
Abramovich, Roman (Russian billionaire) 368 (1966-)
Abramowitz, Elkan (lawyer) 270-271, 282
Adams, Don 77-78 (1923-2005)
Adefarasin, Remi (cameraman) 369 (1948-)
Aeschylus (Greek tragedian) 361 (456-523 BC)
Aguirresarobe, Javier (cameraman) 369 (1948-)
Alba (bird lady) 290
Alber, David O. 63, 66, 71, 74, 76
Alda, Alan 305-306, 385 (1936-)
Ali, Muhammad 122, 366 (1942-2016)
Alice (director) 307-309 (1990)
Alison (babysitter) 256
Allen, Bechet (adopted daughter) 225, 333
Allen, Harlene Rosen (first wife) 78-79, 81-82, 89-90, 95, 97, 104, 108, 110, 217, 378 (1939-)
Allen, Manzie (adopted daughter) 225, 333
Allen, Mel 61 (1913-1996)
Allen, Woody (name change) 61
Allentuch, Sarah (assistant) 347
Allyson, June 49 (1917-2006)
Altman, Robert 178, 201, 298 (1925-2006)
Almodovar, Pedro (Spanish director) 385 (1949-)
Alvy and Annie (Annie Hall) 190
Amazon (lawsuit) 377, 387
Anaya, Elena (Spanish actress) 389 (1975-)
Andress, Ursula (Swiss actress) 140 (1936-)
Andrew (friend) 39
Angell, Roger (writer) 165 (1920-2020)
Anhedonia (depression symptom) 190
Annie Hall (director)119, 121, 182, 187, 189-191, 193-195, 206, 295, 297, 319, 331, 361 (1977)
Another Woman (director) 229, 300, 302, 361 (1988)
Antz (voice actor) 341 (1998)
Antonioni, Michelangelo (Italian director) 177, 304, 359 (1912-2007)
Anything Else (director) 343-344 (2003)
Arden, Eve 49, 323 (1908-1990)
Arendt, Hannah (German-American philosopher) 3 (1906-1975)
Aristophanes (Greek playwright) 53 (427-386 BC)
Aristotle (Greek philosopher) 196 (385-323 BC)
Arkin, Alan 325 (1934-)
Armstrong, Louis 45-46 (1901-1971)
Aronson, Ellen Letty (sister) 10, 252, 287 (1943-)
Arthur, Jean 52 (1900-1991)
Ashkenazy, Vladimir (Russian pianist) 301 (1937-)
Asimov, Isaac 182 (1920-1992)
Astaire, Fred 19, 72, 122, 124, 392 (1899-1987)
Atkins, Eileen 364 (1934-)
Auden, Wystan H. 51 (1907-1973)
Avicenna (Persian polymath) 28 (980-1037)
Aykroyd, Dan 342 (1952-)
Bacall, Lauren 85 (1924-2014)
Bacharach, Burt 140 (1928-)
Baez, Joan 146 (1941-)
Baldwin, Alec 309, 359, 363, 377, 379 (1958-)
Ball, Lucille 119, 159 (1911-1989)
Ballard, Kaye 77-78 (1925-2019)
Balzac, Honore de (French playwright) 9, 222 (1799-1850
Bananas (director) 145, 175-176, 199, 301 (1971)
Bancroft, Mary (American novelist) 174 (1903-1997)
Bardem, Javier 350, 377, 379 (1969-)
Bardot, Brigitte 111 (1934-)
Barenboim, Daniel (Spanish pianist) 301, 351 (1942-)
Barleycorn, John (British folk song) 198
Barrymore, Drew 330 (1975-)
Baruch, Andre (narrator) 28 (1908-1991)
Baylos, Gene 107 (1906-2005)
Bean, Roy (judge) 263 (1825-1903)
Beatles 153
Beatty, Warren 137-139 (1937-)
Bechet, Sidney (musician) 45-46, 225, 335, 356 (1897-1959)
Beckmann, Max (German painter) 7 (1884-1950)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (German composer) 199, 368 (1770-1827)
Behar, Joy 378, 385 (1942-)
Belafonte, Harry 102, 146 (1927-)
Bellow, Saul 203, 264, 338 (1915-2005)
Benchley, Robert (American humorist) 24 (1889-1945)
Benigni, Roberto 350 (1952-)
Benny, Jack 28, 68, 82, 123, 208 (1894-1974)
Bergman, Ingmar (Swedish director) 99, 122, 200-201, 229, 246, 277, 300-302, 345, 352, 361-362, 388 (1918-2007)
Bergson, Henri (French philosopher) 88 (1859-1941)
Berle, Milton 49, 68, 99 (1908-2002)
Berlin, Irving 15, 18 (1888-1989)
Berlusconi, Silvio (Italian tycoon) 359 (1936-)
Berman, Shelley 105, 136 (1925-2017)
Bernstein, Schmulka (butcher) 182
Bernstein, Walter (screenwriter) 185-186 (1919-)
Berra, Yogi 202 (1925-2015)
Bettelheim, (psychologist) Bruno 85 (1903-1990)
Bierce, Ambrose (writer) 59 (1842-1914?)
Biggs, Jason 343 (1978-)
Blake, Eubie (musician) 169 (1887-1983)
Blanchett, Cate 361, 363 (1969-)
Blos, Peter (German psychoanalyst) 72 (1904-1997)
Blue Jasmine (director) 167, 361, 363, 382 (2013)
Bob & Ray (comedy team) 215
Bogart, Humphrey 6, 8, 20, 85, 163, 199, 272 (1899-1957)
Boluch, Sandy (babysitter) 224, 232, 240, 266, 273
Bonaparte, Napolean 248 (1769-1821)
Boone, Pat 103 (1934-)
Boulud, Daniel (French chef) 211 (1955-)
Bova, Ben (writer) 182 (1932-)
Boyer, Charles 301 (1899-1978)
Bracken, Eddie 53 (1915-2002)
Bradley, Bill 215 (1943-)
Brando, Marlon 20, 105, 207, 360 (1924-2004)
Branagh, Kenneth 338 (1960-)
Brickman, Marshall (writer) 101, 105, 119, 124, 182, 189-190, 192-195, 201, 295, 301, 324 (1939-)
Brinkley, David 120 (1920-2003)
Broadbent, Jim 324 (1949-)
Broadway Danny Rose (director) 289-290 (1984)
Brody, Adrian 355 (1973-)
Brolin, Josh 349 (1968-)
Bronson, Charles 152 (1921-2003)
Brontes 51
Brooks, Mel 93, 98, 100-101, 107 (1926-)
Brother Theodore (American-German actor) 59 (1906-2001)
Brown, Norman O. (philosopher) 51 (1913-2002)
Bruce, Lenny 52, 134, 136 (1925-1966)
Bruni, Carla (French-Italian singer) 357 (1967-)
Bullets over Broadway (director) 324, 326 (1994)
Bunk (Johnson - trumpeter) 112 (1879-1949)
Bunuel, Luis (Spanish filmmaker) 173, 200, 237 (1900-1983)
Burbank, Albert (musician) 335 (1902-1976)
Burke, Billie (American actress) 22 (1884-1970)
Burnett, Carol 146, 156 (1933-)
Burns, George 326, 328 (1896-1996)
Burrows, Abe 68-69, 71, 74, 159 (1910-1985)
Burton, Richard 143 (1925-1984)
Burtons (Richard & Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011) 144
Byington, Spring 22 (1886-1971)
Caesar, Sid 93, 98, 100-103, 156 (1922-2014)
Cafe Society (director) 369 (2016)
Cagney, James 8, 20, 40-41 (1899-1987)
Caine Michael 178, 214, 294-295 (1933-)
Camus, Albert (French philosopher) 50, 300 (1913-1960)
Canby, Vincent (film critic) 177, 200 (1924-2000)
Cannon, Jimmy (sports journalist) 26, 51, 348 (1909-1973)
Capone, Al 379 (1899-1947)
Carell, Steve 369 (1962-)
Carnera, Primo (boxer) 173 (1906-1967)
