![]() ![]() ![]() novel Beaches later made into the iconic film of the same name starring Bette Midler." The character became "Cee Cee Bloom" in her. She got the idea to write about a woman "loosely based on 'the no holds barred outrageous person' that she found in Cher. She wrote for The Sonny and Cher Show variety show in the 1970s. I grew up in a household where both my parents were immigrants – my mother from Russia, father from Lithuania – and they spoke more Yiddish in my house than English, so it was just a completely a part of who I was."ĭart has written nine novels, including Beaches. In an interview (Summer 2007), when asked the question:"Has the Jewish cultural dynamic in your upbringing influenced what and how you write?", Dart replied "Unquestionably. She is also a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in theater. ![]() She graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1962 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2009. She also went to classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse as a child. Rainer Dart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was an actress as a youth with the Curtaineers, an inter-racial theater group at the Settlement house, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and The White Barn Theatre. ![]()
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