Famous Father Girl

by Jamie Bernstein

  And thank you, Mummy and Daddy, for giving the Three-Headed Monster such a wonderful existence.

  P.S. May the love of a dog never go unthanked: here’s to the Henrys, Franny and Zooey, Duffy, Honey, Tookie, Sonia, Georgie, Tabasco, Shiloh, Charlie, Satita, Ziggy, Ozzie, Melba, and Herbie. So far.

  Index of Names

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  Abreu, José Antonio, 352, 353

  Adams, Joey, 238

  Aida (Jimenez, maid), 234–35

  Allen, Woody, 234–35

  Almer, Tandyn, 66

  Anderson, June, 312

  Ann (Dedman, chef), 258, 260, 284

  Ann (Siegel, Jamie’s friend), 79, 80, 83, 107, 114, 171, 173, 200, 233, 254, 278, 288

  Anna Felicia (Simmons, Nina’s daughter), 338

  Antonio (Venezuelan clarinet player), 355–56

  Arrau, Claudio, 4

  Avedon, Dick, 13, 167–68, 196, 363

  Bacall, Lauren (Betty), 13, 79, 159–60, 165, 201, 217, 236, 300, 301

  Barnes, Clive, 183

  Barrett, Michael, 289, 299, 304, 339–40, 341, 343, 344, 347, 361

  Bart (Gulley, Alexander’s friend), 220

  Beckwith, “Lucky” Bob (chauffeur), 39

  Belafonte, Harry, 49

  Berghof, Herbert, 188, 283

  Bernstein, Alexander, 1–3, 5, 7–8, 9, 10–11, 13, 15–16, 17, 18, 21–23, 24–25, 26, 28–29, 30, 31–32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 47, 49, 50–51, 52, 54, 57–58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 71, 73, 74, 75–76, 77, 81, 82, 85, 88–89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 101, 105, 107, 122, 124, 125–26, 131–32, 133, 136, 137, 140, 141, 144–45, 148–49, 150–51, 153, 158, 164, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 181–82, 184, 185–87, 188, 190, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 208, 210, 213, 216, 217, 219, 220, 225–26, 227, 229, 232, 233, 236, 239, 246–47, 254, 258, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 268, 269, 277, 283, 285, 289, 292, 296, 297, 306, 323, 325, 326, 329–30, 331–33, 335, 336, 338, 347, 359–60, 364, 365

  Bernstein, Anya Micaela, 338

  Bernstein, Burton (Uncle BB), 11–12, 13, 24, 25, 28, 36, 49, 51, 70, 82, 90, 101–2, 106, 112, 129, 192, 213, 215–16, 229, 321, 322, 326, 332, 363

  Bernstein, Carl, 202

  Bernstein, Elizabeth Velazquez, 338

  Bernstein, Ellen, 24, 25, 71, 169, 215

  Bernstein, Felicia Montealegre, 2–7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26–27, 28, 29–31, 33, 34–35, 37, 41–45, 46, 47, 49–50, 51, 52–54, 55–56, 69, 71, 75, 76–77, 78, 79, 81, 89, 92, 93, 99–100, 101–2, 105, 106, 107, 109–13, 114–15, 116–17, 120–21, 123–25, 126–27, 128, 130, 136, 141, 145, 152, 153, 154–55, 157–59, 162, 163–64, 165–66, 167–68, 170, 171–72, 173, 174, 176, 181, 184, 186–87, 188–91, 192, 193, 194–99, 200, 204–7, 208–15, 218, 220, 228, 242, 264–65, 273, 280, 287, 293–94, 320, 324, 327, 332, 336, 346, 357, 364

  Bernstein, Jennie, 40, 89, 90, 96, 171, 193, 246, 247, 255, 273, 279, 284, 285, 296, 297, 298, 316–17, 319, 323, 326, 363

  Bernstein, Nina, 1, 17, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 41, 49, 61, 73, 75, 79, 82, 95, 124, 132, 140, 145, 148, 150, 153–54, 157, 158, 164, 169, 170, 173, 182, 185, 186, 189, 191, 196, 200, 208, 212, 216, 217, 219, 223, 224–25, 227, 229, 233, 235, 236, 239, 246, 254, 262–63, 264, 268, 269, 276, 283, 289, 295, 296, 297, 301, 307, 308, 317, 319, 320, 321, 323, 325, 326, 329, 330, 331–33, 334, 335, 336, 338, 344, 347, 359–60, 364, 365

  Bernstein, Sam, 28, 40–41, 89–90, 95–96, 171, 255, 347

  Bernstein, Shirley, 11–13, 31–32, 43, 44, 49, 51, 59–60, 70–71, 82, 84, 92–93, 101–2, 106, 108, 114, 129, 131, 168, 192, 208, 215–16, 219, 220, 226–27, 229, 234, 246, 273, 280, 292–93, 317, 318, 321, 322, 327, 332–33, 363, 364