Carney, Art 102 (1918-2003)
Carradine, John 105 (1906-1988)
Carro, J. (judge) 279
Carson, Johnny 135-136, 146-147 (1925-2005)
Carter, Helena Bonham 330 (1966-)
Casey (Alison's employer) 256
Casino Royale (writer/actor) 151-153 (1967)
Cassandra's Dream (director) 347, 349 (2007)
Cassavetes, John 152-153 (1929-1989)
Cassidy, Hopalong (William Boyd - fictional cowboy) 6 (1895-1972)
Castelli, Leo (Italian art dealer) 215 (1907-1999)
Cavett, Dick 10, 16, 120, 122-124, 183 (1936-)
Ceil (aunt) 23
Celebrity (director) 337 (1998)
Cezanne, Paul (French artist) 7 (1839-1906)
Chagall, Marc (Russian-French artist) 7 (1887-1985)
Chalamet, Timothee 384-385 (1995-)
Channing, Carol 178 (1921-2019)
Chaplin, Charlie 52-53, 169, 176, 343 (1889-1977)
Chasman, David (producer) 175 (1925-2019)
Chayefsky, Paddy (playwright) 99, 122 (1923-1981)
Chekhov (Russian playwright) 111, 229, 286, 297-298, 300 (1860-1904)
Cherry, Nettie (Konigsberg - mother) 3, 68, 150, 163, 392 (1906-2002)
Child, Julia 210 (1912-2004)
Chopin, Frederic (Polish composer) 184 (1810-1849)
Christo (artist) 362 (1935-)
C.K., Louis 382-383 (1967-)
Clarke's, P.J. (saloon) 183
Clarkson, Patricia 350 (1959-)
Clemente, Roberto 43 (1934-1972)
Clift, Montgomery 114 (1920-1966)
Clinton, Hillary 317, 383 (1947-)
Clurman, Harold (director) 162 (1901-1980)
Coates, Susan (doctor) 255-256, 265
Coen, Ethan (director) 340 (1957-)
Cohan, George M. 149 (1878-1942)
Cohen (doctor) 28
Cohen, Joe (poker player) 153
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (English poet) 209 (1772-1834)
Colgate Comedy Hour 83-84, 90
Colodny, Les (writer) 77, 104
Coltrane, John (saxophonist) 78 (1926-1967)
Comden & Green (musical comedy team) 301
Coney Island Whitefish (Wonder Wheel) 370
Cooper, Gary 27 (1901-1961)
Cooper, Henry (British boxer) 366 (1934-2011)
Coppola, Francis 302, 304 (1939-)
Cosby, Bill 120, 136 (1937-)
Cotillard, Marion 355 (1975-)
Coward, Noel 57, 89, 122 (1899-1973)
Cranston, Lamont (The Shadow - fictional character) 187
Crawford, Broderick 53, 323 (1911-1986)
Crawford, Joan 255 (1904?-1977)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (director) 305-306 (1989)
Crist, Judith (film critic) 199 (1922-2012)
Cronkite, Walter 209 (1916-2009)
Cronyn, Hume 69 (1911-2003)
Crosby, Bing 40 (1903-1977)
Crouse, Russel (playwright) 156 (1893-1966)
Cruz, Penelope 350, 359 (1974-)
Curb Your Enthusiasm 379
Curie, Eve (writer) 35 (1904-2007)
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (director) 342 (2001)
Cusack, John 324 (1966-)
Daedalus, Stephen (James Jones fictional character) 9
Dali, Salvador 95, 215, 355 (1904-1989)
Daniele, Graciela (choreographer) 330 (1939-)
Daniels, Jeff 291-292 (1955-)
Dart, Leslee (press representative) 362-363
David, Larry 353 (1947-)
da Vinci, Leonardo 206 (1452-1519)
Davis, Bette 40, 122, 301 (1908-1989)
Davis, Judy 334, 338, 359 (1955-)
Davis, Miles 78, 95 (1926-1991)
de Beauvoir, Simone (French writer) 178 (1908-1986)
Deconstructing Harry (director) 333-334 (1997)
Deneuve, Catherine 385 (1943-)
De Sica, Vittorio (Italian director) 304, 359 (1901-1974)
Dempsey, Jack (boxer) 26 (1895-1983)
Dershowitz, Alan 269, 283, 381 (1938-)
DiCerto, Patricia (casting director) 187
Dickens, Charles 51 (1812-1870)
Dickinson, Emily 51, 264 (1830-1886)
Di Palma, Adriana (producer) 287
Di Palma, Carlo (Italian cinematographer) 243, 287, 303-304, 310, 325, 369 (1925-2004)
Dillon, Mrs. Douglas 317
Dishy, Bob 329 (1934-)
Doctor Shenanigans (cosplay character) 190
Dodds, Johnny (clarinetist) 45-46, 59, 113, 335 (1892-1940)
Dodger Stadium 339
Donner, Clive (British director) 140 (1926-2010)
Don't Drink the Water (writer) 135, 153, 158, 160, 166, 169 (1969)
Dorfman: The Novel (Cafe Society) 369
Dors, Judy (saloon) 32
Dorsey, Tommy 15, 76 (1905-1956)
Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Russian novelist) 50, 110 (1821-1881)
Dougherty, Marion (casting director) 187 (1923-2011)
Doumanian, Jean (producer)121-122, 124, 127-133, 163-164, 178, 209, 215, 217, 222, 306-307 (1935-)
Doumanian, John (agent) 121, 127-128, 163-164
Dressler, Marie 323 (1868-1934)
Dreyfus, Alfred (French artillery officer) 375 (1859-1935)
Drysdale, Don 43 (1936-1993)
Dulles, Allen (CIA director) 174 (1893-1969)
Dunn, Kevin 350 (1956-)
Dunne, Irene 52 (1898-1990)
Durer, Albrecht (German painter) 95 (1471-1528)
Durocher, Leo 321 (1905-1991)
Eastman, Max (writer) 88 (1883-1969)
Ebb, Fred (lyricist) 97 (1928-2004)
Eichmann, Adolf (Nazi) 97 (1906-1962)
Eisenberg, Jesse 369 (1983-)
Eisenstein, Sergei (Soviet director) 189 (1898-1948)
Eliot, T.S. (poet) 9, 50, 218 (1888-1965)
Elizabeth II 154 (1926-)
Ellen H. 59
Elliot (friend) 45
Ellington, Duke 26 (1899-1974)
Ephron, Nora (journalist) 178 (1941-2012)
Epstein, Jerry (friend) 42-45
Epstein, Sandy (friend) 43-44
Escoffier, Auguste (French chef) 209 (1846-1935)
Everyone Says I Love You (director) 292-293, 300, 330 (1996)
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (director) 179, 325 (1972)
Fading Gigolo (actor) 342 (2013)
Falk, Peter 326, 328-329 (1927-2011)
Fanning, Elle 384-385 (1998-)
Farrell, Colin 347 (1976-)
Farrow, Dylan (Eliza; Malone; adopted daughter) 225, 227-228, 230-237, 251, 253-256, 258-262, 265-267, 269, 273-278, 280, 282, 315-316, 319, 370-375, 381, 383, 386 (1985-)
Farrow, Mia 19, 97, 111-112, 192, 213-214, 216, 218-242, 245, 247, 249-257, 259-263, 265-269, 272-283, 288-294, 296-302, 304-306, 313, 315-316, 319-320, 326, 370-375, 381, 386 (1945-)
Farrow, Moses (Mischa; adopted son) 218, 221, 223-225, 227-228, 231-237, 239-240, 251, 253-255, 259-260, 267, 273, 280-281, 305, 315. 370-374, 380-381 (1978-)
