Mary Ellin Barrett (née Berlin) was an American writer and the oldest daughter of Ellin (née Mackay) and composer Irving Berlin.
Barrett grew up in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School. She then went to Barnard College, majoring in music. After graduation, she began to work for Time Magazine, where she met her future husband, Marvin Barrett. Mary Ellin was the book critic for Cosmopolitan Magazine, where she worked very closely with Helen Gurley Brown.
Barrett was the author of four books:
Castle Ugly (1966)
An Accident of Love (1973)
American Beauty (1981)
Irving Berlin: a Daughter's Memoir (1995)
Barrett resided in New York City. She died on July 16, 2022, at the age of 95.
She in interred in her maternal grandparents' Mackay plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, next to her husband.
Barrett grew up in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School. She then went to Barnard College, majoring in music. After graduation, she began to work for Time Magazine, where she met her future husband, Marvin Barrett. Mary Ellin was the book critic for Cosmopolitan Magazine, where she worked very closely with Helen Gurley Brown.
Barrett was the author of four books:
Castle Ugly (1966)
An Accident of Love (1973)
American Beauty (1981)
Irving Berlin: a Daughter's Memoir (1995)
Barrett resided in New York City. She died on July 16, 2022, at the age of 95.
She in interred in her maternal grandparents' Mackay plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, next to her husband.
Mary Ellin Barrett (née Berlin) was an American writer and the oldest daughter of Ellin (née Mackay) and composer Irving Berlin.
Barrett grew up in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School. She then went to Barnard College, majoring in music. After graduation, she began to work for Time Magazine, where she met her future husband, Marvin Barrett. Mary Ellin was the book critic for Cosmopolitan Magazine, where she worked very closely with Helen Gurley Brown.
Barrett was the author of four books:
Castle Ugly (1966)
An Accident of Love (1973)
American Beauty (1981)
Irving Berlin: a Daughter's Memoir (1995)
Barrett resided in New York City. She died on July 16, 2022, at the age of 95.
She in interred in her maternal grandparents' Mackay plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, next to her husband.
Barrett grew up in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School. She then went to Barnard College, majoring in music. After graduation, she began to work for Time Magazine, where she met her future husband, Marvin Barrett. Mary Ellin was the book critic for Cosmopolitan Magazine, where she worked very closely with Helen Gurley Brown.
Barrett was the author of four books:
Castle Ugly (1966)
An Accident of Love (1973)
American Beauty (1981)
Irving Berlin: a Daughter's Memoir (1995)
Barrett resided in New York City. She died on July 16, 2022, at the age of 95.
She in interred in her maternal grandparents' Mackay plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, next to her husband.
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