Elaine May
Elaine May, with Mike Nichols one of the most successful American comic teams of the 1950s and 1960s, became one of Hollywood's first important female directors in the 1970s and 1980s.
Institution: American Jewish Archives.
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Jewish Women's Archive. "Elaine May." (Viewed on November 22, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/film-us-3-still-image>.