Farrow, Ronan (Satchel; Harmon; Seamus; son) 225, 228, 232-237, 245, 248, 250-251, 253, 255, 267, 272, 276-282, 302, 373-374 (1987-)
Farrow, Stephanie 216 (1949-)
Farrow, Tam 239-240 (1979-2000)
Farrow, Thaddeus 224, 241 (1988-2016)
Faulkner, William 50 (1897-1962)
Federer, Roger (Swiss tennis player) 46 (1981-)
Fei, Zhao (Chinese cameraman) 369 (1961-)
Feiffer, Jules 58 (1929-)
Feldman, Charlie (lawyer) 137-138, 140-142, 151, 153 (1905-1968)
Feliciano, Jose 119 (1945-)
Fellini, Federico (Italian director) 122, 177, 303, 345, 352, 359 (1920-1993)
Ferrer, Jose 288 (1912-1992)
Fields, W.C. 53, 122-123, 340 (1880-1946)
Fierstein, Harvey 324 (1954-)
Firth, Colin 364 (1960-)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 51, 113 (1896-1940)
Fitzgerald, Zelda (novelist) 113 (1900-1948)
Fletcher (principal) 30
Fonda, Henry 377 (1905-1982)
Fonssagrives, Mia (costume designer) 140-141
Fonteyn, Margot (dancer) 146 (1919-1991)
Forman, Milos (Czech-American director) 99 (1932-2018)
Forster, E.M. (novelist) 51 (1879-1970)
Forte, Nick Apollo 290-291 (1938-2020)
Fosse, Bob (dancer) 99, 215 (1927-1987)
Foster, Phil 107 (1913-1985)
Four Aces 45
Frank, Anne (diarist) 270 (1929-1945)
Frankenthaler, Helen (painter) 178 (1928-2011)
Frankie (restaurant owner) 290
Frazier, Walt 215 (1945-)
Freud, Sigmund (Austrian neurologist) 57, 88, 218 (1856-1939)
Frisco, Joe (vaudeville performer) 86 (1889-1958)
Front, The (actor) 185-187, 376 (1976)
Gable, Clark 40-41, 248 (1901-1960)
Gagosian, Larry (art dealer) 366-368 (1945-)
Garbo, Greta 122, 295 (1905-1990)
Gardiner, Reginald 27 (1903-1980)
Gardner, Hy (entertainment reporter) 58, 63 (1908-1989)
Garland, Judy 122 (1922-1969)
Garrel, Louis (French actor) 389 (1983-)
Garry Moore Show, The 103
Gelb, Arthur (author) 120 (1924-2014)
Gelbart, Larry (writer) 97-99, 101-102 (1928-2009)
George (boarder) 172, 301
Gershon, Gina 389 (1962-)
Gershwin, George 15, 45, 202 (1898-1937)
Gerwig, Greta 359 (1983-)
Giacometti, Alberto (Swiss sculptor) 322 (1901-1966)
Gibbons, Cedric (director) 286 (1890-1960)
Gielgud, John 325 (1904-2000)
Gingold, Hermione 94 (1897-1987)
Glazer, Sidney (watchdog) 166
Gleason, Jackie 98 (1916-1987)
Godard, Jean-Luc (French-Swiss director) 303-304 (1930-)
Godfrey, Arthur 74 (1903-1983)
Godot (fictional character) 73
Goebbels, Joseph (Nazi) 51-52 (1897-1945)
Goglia, Annabel 257-258
Goglia, Ferdinand (garage mechanic) 257-258
Goldsmith, Lynn (photographer) 265
Goldwater, Barry 145, 187 (1909-1998)
Gomez, Selena 384-385 (1992-)
Goodman, Al (singer) 40 (1943-2010)
Goodman, Benny 15 (1909-1986)
Gordon, Max (Mechel Salpeter - producer) 149-151, 156-158 (1892-1978)
Gordon, Ruth 325-326 (1896-1985)
Gould, Glenn (pianist) 39 (1932-1982)
Goulet, Robert 290 (1933-2007)
Grable, Betty 6 (1916-1973)
Grant, Cary 16, 69, 248, 277, 357-358 (1904-1986)
Grant, Hugh 341 (1960-)
Gray, Francine du Plessix (writer) 389 (1930-2019)
Greenberg, Frances (custody supervisor) 279
Greenhut, Bobby (producer) 177, 384 (1942-)
Grenouille (frog) 211
Griffin, Merv 135 (1925-2007)
Griffith, Melanie 337 (1957-)
Guevara, Che 263 (1928-1967)
Guzik, Greasy Thumb Jake (financial advisor) 6 (1886-1956)
Hackett, Buddy 68, 107, 156 (1924-2003)
Hackman, Gene 229, 300 (1930-)
Hall, Grammy 171, 301
Hall, Rebecca (actress) 350 (1982-)
Hamill, Brian (photographer) 312
Hamill, Dennis (journalist) 312 (1951-)
Hamill, Pete (journalist) 312 (1935-)
Hamilton, Charles (friend) 123
Hamlisch, Marvin 169 (1944-2012)
Hanks, Tom 292, 342 (1956-)
Hannah and Her Sisters (director) 294, 296, 328 (1986)
Hardy, Joe (director) 171-172 (1929-)
Harkness, Rebecca (composer) 215 (1915-1982)
Harlow, Jean 323 (1911-1937)
Harper, Jessica (actress) 216 (1949-)
Harriman, Averell (governor) 176 (1891-1986)
Harrington, Eve (fictional character) 172
Harrison, Rex 53 (1908-1990)
Hart, Moss (playwright) 150, 362, 383 (1904-1961)
Hawkins, Sally (actress) 347, 363 (1976-)
Hawn, Goldie 330 (1945-)
Hayes, Peter Lind (entertainer) 74 (1915-1998)
Hayman, Olivia (actress) 331
Hayworth, Rita 20 (1918-1987)
Hazel (Harlem drug connection) 96
Hazlitt, William (essayist) 113 (1778-1830)
Hecuba (character in Greek mythology) 211
Hefner, Hugh 164 (1926-2017)
Hegel, Georg (Greek philosopher) 108 (1770-1831)
Heidegger, Martin (German philosopher) 108 (1889-1976)
Heifetz, Jascha (violinist) 39 (1901-1987)
Heisenberg, Werner (German physisist) 336 (1901-1976)
Hellman, Lillian (dramatist) 376 (1905-1984)
Hemingway, Ernest 50, 202-203, 334, 355 (1899-1961)
Hemingway, Margaux (actress) 203 (1954-1996)
Hemingway, Mariel (actress) 193, 195, 201-205, 334 (1961-)
Hemingway, Muffet (Joan - actress) 201, 203 (1950-)
Henry, O. (writer) 49, 383 (1862-1910)
Henske, Judy (singer) 121 (1936-)
Hepburn, Katharine 16, 52, 122, 132, 301 (1907-2003)
Herman, Woody (clarinetist) 61 (1913-1987)
Hershey, Barbara 295 (1948-)
Hiken, Nat (writer) 69 (1914-1968)
Hiller, Wendy (actress) 53 (1912-2003)
Hitchcock, Alfred 53, 122, 146, 277 (1899-1980)
Hitler, Adolf (Nazi) 3, 52 (1889-1945)
Hockney, David (painter) 178 (1937-)
Hokusai (Japanese artist) 210 (1760-1849)
Holden, William 141 (1918-1981)
Holder, Geoffrey (actor) 325-326 (1930-2014)
Holiday, Billie (singer) 15, 113 (1914-1959)
Holliday, Judy (actress) 53, 323 (1921-1965)
Hollister, Judy (housekeeper) 224, 232, 240, 266, 373
Hollywood Ending (director) 342-343 (2002)
Homer (Greek author) 10 (c. 700 BC)
Hook, Sidney (philosopher) 50 (1902-1989)
Hope, Bob 27, 60, 63, 66-68, 82, 84-85, 91, 99, 142, 196, 337 (1903-2003)
Horton, Edward Everett 69 (1886-1970)
Howard, Henry (Earl of Surrey) 194 (1517-1547)
Howard, Leslie 53 (1893-1943)
Hughes, Howard 122 (1905-1976?)
