Patrick Dennis Born May 18th

Edward Everett Tanner III was born May 18th, 1921 in Evanston, IL. Dennis is best known for his 1955 novel Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade and the 1958 sequel Around the World with Auntie Mame. Dennis has three novels on the New York Times best seller list during an eight week period in 1956. Dennis led a double life with a conventional family while secretly being bisexual.

Read the Lyric Opera of San Diego's biography and 1,000 Words: Patrick Dennis.