Biography
Barbara Ehrenreich (, AIR-ən-rike; née Alexander; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award.
Filmography
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Movies 6
self 4
Producer 1
Writer 1
Executive Producer
Jackson (2016)
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Self - Author, Nickel & Dimed
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)
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Nickel and Dimed
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1941-08-26 (83 years old)
Birth NameBarbara Alexander
Religionatheism
RelationshipsJohn Ehrenreich (1966-01-01 - 1977-01-01)
ChildrenRosa Brooks, Ben Ehrenreich
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsEugene V. Debs Award, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want, Humanist of the Year, Guggenheim Fellowship, Erasmus Prize
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