Hunt, Helen 342 (1963-)
Huppert, Isabelle (French actress) 385 (1953-)
Hurt, Mary Beth (actress) 188 (1946-)
Husbands and Wives (director) 243, 246-247, 288, 315, 334 (1992)
Husing, Ted (sportscaster) 44 (1901-1962)
Hussein, Saddam (Iraqi dictator) 61 (1936-2006)
Huston, Anjelica 119, 294, 306 (1951-)
Huston, John 141, 153, 294 (1906-1987)
Interiors (director) 191, 198-201, 325, 361 (1978)
Ionesco, Eugene (French playwright) 9 (1909-1994)
Irrational Man (director) 242, 364-365 (2015)
Jack (friend) 45
Jackman, Hugh 347 (1968-)
Jack Paar Show, The 134
Jacobi, Lou (actor) 158 (1913-2009)
Jacoby, Colman (writer) 86 (1915-2010)
James, Harry (musician) 15 (1916-1983)
James, Henry (author) 50-51 (1843-1916)
Janet S. (date) 58
Janis, Conrad (actor) 47 (1928-)
Jerry Lewis Show, The 123
Joe (record store owner) 112
Joffe, Charles (producer) 102, 105-107, 119, 153, 192, 366 (1929-2008)
Johanssen, Scarlett 346-347, 350, 360, 378 (1984-)
Johnson, Bunk (trumpeter) 45, 112 (1879-1929)
Johnson, Lyndon (president) 99, 145-146, 176 (1908-1973)
Johnson, Manzie (drummer) 225 (1906-1971)
Johnson, Van 294 (1916-2008)
Jones, Belle (actress) 28
Jones, Cherry (actress) 384 (1956-)
Jones, Gemma (actress) 349 (1942-)
Jones, Lorenzo (radio program) 28
Jones, Tom 140 (1940-)
Joyce, James (Irish novelist) 50, 347, 386 (1882-1941)
Jung, Carl (Swiss psychiatrist) 174 (1875-1961)
Kael, Pauline (film critic) 155, 200, 229 (1919-2001)
Kafka, Franz (German novelist) 50, 194, 387 (1883-1924)
Kallen, Lucille (writer) 98 (1922-1999)
Kamen, Milt 98 (1921-1977)
Kammerman, Roy (producer) 74 (1916-2006)
Kander, John (composer) 97 (1927-)
Kanin, Garson (writer) 326, 358 (1912-1999)
Kant, Immanuel (German philosopher) 61, 108 (1724-1804)
Katzenberg, Jeff (producer) 309-310, 340 (1950-)
Kaufman & Hart (playwriting team) 53, 151, 156
Kaufman, George S. (playwright) 71, 149-150, 157-158 (1889-1961)
Kavner, Julie (actress) 296, 304 (1950-)
Kaye, Danny 93, 98-99 (1911-1987)
Kaye, Sammy (bandleader) 64 (1910-1987)
Kazan, Elia 162, (director) 185, 200, 304, 352 (1909-2003)
Keaton, Buster 52, 343 (1895-1966)
Keaton, Diane (Hall) 20, 51, 171-173, 175-179, 181-183, 190, 192, 194, 230, 290, 296, 301, 319-320, 323, 351, 354, 378, 385 (1946-)
Keaton, Dory 179
Keaton, Michael 291-292 (1951-)
Keaton, Robin 179
Keats, John (poet) 67 (1795-1821)
Keller, Shelly (writer) 98 (1923-2008)
Kelly, Gene 185 (1912-1996)
Kelly, Walt (Pogo cartoonist) 340 (1913-1973)
Kempton, Murray (journalist) 268 (1917-1997)
Kennedy (family) 177
Kennedy, John F. (Jack - president) 111, 120, 123, 136, 145, 191 (1917-1963)
Kenny, Nick (columnist) 59-60, 63 (1895-1975)
Kern, Jerome (composer) 15, 45 (1885-1945)
Kid Gavilan (boxer) 247 (1926-2003)
Kierkegaard, Soren (Danish philosopher) 8, 108, 246 (1813-1855)
Kilgallen, Dorothy (journalist) 147 (1913-1965)
King, Alan 83 (1927-2004)
King, Martin Luther Jr. 225 (1929-1968)
King Oliver (musician) 191 (1881-1938)
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (German painter) 7 (1880-1938)
Kissinger, Henry (secretary of state) 122 (1923-)
Kleinman's Function (Shadows and Fog) 312
Kokoschka, Oskar (Austrian artist) 42 (1886-1980)
Konchalovsky, Andrei (Russian filmmaker) 229 (1937-)
Konigsberg, Allan Stewart (birth name) 10, 60
Kopple, Barbara (director) 336 (1946-)
Krieger, Willie (drummer) 40
Krim, Arthur (lawyer) 175-177, 191, 201 (1910-1994)
Krupa, Gene (drummer) 60 (1909-1973)
Kurland, Jeff (costume designer) 308, 325 (1952-)
Kurosawa, Akira (Japanese director) 309 (1910-1998)
Ladd, Alan 27 (1913-1964)
Lagerkvist, Par (Swedish author) 59 (1891-1974)
Lahr, John (theater critic) 331 (1941-)
Laine, Frankie (singer) 45 (1913-2007)
Lake, Veronica 272 (1922-1973)
Lamb, Charles (English essayist) 113 (1775-1834)
Landau, Marty 305-306 (1928-2017)
La Rochefoucauld, Francois (French author) 58 (1613-1680)
Lasser, Louise (second wife) 111-113, 115-119, 121, 124-127, 134, 139, 142, 144, 148-149, 151-154, 164-165, 170, 175-176, 213, 217, 237, 286, 334, 343, 378 (1939-)
Laurel & Hardy 53
Lauren, Ralph (fashion designer) 281 (1939-)
Law, Jude 384-385 (1972-)
Lawrence, D.H. (English writer) 51, 360, 386 (1885-1930)
Layton, Joe (director) 93 (1931-1994)
Lazar, Swifty (agent) 357-358 (1907-1993)
Lazarus, Paul III (producer) 166 (1938-)
Lear, Norman (writer) 86 (1922-)
Lehman, Virginia (custody supervisor) 279
Leigh, Vivian 360 (1913-1967)
Lemmon, Jack 144 (1925-2001)
Leon, Saul (William Morris agent) 74
Jack E. Leonard 68, 107 (1910-1973)
Leoni Tea 343 (1966-)
Lepke, Louis (mobster) 230 (1897-1944)
Lepselter, Alisa (film editor) 328 (1963-)
Lerner, Max (journalist) 111 (1902-1992)
Levant, Oscar (pianist) 64 (1906-1972)
Lewis, George (trombonist) 45-46, 113, 335 (1952-)
Lewis, Jerry 67, 248 (1926-2017)
Libertini, Dick (actor) 158 (1933-2016)
Liebman, Max (producer) 93, 156 (1902-1981)
Lincoln, Abraham (president) 49, 70, 275 (1809-1865)
Lindsay, Howard (producer) 156 (1889-1968)
Lindsay, John (mayor) 145 (1921-2000)
Linn, Lou (psychiatrist) 72
Liotta, Ray 385 (1954-)
Lipman, Sheldon (anthropologist) 58
Lively, Blake (actress) 377 (1987-)
Lloyd, Harold 52 (1893-1971)
Loesser, Frank (songwriter) 122 (1910-1969)
Lombard, Carole 7, 286, 323 (1908-1942)
Lombardo, Guy (musician) 64 (1902-1977)
Loquasto, Santo (production designer) 243, 297, 308, 312, 338, 369 (1944-)
