Background
She was born in 1880 in New York City to Rebecca and Joseph Frankau, an actor.
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Aline Bernstein
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She and Irene Lewisohn founded the Museum of Costume Artist Goldsmith had a theatrical boarding house on West 44th Street in New York City. Aline married Theodore F. Bernstein, a Wall Street broker, on November 19, 1902.
She died on September 7, 1955 in New York City, aged 74.
She also became a writer, with two books published by Knopf. "Three Blue Suits" (collection of short stories), 1933
The Journey Down (over her relationship with Wolfe), Knopf, 1938
Mission Condon, Knopf, 1947
An Actor"s Daughter (memoir), 1940
The Martha Washington Doll Book, 1945
Masterpieces of Women"s Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries, 1959 (published posthumously)
From 1925 to 1929, Bernstein was romantically linked to, who based the character Esther Jack on her, in his novels Of Time and the River, The Web and the Rock, and You Can"t Go Home Again (1940).
At the time of his death in 1938, Bernstein possessed some of Wolfe"s unpublished manuscripts.
Achievements
Membership
Bernstein was a theater set and costume designer for the Neighborhood Playhouse and in 1926 became the first female member of the Designer"s union.
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United States