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'''B. D. Hyman''' (born '''Barbara Davis Sherry''', [[May 1]], [[1947]] in [[Santa Ana, California]]) is an American [[author]]. |
'''B. D. Hyman''' (born '''Barbara Davis Sherry''', [[May 1]], [[1947]] in [[Santa Ana, California]]) is an American [[author]]. |
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The daughter of the actress, [[Bette Davis]] and artist William Sherry, she was adopted by Davis's husband [[Gary Merrill]] in 1950. She took back her own last name - Sherry - upon turning sixteen, |
The daughter of the actress, [[Bette Davis]] and artist William Sherry, she was adopted by Davis's husband [[Gary Merrill]] in 1950. She took back her own last name - Sherry - upon turning sixteen, claiming that she wished to distance herself from Merrill. She appeared briefly as an infant in her mother's film ''[[Payment on Demand]]'' (1951) and as B.D. Merrill played a supporting role in ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' (1962). |
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She married a Seven Arts film executive, Jeremey Hyman at the age of sixteen. She and her husband have two sons. |
She married a Seven Arts film executive, Jeremey Hyman at the age of sixteen. She and her husband have two sons. |
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Revision as of 10:44, 8 March 2007
B. D. Hyman (born Barbara Davis Sherry, May 1, 1947 in Santa Ana, California) is an American author.
The daughter of the actress, Bette Davis and artist William Sherry, she was adopted by Davis's husband Gary Merrill in 1950. She took back her own last name - Sherry - upon turning sixteen, claiming that she wished to distance herself from Merrill. She appeared briefly as an infant in her mother's film Payment on Demand (1951) and as B.D. Merrill played a supporting role in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).
She married a Seven Arts film executive, Jeremey Hyman at the age of sixteen. She and her husband have two sons.
Hyman is the author of two books which are highly critical of her mother, My Mother's Keeper (1985) and Narrow is the Way (1987). My Mother's Keeper brought Hyman considerable condemnation for the timing of its publication; Davis had suffered a severe stroke before the book was published. My Mother's Keeper was a best-seller; the second book, however, did not generate the same level of interest.
A born-again Christian, Hyman is a pastor in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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