Molly Haskell (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Molly Haskell is a leading feminist film critic who explores the changing roles of women in film. She was born September 29, 1939, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Mary Clark Haskell, a painter, and John Haskell, a mortgage broker. Although she wanted to attend Smith College, her parents sent her to Sweet Briar, a fashionable women’s college in Virginia. There she majored in English, made Phi Beta Kappa, and wrote a great deal. After graduation, she studied at the Sorbonne, sharpening her French skills and attending films at the Cinematheque. She then moved to New York, where, after...
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