Talk:Marion Tanner

Marion Tanner, not the actress
Marion Tanner was an amazing woman who, in the novel "Auntie Mame", inspired Auntie Mame herself. In 1970, I stayed in her house opposite a theological seminary in Chelsea, NYC, probably around 410 W 19th St. She took in homeless people and people emerging from mental hospitals, turning her brownstone home into a "half-way house". At that point in time, she'd lost her house on Bank Street. She died in 1985, aged 94. She was wealthy until the crash of 1929, when she lost everything, but later married a wealthy Texas oilman, whom she loved very much, but he died soon thereafter, leaving her his substantial fortune. Unfree (talk) 04:02, 27 February 2010 (UTC)