Five Favorite Nora Ephron Movie Moments

Nora Ephron was a producer, director, screenwriter, journalist, novelist, playwright, author, and blogger best known for creating classic American romantic comedies and penning columns for New York magazine and Esquire and New York Times Magazine. She died last night from pneumonia, a complication resulting from acute myeloid leukemia at the...

By Claire Lawton

June 27, 2012

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Nora Ephron was a producer, director, screenwriter, journalist, novelist, playwright, author, and blogger best known for creating classic American romantic comedies and penning columns for New York magazine and Esquire and New York Times Magazine.

She died last night from pneumonia, a complication resulting from acute myeloid leukemia at the age of 71.

Her long list of films include Silkwood, Heartburn, When Harry Met Sally..., You've Got Mail, Hanging Up, Lucky Numbers, and Sleepless in Seattle (to name a few). Here are just five of our favorite moments on her silverscreen:

5. Silkwood (writer)

Meryl Streep - Silkwood from Andrés Borja on Vimeo.

4. When Harry Met Sally... (writer, associate producer)

When Harry Met Sally from Tiago Nicacio on Vimeo.

3. Sleepless in Seattle (director, writer)

2. You've Got Mail (director, writer, producer)

1. Julie & Julia (director, writer, producer)

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