Lorenz (chauffeur) 276
Lorre, Peter 41 (1904-1964)
Love And Death (director) 182-183, 189, 361 (1975)
Lovecraft, H.P. (writer) 59 (1890-1937)
Lovitz, Jon 340 (1957-)
Lownes, Vic (Playboy executive) 366 (1928-2017)
Loy, Myrna 16 (1905-1993)
Lubitsch, Ernst (director) 53 (1892-1947)
Luciano, Lucky (gangster) 9 (1897-1962)
Luke, Keye (Chinese actor) 307 (1904-1991)
Lumet, Sidney (director) 99-100, 360 (1924-2011)
Luna, Diego (Mexican actor) 384 (1979-)
Lunts (Alfred & Lynn Fontaine - acting partnership) 122
Lutece (restaurant) 211
Lyons, Leonard (columnist) 63, 348-349 (1906-1976)
MacLaine, Shirley 137 (1934-)
MacMurry, Fred 275 (1908-1991)
Maco, Frank (police investigator) 265-267, 270, 274-275
Madame Claude (French brothel keeper) 248 (1923-2015)
Madden, Owney (gangster) 7 (1891-1965)
Madonna, Raphael (painting) 58
Mailer, Norman (writer) 68, 174, 177, 208, 215 (1923-2007)
Malle, Louis (French director) 297 (1932-1995)
Mamet, David (playwright) 316, 338, 340 (1947-)
Mandelbrot, Benoit (mathematician) 179 (1924-2010)
Manhattan (director)119, 182, 195-196, 201-202, 205-207, 296-297, 334, 337 (1979)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (director) 319 (1993)
Mann, Thomas (German novelist) 51 (1875-1955)
Mantegna, Joe (actor) 338 (1947-)
Margolin, Janet (actress) 79, 167, 295 (1943-1993)
Marquez, Garcia (novelist) 352 (1927-2014)
Marshall, Garry (director) 107 (1934-2016)
Marshall, (cooking teacher) Lydia 210
Marvin, Lee 152 (1924-1987)
Marx Brothers 53, 139, 180
Marx, Groucho 3, 10, 28, 64, 94, 122-123, 135, 295, 340, 352, 379 (1890-1977)
Marx Harpo 10, 122 (1888-1964)
Match Point (director) 345-347 (2005)
Matisse, Henri (French artist) 7 (1869-1954)
Matthau, Walter 326, 328 (1920-2000)
Maugham, Somerset (English playwright) 326 (1874-1965)
May, Elaine 82, 102, 105, 136, 146, 316, 323, 340 (1932-)
Mays, Willie 43 (1931-)
Mazursky, Paul (director) 143, 242, 309-311 (1930-2014)
McAdams, Rachel 355 (1978-)
McArthur, Douglas (general) 92 (1880-1964)
McBurney, Simon (actor) 364 (1957-)
McCarthy, Eugene (senator) 145 (1916-2005)
McCarthy, Joe (senator) 185, 376-377 (1908-1957)
McCarthy, Mary (novelist) 178 (1912-1989)
McCovey, Willie 43 (1938-2018)
McDoakes, Joe (comedy series) 24
McGovern, George (senator) 145 (1922-2012)
McGrath, Doug (screenwriter) 101, 324, 340 (1958-)
McGregor, Ewan 347 (1971-)
McMartin (school) 386
McShane, Ian (English actor) 347 (1942-)
Mead, Margaret (anthropologist) 145 (1901-1978)
Meader, Vaughn (comedian) 136 (1936-2004)
Medea (character in Greek mythology) 386
Medford, Kay (actress) 159-160 (1919-1980)
Mehta, Zubin (conductor) 202 (1936-)
Meisnter, Sandy (acting teacher) 171 (1905-1997)
Melinda and Melinda (director) 344 (2004)
Meltzer, Harvey (manager) 75-76, 96, 102-103
Melville, Herman (novelist) 51 (1819-1891)
Melziner, Jo (see Mielziner) 158
Mendelssohn, Felix (German composer) 288 (1809-1847)
Mengers, Sue (talent agent) 214, 302 (1932-2011)
Merkin, Daphne (literary critic) 251 (1954-)
Merrick, David (producer) 42, 59, 157-163, 171 (1911-2000)
Merrivk, Mike (producer) 67-68, 78
Messina, Chris (actor) 350 (1974-)
Meyers, Jonathan Rhys (Irish actor) 345, 347 (1977-)
Midler, Bette 242, 309, 311 (1945-)
Midnight in Paris (director) 355, 357 (2011)
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, A (director) 212-213, 288 (1982)
Mielziner, Jo (set designer) 158 (1901-1976)
Mighty Aphrodite (director) 329-330 (1995)
Miller, Arthur (playwright) 118, 162, 351-352, 360 (1915-2005)
Miller, Henry (writer) 386 (1891-1980)
Mills, C. Wright (sociologist) 51 (1916-1962)
Milosz, Czeslaw (poet) 50 (1911-2004)
Minelli, Liza 215 (1946-)
Mingus, Charlie (pianist) 95 (1922-1979)
Minor, Paul (chief polygraph examiner) 270
Molly (aunt) 270
Monica (nanny) 260
Monk, Thelonious (pianist) 19, 95, 112 (1917-1982)
Monroe, Marilyn 137 (1926-1962)
Montgomery, Robert 286 (1904-1981)
Monty Python (Flying Circus)
Morgan, Henry (humorist)135 (1915-1994)
Morgan, Jane (singer) 64 (1924-)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir 250
Morris, Howie (actor) 98 (1919-2005)
Morris, William (talent agency) 74-77
Morse, Sandy (film editor) 328
Mortimer, Emily (actress) 347 (1971-)
Morton, Jelly Roll (pianist) 45-46 (1890-1941)
Morton, Samantha (actress) 338 (1977-)
Mostel, Zero 185 (1915-1977)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (Austrian composer) 206, 301 (1756-1791)
Murphy, Michael (actor) 178, 187, 203 (1938-)
Murphy, Turk (trombonist) 47-48 (1915-1987)
Murray, Arthur (dancer) 64 (1895-1991)
Nadal, Rafael (tennis player) 46 (1986-)
Nelkin, Stacey (actress) 192-195, 267, 378 (1959-)
Nero Fiddled (To Rome with Love) 358
Newhart, Bob 136 (1929-)
Newman, Alfred (composer) 319 (1900-1970)
New York Stories (director) 302 (1989)
Nichols, Annabelle (Annabel Davis-Gof - Irish novelist) 242 (1942-)
Nichols, Mike 82, 102, 105, 136, 146, 242, 249, 340 (1931-2014)
Nicholson, Jack 124, 294, 303, 342 (1937-)
Nietzsche, Friedrich (German philosopher) 218 (1844-1900)
Nixon, Richard (president) 77, 220 (1913-1994)
Nolan, Lloyd 294 (1902-1985)
Nolde, Emil (German painter) 7, 42 (1867-1956)
Noone, Jimmy (composer) 46 (1895-1944)
Norton, Edward (actor) 330 (1969-)
Norton, Elliot (theater critic) 161 (1903-2003)
Norton, Jack (actor) 198 (1882-1958)
