Thompson, Sylvia Vaughn
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Birthname | Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman | ||||
born on | 19 June 1935 at 18:25 (= 6:25 PM ) | ||||
Place | Santa Monica, California, 34n01, 118w29 | ||||
Timezone | PST h8w (is standard time) | ||||
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Astrology data | 27°51' 11°05 Asc. 19°24' |
Biography
American food writer and chef, the author of several cookbooks, including Feasts and Friends: Recipes from a Lifetime (1988), with a foreword by Thomspon's godmother M. F. K. Fisher, and The Kitchen Garden Cookbook (1995).
Thompson was the daughter of film actress Gloria Stuart and playwright Arthur Sheekman. Thompson is credited as a co-writer of her mother's memoirs, I Just Kept Hoping (1999).
Thompson married Gene Thompson in 1958, to whom she was introduced by M. F. K. Fisher's sister, Norah. They have four children, David Oxley Thompson, Dinah Vaughn Sapia, Benjamin Stuart Thompson, and Amanda Thompson.
Relationships
- child->parent relationship with Stuart, Gloria (born 4 July 1910)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1958 (Gene Thompson)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes birth news, "Actress Becomes Mother," The Los Angeles Times, 20 June 1935, page 19, "born last night ... at 6:25 p.m. at the Santa Monica Hospital."
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)
- Vocation : Food and Beverage : Chef/ Cook
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Cookbooks)