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Allene Talmey

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Allene Talmey
A yearbook photograph of a young white woman with dark hair parted center, wearing a dark garment with a round white collar
Allene Talmey, from the 1924 Wellesley College yearbook
Born
Allene Rosamond Talmey

January 11, 1903
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
DiedMarch 13, 1986(1986-03-13) (aged 83)
Manhattan, United States
Other namesAllene Plaut (privately, after 1927)
Occupations
  • Columnist
  • Associate editor
  • Reporter
  • Film reviewer
Years active1936–1971
SpouseRichard L. Plaut (d. 1974)
RelativesRichard L. Jr. (son)
Georgia Talmey Colin (sister)

Allene Rosamond Talmey (January 11, 1903 – March 13, 1986), later Allene Talmey Plaut, was an American columnist, editor, reporter and a film reviewer. She worked with various magazines and newspapers, including Vogue magazine, where she was a columnist and associate editor after joining the staff around 1936.

Early life and education

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Talmey was born Brookline, Massachusetts, and raised in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of George N. Talmey and Rose A. Brodsky Talmey. She had sisters Marjorie and Georgia, and a brother, Paul.[1] Talmey graduated from the Wellesley College in 1924.[2]

Career

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Talmey was hired to write at a New York newspaper directly out of college.[3] She served as a managing editor at the Vanity Fair and as a reporter at The New York Morning World and The Evening World. She was also associated with Time magazine as a film reviewer and the associate editor of The Stage magazine.[4]

Talmey worked at Vogue for over thirty years, beginning in 1936, continuing through World War II,[5] and serving as an associate editor from 1963 until she retired in 1971. She was "editor of everything at Vogue that is not beauty or fashion," explained a 1967 profile.[6] Later, she worked at the magazine as a contributing editor, reviewing books and films, and writing biographies related to medicine and politics.[4][7]

Talmey wrote Doug and Mary, and Others (1927), a book of essays about Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and other Hollywood figures, with woodcut illustrations by Bertrand Zadig.[8] An edited collection of her columns, People Are Talking About... People and Things in Vogue, was published as an oversized illustrated volume in 1970.[9]

Personal life

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Talmey married Richard L. Plaut in 1927.[1] They had a son, Richard L. Jr.[4][10] She was widowed when Plaut died in 1974; she died in 1986, aged 83, in New York City.[4][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Plaut--Talmey". The New York Times. December 14, 1927. p. 27 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ Wellesley College, Legenda (1924 yearbook): 109.
  3. ^ "Business Woman Says Girls Get Jobs Easier than Men". The Wilkes-Barre Record. 1938-02-07. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d "Allene T. Plaut Is Dead at 83; Ex-Associate Editor of Vogue (Published 1986)". March 15, 1986 – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ "'Vogue' Editor Pays Tribute to Tom Treanor". The Los Angeles Times. 1944-09-28. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Berger, Reva (1967-02-11). "Be a Little Ahead Reasons Vogue Editor". Arizona Republic. p. 59. Retrieved 2021-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Fisher, Barbara (December 12, 1988). "Joyce Cary Remembered: In Letters and Interviews by His Family and Others". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Will Hays, Czar of the Movie, is Rebuked". Shamokin News-Dispatch. 1927-11-22. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ A. D. (1970-01-11). "Creative Feast for All Tastes". The Fresno Bee. p. 76. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  10. ^ Washburn, Beatrice (1960-03-14). "Woman's Work? It's Fine!". The Miami Herald. p. 36. Retrieved 2021-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Allene Talmey Plaut". The Tampa Tribune. 1986-03-16. p. 45. Retrieved 2021-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
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