The author followed this with 'Til the Real Thing Comes Along, a semi-autobiographical account of romance between a middle-aged Jewish woman and a younger man from a wealthy family.

Adapted for the screen in 1988, Beaches was produced with Barbara Hershey and Bette Midler in the lead roles, and it was a commercial success. The rich Roberta eventually contracts a fatal illness, whereupon she makes plans to leave her young daughter in the custody of Cee Cee. The author's second novel, Beaches, is the story of a long friendship between two women: Roberta, who hails from a wealthy family, and Cee Cee, who is poor and aspires to a career in show business. His coworkers in his mail-room era included Mike Medavoy, who went on to become the head of a prominent studio, and Walter Hill and John Badham, both of whom made names for themselves as film directors. The story bears some similarities to that of Dart's husband, who worked in a mail room before establishing himself as a concert promoter. Her first work, The Boys in the Mail Room, concerns four trainees who rise to success after starting in the mail room of the Universal movie studios. SIDELIGHTS: Iris Rainer Dart is the author of several popular novels. WORK IN PROGRESS: A Broadway musical, for Bette Midler All the Rage, a novel and screenplay. Collaborated on an episode of the television series That Girl.ĪDAPTATIONS: Beaches was adapted for the screen by Mary Agnes Donoghue and released by Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners IV, 1988 film rights to Show Business Kills have been sold to All Girl Productions. OTHERĪlso author of screenplay adaptation of her novel When I Fall in Love. Some Kind of Miracle, Morrow (New York, NY), 2003. When I Fall in Love, Morrow (New York, NY), 1999. Show Business Kills, Warner (New York, NY), 1995. The Stork Club, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1992. I'll Be There, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1991. 'Til the Real Thing Comes Along, Bantam (New York, NY), 1987. The Boys in the Mail Room, Morrow ( New York, NY), 1980.īeaches, Bantam (New York, NY), 1985, Perennial (New York, NY), 2004. Agent-Elaine Markson Literary Agency, 44 Greenwich Ave., New York, NY 10011.

Education: Attended Carnegie-Mellon Institute and Columbia University.ĪDDRESSES: Home-CA.

PERSONAL: Born in PA father, a social worker married Steve Wolf (a concert promoter divorced) married Steve Dart (in international pay television) children: (first marriage) Gregory (second marriage) one daughter.

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