Nureyev, Rudolf (dancer) 146 (1938-1993)
Nykvist, Sven (cinematographer) 229, 300-301, 369 (1922-2006)
Obama, Barrack (president) 263 (1961-)
Odets, Clifford (playwright) 162 (1906-1963)
Oedipus (mythical Greek king) 54
Olivier, Laurence 122 (1907-1989)
Olsen & Johnson (comedy team) 40
O'Neill, Eugene (playwright) 71, 149, 162, 218, 361 (1888-1953)
O'Sullivan, Maureen (actress) 295, 299 (1911-1998)
Oswald, Lee Harvey (Marxist) 138 (1939-1963)
O'Toole, Peter 139, 143 (1932-2013)
Paar, Jack (talk show host) 134 (1918-2004)
Page Ellen (actress) 359 (1987-)
Page, Geraldine 197-198 (1924-1987)
Page, Patti 45 (1927-2013)
Paige, Marvin (casting director) 187 (1927-2013)
Paige, Satchel 100, 191, 225 (1906-1982)
Palminteri, Chazz (actor) 188, 324 (1952-)
Pangborn, Franklin (actor) 115 (1889-1958)
Panich, David (screenwriter) 95, 107, 301, 343 (1924-1983)
Parker, Charlie (saxophonist) 95, 104 (1920-1955)
Parker, Mary-Louise (actress) 324 (1964-)
Parker, Sarah Jessica 327 (1965-)
Pascal, Blaise (French mathematician) 186 (1623-1662)
Patton, George S. (general) 68 (1885-1945)
Paul Winchell Show, The 102
Penn, Sean 308, 338 (1960-)
Perelman, Adam (performer) 120
Perelman, S.J. (humorist) 96, 120, 122, 215, 340, 352 (1904-1979)
Perlman, Itzhak (violinist) 301 (1945-)
Peter, Paul & Mary 119
Phoenix, Joaquin 365 (1974-)
Picasso, Pablo (Spanish artist) 164 (1881-1973)
Picker, David (producer) 175 (1931-2019)
Picking Up the Pieces (actor) 341 (2000)
Piersall, Jimmy 43 (1929-2017)
Pinter, Harold (playwright) 362 (1930-2008)
Pissarro, Camille (Danish painter) 7 (1830-1903)
Planck, Max (German physicist) 91 (1858-1947)
Playing for Time 352
Play It Again, Sam (writer/actor) 51, 158, 162-163, 167, 171, 173, 175, 181, 293 (1972)
Pleskow, Eric (Austrian producer) 314 (1924-2019)
Poe, Edgar Allan (writer) 281 (1909-1949)
Polanski, Roman (director) 178, 366-368, 373 (1933)
Pollack, Hilda (cashier) 120
Pollock, Jackson (painter) 7 (1912-1956)
Porter, Cole (composer) 15, 18, 30, 45, 51, 228, 296 (1891-1964)
Pound, Ezra (poet) 51 (1885-1972)
Powell, Boog 43 (1941-)
Powell, Bud (pianist) 332, 392 (1924-1966)
Powell, William 7, 272 (1892-1984)
Power, Tyrone 69 (1914-1958)
Prager, Stanley (actor) 158, 160-161, 169 (1917-1972)
Prentiss, Paula (actress) 140 (1938-)
Preservation Hall 339
Previn, Andre (pianist) 222-223, 238, 250, 301 (1929-2019)
Previn, Dory (lyricist) 222-223, 257 (1925-2012)
Previn, Fletcher 112, 221-222, 227, 233-234, 238, 296 (1974-)
Previn, Mathew 234 (1970-)
Previn, Sascha 234 (1970-)
Previn, Soon-Yi (Gigi; third wife) 55, 129, 131, 193, 196, 221, 224, 227, 234, 237-247, 249-254, 263-264, 273, 278, 283, 286-288, 313, 317, 319-324, 327, 331-333, 336, 338-339, 356, 363, 365-370, 372-373, 380, 383, 389, 392 (1970-)
Prokofiev, Sergei (Russian composer) 184 (1891-1953)
Proust, Marcel (French novelist) 211 (1871-1922)
Pryor, Richard 242 (1940-2005)
Puccini, Giacomo (Italian composer) 339, 388 (1858-1924)
Pudovkin, Vsevolod (Russian director) 67 (1893-1953)
Purple Rose of Cairo, The (director) 20, 291-293 (1985)
Quintero, Jose (Panamaian director) 328 (1924-1999)
Rader, Dotson (author) 46 (1942-)
Radio Days (director) 277, 296-297 (1987)
Raft, George (actor) 1 (1895-1980)
Rains, Claude 277 (1889-1967)
Rainy Day in New York, A (director) 377, 384-386, 389 (2019)
Rampling, Charlotte (actress) 385 (1946-)
Ramsey, Gordon (cook) 209 (1966-)
Rao, Annie (restaurant owner) 290
Rao, Vincent (cook) 290
Rapaport, Michael (actor) 340 (1970)
Raphael (Italian painter) 356 (1483-1520)
Redford, Robert 157 (1936-)
Redgrave, Vanessa 325, 352 (1937-)
Reid (assistant principal) 29, 141
Reles, Abe (mobster) 6 (1906-1941)
Rembrandt (Dutch painter) 184 (1606-1669)
Reiner, Carl 98 (1922-)
Reiner, Rob 324 (1947-)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (French artist) 356 (1841-1919)
Resnais, Alain (French director) 303-304 (1922-2014)
Ricci, Christina (actress) 343 (1980-)
Richardson, Ralph 325 (1902-1983)
Riefenstahl, Leni (German director) 334 (1902-2003)
Riesel, Sheila (lawyer) 270, 282-283
Rifkin's Festival (director) 388 (2020)
Rilke, Ranier Marie (Austrian poet) 56 (1875-1926)
Ritt, Marty (director) 185-186 (1914-1990)
Ritz Brothers 40
Robards, Jason 329 (1922-2000)
Roberts, Julia 300, 331 (1967-)
Roberts, Tony (actor) 157-158, 163, 171-173, 178 (1939-)
Robin, Helen (producer) 384
Robinson, Edward G. 20 (1893-1973)
Robinson, Sugar Ray (boxer) 56 (1921-1989)
Robuchon, Joel (French chef) 211 (1945-2018)
Rodgers & Hart (songwriting team) 15, 30
Rodgers, Richard (composer) 99 (1902-1979)
Rogers, Will 74 (1879-1935)
Rollins, Jack (producer) 102-103, 105-107, 113, 119, 129, 137, 146, 177, 192, 258, 300, 340 (1915-2015)
Rollins, Jane 105
Roosevelt, Eleanor (diplomat) 392 (1884-1962)
Ros, Amanda McKittrick (writer) 389 (1860-1939)
Rose, Billy (entertainer) 17, 122 (1899-1966)
Rose, Mickey (writer) 101, 120, 165-166, 169, 175, 301, 324 (1935-2013)
Roselli, Jimmy (singer) 290 (1925-2011)
Rosen, Arny (screenwriter) 86 (1921-)
Rosen, Milt (screenwriter) 84-86 (1922-2000)
Rosenblum, Ralph (film editor) 169-170, 173, 189, 328 (1925-1995)
Rosens 89
Ross, Herb (director) 167, 181, 326 (1927-2001)
Ross, Lillian (journalist) 208 (1918-2017)
Roth, Philip (novelist) 180, 349 (1933-2018)
Rowlands, Gena 229, 300 (1930-)
