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- 1914-08-22
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Jack Dunphy
American novelist and playwright (1914-1992)
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Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy stone at Crooked Pond in the Long Pond Greenbelt in Southampton, New York | |
| Born | John Paul Dunphy (1914-08-22)August 22, 1914 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 1992(1992-04-26) (aged 77) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright |
| Spouse | Joan McCracken (m. 1939; div. 1948) |
| Partner | Truman Capote (1948–1975) |
John Paul Dunphy (August 22, 1914 – April 26, 1992)[1] was an American novelist and playwright. He was widely known as the partner of author Truman Capote.
Life and career
[edit]Dunphy was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey,[2] and was raised in a working-class neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His sister was Gloria Dunphy. He trained in ballet under Catherine Littlefield, danced at the 1939 New York World's Fair, and toured with the George Balanchine company in South America in 1941.[2]
He married Joan McCracken, another Philadelphia dancer. They later appeared in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943, in which McCracken played Sylvie and Dunphy danced as one of the cowboys. Dunphy also d