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Norma Lounella <I>Millay</I> Ellis

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Norma Lounella Millay Ellis

Birth
Rockland, Knox County, Maine, USA
Death
14 May 1986 (aged 92)
Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York, USA
Burial
Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3285065, Longitude: -73.4458237
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Norma was the sister to the artist,
Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Norma was an actress and singer who appeared with the Provincetown Players and on Broadway.
She made her home at Steepletop since the death of her sister, the 650-acre farm where her sister, Edna had lived from 1925 until her death in 1950. The farm, named after a pink, conical wildflower that grows there, had been declared a National Historic Landmark.

Norma was founder of the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, in upstate New York,
for writers, painters, sculptors, poets and dramatists. She was also the president of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society and editor of its literary magazine, Tamarack.
Norma was the sister to the artist,
Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Norma was an actress and singer who appeared with the Provincetown Players and on Broadway.
She made her home at Steepletop since the death of her sister, the 650-acre farm where her sister, Edna had lived from 1925 until her death in 1950. The farm, named after a pink, conical wildflower that grows there, had been declared a National Historic Landmark.

Norma was founder of the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, in upstate New York,
for writers, painters, sculptors, poets and dramatists. She was also the president of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society and editor of its literary magazine, Tamarack.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112401843/norma_lounella-ellis: accessed ), memorial page for Norma Lounella Millay Ellis (28 Dec 1893–14 May 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112401843, citing Steepletop Cemetery, Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York, USA; Maintained by ; ) (contributor 47634346).