Roxanne (friend) 69-70
Russell, Bertrand (British philosopher) 332 (1872-1970)
Russell, Harold (actor) 92 (1914-2002)
Ruth, Babe 17, 104 (1895-1948)
Sacco & Vanzetti (Italian anarchists) 386
Safra, Jacqui (Brazilian investor) 129, 131, 296 (1940-)
Sahl, Mort 27, 82, 102, 104, 120, 123 (1927-)
Salinger, J.D. (writer) 122 (1919-2010)
Salpeter, Mechel (Max Gordon) 149
Saphier, (business agent) Jimmy 66 (1908-1974)
Sarkozy, Nicolas (French president) 357 (1955-)
Sartre, Jean-Paul (French philosopher) 326 (1905-1980)
Savales, Telly 152-153 (1922-1994)
Savides, Harris (cameraman) 369
Scenes from a Mall (actor) 242, 309 (1991)
Scherick, Edgar (producer) 166 (1924-2002)
Schickel, Richard (historian) 199-200, 360 (1933-2017)
Schmidt-Rotluff, Karl (German painter) 7 (1884-1976)
Schneider, Romy 140, 143 (1938-1982)
Schopenhauer, Arthur (German philosopher) 108 (1788-1860)
Schreiber, Liev (actor) 360, 384 (1967-)
Schubert, Franz (Austrian composer) 289 (1797-1828)
Schultz, Nancy (doctor) 261
Schumacher, Joel (director) 215-216, 229 (1939-)
Schuster, Arnold (detective) 144 (1927-1952)
Scoop (director) 347 (2006)
Scorsese, Martin (director) 302, 304, 327 (1942-)
Scott, George C. 201 (1927-1999)
Scottsboro Boys 375
Sedric, Gene (clarinetist) 47-48 (1907-1963)
Sefransky, Myron (friend of Ellen H.) 59
Segovia, Andres (Spanish guitarist) 9 (1893-1987)
Sellers, Peter (actor) 139-140, 142 (1925-1980)
September (director) 229, 294, 297-299, 361 (1987)
Seurat, Georges (French artist) 73 (1859-1891)
Sexual Abuse Investigations 261-262
Seydoux, Lea (French actress) 356 (1985-)
Shadows and Fog (director) 243, 312, 314 (1991)
Shakespeare, William (English playwright) 73-74, 105, 173, 289, 354 (1564-1616)
Shalit, Gene (film critic) 199 (1926-)
Shaw, Artie (clarinetist) 15 (1910-2004)
Shaw, George Bernard (Irish playwright) 44 (1856-1950)
Shaw, Sam (photographer) 137
Shawn, Wally (actor) 296-297, 378, 387-388 (1943-)
Shefrin, Gene (publicist) 64 (1921-2011)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (English poet) 67 (1792-1822)
Shepard, Sam (actor) 298-299 (1943-2017)
Shor, Toots (restaurant owner) 63, 99, 348 (1903-1977)
Short, Bobby (singer)122 (1924-2005)
Shriner, Herb (humorist) 74, 76 (1918-1970)
Shulman, Max (writer) 41, 66 (1919-1988)
Sibelius, Jean (Finnish composer) 314 (1865-1957)
Sidney, George (director) 36 (1916-2002)
Sidney, Mabel 36, 38
Sidney, Sylvia (actress) 36 (1910-1999)
Silvers, Phil 69 (1911-1985)
Simmons, Ed (writer) 86 (1919-1998)
Simon, Carly (singer) 119 (1945-)
Simon, Danny (writer) 85-88, 93, 96, 98, 101-102, 139, 147, 190 (1918-2005)
Simon, John (author) 200 (1925-2019)
Simon, Neil (Doc - playwright) 85-87, 93, 98, 158, 326, 328 (1927-2018)
Simone, Nina (singer) 122 (1933-2003)
Sinatra, Frank 228, 301 (1915-1998)
Sinclair, Bob (producer) 157-159, 163 (1969-)
Skelton, Red 53 (1917-1993)
Skipworth, Alison (actress) 323 (1863-1952)
Sleeper (director) 180, 182-183, 361 (1973)
Small Time Crooks (director) 339-340 (2000)
Solomon (king) 263 (990?-931 BC)
Sondheim, Stephen (composer) 97, 301 (1930-)
Song, Lark 239-248, 274-275 (1973-2008)
Sonny (doorman) 16
Sophocles (tragedian) 332 (497-406 BC)
Sorenson, Ted (lawyer) 215 (1928-2010)
Sorvino, Mira (actress) 329 (1967-)
Spielberg, Steven (director) 327 (1946-)
Spillane, Mickey (writer) 9, 41, 55 (1918-2006)
Stanley (TV series) 156 (1956)
Stanwyk, Barbara 275 (1907-1990)
Stapleton, Maureen 197-198, 299, 360 (1925-2006)
Stardust Memories (director) 185, 207, 216-218, 296, 341 (1980)
Steig, William (cartoonist) 270 (1907-2003)
Steinbrenner, George (businessman)178 (1930-2010)
Steinem, Gloria (journalist) 269 (1934-)
Stendhal (French writer) 50 (1783-1842)
Stephens, Bret (journalist) 379 (1973-)
Steppenwolf (novel by Hermann Hesse) 50
Stern, Abe (producer) 40 (1888-1951)
Stevenson, Adlai (UN ambassador) 145, 176 (1900-1965)
Stewart, Jimmy 377 (1908-1997)
Stewart, Kristin (actress) 369 (1990-)
Stoker, Bram (author) 389 (1847-1912)
Stoll, Corey (actor) 355 (1976-)
Stone, Emma (actress) 329, 351, 363-366 (1988-)
Stone, Sharon (actress) 341-342 (1958-)
Storaro, Vittorio (cameraman) 369-370 (1940-)
Strauss, Phil (mobster) 7 (1909-1941)
Stravinsky, Igor (Russian composer) 184 (1882-1971)
Streisand, Barbra 119, 121, 146 (1942-)
Strindberg, August (Swedish playwright) 361 (1849-1912)
Stritch, Elaine (actress) 299 (1925-2014)
Stroman, Susan (director) 326 (1954-)
Stuart, Mike (writer) 98
Sullivan, Ed (TV host) 134 (1901-1974)
Sunshine Boys, The (actor) 326, 328-329 (1996)
Sutton, Willie (bank robber) 144 (1901-1980)
Swanson, Gloria (actress) 122 (1899-1983)
Sweet and Lowdown (director) 308, 338 (1999)
Sweethearts (Annie Hall) 190
Sylbert, Dick (production designer) 142 (1928-2002)
Sylvester, Bob (columnist) 63 (1907-1975)
Szakall, Cuddles (Hungarian actor) 49 (1883-1955)
Szymborska, Wislawa (Polish poet) 352 (1923-2012)
Take the Money and Run (director) 79, 165-169, 173, 175, 192, 199, 212, 301, 340 (1969)
Tandy, Jessica (actress) 69 (1909-1994)
Tarriers (singers) 119, 189
Tate, Sharon (actress) 366 (1943-1969)
Tati (Westbrook - internet personality) 303 (1982-)
Taylor, Juliet (casting director) 187-188, 192, 201, 291, 296, 305, 324, 337, 387
Tenenbaum, Steve (business manager) 129
Tenuto, Frederick (mobster) 144 (1905-?)
Theron, Charlize (actress) 342 (1975-)
Thiruvananthapuram (city in India) 355
Thomas, Dylan (Welsh poet) 347 (1914-1953)
Tiel, Vicky (fashion designer) 140-141 (1943-)
Tilly, Jennifer (actress) 324 (1958-)
Tolkin, Mel (writer) 98 (1913-2007)
Tolstoy, Leo (Russian writer) 9, 189 (1828-1910)
Tonight Show, The 136
To Rome with Love (director) 358 (2012)
Toscanini, Arturo (Italian conductor) 344 (1867-1957)
Tracy, Spencer 7, 16, 52, 132 (1900-1967)
Tramont, Jean-Claude (Belgian writer) 214 (1930-1996)
Trova, Ernie (painter) 122 (1927-2009)
Truffaut, Francois (French director) 200, 302, 304, 352 (1922-1984)
Tso, General (chicken) 91
Tubman, Harriet (abolitionist) 392 (1822-1913)
Tucci, Stanley (actor) 341 (1960-)
Tucker, Sophie (singer) 36 (1887-1966)
Turgenev, Ivan (Russian novelist) 51 (1818-1883)
Turturro, John (actor) 342 (1957-)
Tynan, Ken (English theatre critic) 94 (1927-1982)
Updike, John (novelist) 68, 203 (1932-2009)
Ullman, Tracey (actress) 324, 339 (1959-)
Vance, Vivian (actress) 159 (1909-1979)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (director) 350 (2008)
Vidal. Gore (novelist) 123, 178 (1925-2012)
Vinover, Steven (lyricist) 97
Voltaire (French writer) 58 (1694-1778)
von Haselberg, Sophie (actress) 242 (1986-)
von Stroheim, Erich (director) 299 (1885-1957)
von Sydow, Max 295 (1929-2020)
Waddell, Rube 9 (1876-1914)
Walken, Chris (actor) 297-298 (1943-)
Walker, Betty (actress) 159 (1928-1982)
Wallace, Mike (journalist) 121 (1918-2012)
Wallach, Ira (screenwriter) 86 (1913-1995)
Waller, Fats (pianist) 47 (1904-1943)
Wallman, Jan (producer) 106 (1922-2015)
Walsh, Davy (cameraman) 369
Warden, Jack (actor) 324 (1920-2006)
Wasserman, Phil (family friends) 21, 35-36, 58
Watts, Naomi (British actress) 349 (1968-)
Wayne, John 27 (1907-1979)
Weaver, Jacki (Australian actress) 364 (1947-)
Webb, Clifton (actor) 27 (1889-1966)
Weegee (Arthur Felig - photographer) 321 (1899-1968)
Weide, Bob (screenwriter) 379-380 (1959-)
Weinstein, Harvey (producer) 251, 292-293 (1952-)
Weintraub, Fred (producer) 119 (1928-2017)
Welles, Orson (director) 89, 123, 144, 296 (1915-1985)
West, Mae 392 (1893-1980)
Westlake, Barbara (friend) 31, 33
Wexler, Haskell (cinematographer) 343 (1922-2015)
Wharton, Edith (novelist) 51 (1862-1937)
Whatever Works (director) 353 (2009)
What's New, Pussycat? (writer/actor) 123, 138, 144-145, 154-155, 166, 185, 356 (1965)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (voice actor/writer) 154-155 (1966)
White, Josh (singer) 50 (1914-1969)
Whitehead, Robert (Canadian producer) 97 (1916-2002)
Wicker, Tom (journalist) 215 (1926-2011)
Wiest, Dianne (actress) 294, 296, 299, 324-325 (1948-)
Wilde, Oscar (Irish poet) 44, 53 (1854-1900)
Wilder, Gene 179 (1933-2016)
Wild Man Blues (documentary) 336 (1997)
Wilk, Eliot (judge) 263-265, 267, 273-275, 278, 280-283 (1942-2002)
Williams, Dick (British animator) 140 (1933-2019)
Williams, Esther (swimmer) 31 (1921-2013)
Williams, Tennessee (playwright) 71, 99, 122, 162, 177, 340, 352, 360-362, 369 (1911-1983)
Willis, Gordon (cinematographer) 189-190, 198-199, 212, 310, 369 (1931-2014)
Wilson, Earl (columnist) 58, 63 (1907-1987)
Wilson, Hack 6 (1900-1948)
Wilson, Owen (actor) 355, 358 (1968-)
Winchell, Paul (ventriloquist) 102 (1922-2005)
Winchell, Walter (columnist) 58, 60, 122 (1897-1972)
Winslet, Kate (British actress) 345-346, 361, 363, 370 (1975-)
Winters, Jonathan 77-78, 82, 86, 105 (1925-2013)
Wishnick, Phyllis (cousin) 35
Wishnick, Rita (cousin) 6, 14-15, 20, 35, 392
Wonder Wheel (director) 361, 369-370 (2017)
Woolf, Virginia (writer) 51 (1882-1941)
Yastrzemski, Carl 174 (1939-)
Yeats, William Butler (Irish poet) 51 (1865-1939)
Young, Cy 6 (1867-1955)
Youngman, Henny 107 (1906-1998)
Your Show of Shows 156
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (director) 349 (2010)
Zanuck, Daryl (producer) 141 (1902-1979)
Zeibert, Duke (restaurant owner) 110 (1910-1997)
Zelig (director) 165, 212-213, 289, 325 (1983)
Zola, Emile (French novelist) 380 (1840-1902)
Zsigmond, Vilmos (cameraman) 369 (1930-2016)
Zuckerman, Pinchas (Israeli violinist) 301 (1948-)
Zwigoff, Terry (documentary filmmaker) 346 (1949-)