  Beymer, Richard, 40

  Bhutto, Benazir (“Pinky”), 129

  Blackwell, Chris, 287

  Blier, Steven, 299

  Blitzstein, Marc, 24, 53

  Bobby K., 229

  Bogart, Humphrey, 165

  Botstein, Leon, 266–67

  Boulez, Pierre, 96

  Bradstreet, Anne, 192

  Brando, Marlon, 83–84

  Brecht, Bertolt, 94

  Brian (Jamie’s boyfriend), 250–51, 258, 272

  Britten, Benjamin, 319

  Burton, Humphrey, 281, 282, 299, 312, 326

  Burton, Richard, 224–25

  Burton, Suzy, 224–25

  Burton, Sybil, 80

  Cahill, Kevin, 317, 321, 322, 323, 325

  Cahill, Sean, 325, 326

  Callas, Maria, 25

  Carreras, José, 281–83, 284

  Carroll, Lewis, 9, 100, 365

  Carson, Margaret, 142, 291, 301, 310

  Carter, Jimmy, 191–92, 245, 246

  Carter, Rosalynn, 192, 245, 246

  Chapin, Schuyler, 142, 143, 218, 327, 333

  Charlie (Harmon, Leonard’s assistant), 258, 260

  Chase, Chevy, 200

  Chomsky, Noam, 144

  Chuck (Weinstock, Jamie’s friend), 275

  Coates, (“Nanny”) Helen, 37, 38, 40, 141, 142, 247–48, 363

  Cohn, Chita Montealegre, 4, 171

  Cohn, Felicia. See Bernstein, Felicia Montealegre

  Cohn, Roy (father of Felicia), 4

  Coles, Robert, 128

  Comden, Betty, 13, 19–20, 21, 55, 90, 106, 235–36, 357, 363

  Conlon, James, 346

  Copland, Aaron, 46, 70, 284

  Coppola, Francis Ford, 233–34

  Cothran, Tommy, 144–45, 150, 151, 172, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 306

  Cox, Donald, 110, 111–12

  Crawford, Joan, 324

  Curtis, Charlotte, 110–12

  Daltrey, Roger, 122, 158

  Davis, Bette, 49, 165, 324

  Debbie (Sweet, Jamie’s school friend), 107, 113

  Diaz, Justino, 85

  Dichter, Misha, 86

  Dudamel, Eloisa, 353

  Dudamel, Gustavo, 351, 353–54

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 28, 87, 296–97

  Eisenhower, Mamie, 296

  Elliott (Lewitt, Jamie’s roommate), 249, 260, 273, 275

  Entwistle, John, 122

  Ephron, Nora, 202

  Epstein, Paul, 187–88, 207, 327, 333

  Erhard, Werner, 175

  Eschenbach, Christoph, 146, 147, 148, 151

  Farrow, Mia, 234, 235, 304

  Fitzgibbon, Anne, 356

  Forman, Milos, 119

  Forster, E. M., 232

  Foss, Lukas, 123

  Frantz, Justus, 146, 147–48, 151–53, 169–70, 171

  Freud, Anna, 188

  Gabe (landlord), 237, 238–39

  Gabis, Shirley, 26, 27

  Gabor, Eva, 5

  Garfunkel, Art, 64

  Geffen, David, 275

  Gellhorn, Martha, 5

  Giulini, Carlo Maria, 226

  Gobbi, Tito, 25

  Green, Adolph, 13, 19–21, 55, 71, 90, 106, 211, 236, 285, 312–13, 326, 357, 363

  Green, Johnny, 40

  Gruen, John, 77

  Guare, John, 120, 308

  Hadley, Jerry, 312

  Haldeman, H. R., 305

  Hampton, David, 307–8

  Harrison, George, 60, 62–63

  Hart, Richard, 5

  Haws, Barbara, 354

  Hellman, Lillian, 13, 22–24, 100, 207, 218, 311

  Henahan, Donal, 272

  Heyman, Ken, 77

  Holiday, Billie, 87

  Holland, Dr., 205, 213

  Holliday, Judy, 20, 357

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 116, 304, 305

  Horne, Marilyn, 85

  Horowitz, Vladimir, 205

  Hume, Paul, 136

  Humphrey, Hubert, 94

  Hussey, Walter, 56

  Huston, Walter, 165

  Ian, Janis, 66

  Irvine, Keith, 35

  Jackson, Joe, 234

  Jack
son, Michael, 278–79, 286–87

  Jacobs, Gail, 219, 220, 280, 336

  Jane (Weeks, Jamie’s Harvard roommate), 140, 141

  Jeff (Jamie’s boyfriend), 204, 209, 219

  Jet (Jamie’s boyfriend), 209, 215, 216, 219, 232, 237, 238, 239

  John, Elton, 104

  Jones, Grace, 277

  Jones, Gwyneth, 236

  Jones, Quincy, 286

  Kahn, Rabbi Judah, 213

  Kahn, Madeline, 201

  Karajan, Eliette von, 174

  Karajan, Herbert von, 174

  Karen (Bernstein, Jamie’s cousin), 309–10, 364

  Kathie (Gibel, Jamie’s classmate), 112

  Kaye, Judy, 299

  Kennedy, Caroline, 50, 51, 53, 54

  Kennedy, Eunice, 50

  Kennedy, Jacqueline. See Onassis, Jacqueline

  Kennedy Kennedy, Joe, 88

  Kennedy, John F., 46, 49–50, 51

  Kennedy, John F., Jr., 51, 53, 54–55

  Kennedy, Pat, 50

  Kennedy, Robert F., 79, 88, 90

  Kerner, Leighton, 272

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 87, 88, 112

  Klagsbrun, Dr. Samuel, 321, 322

  Kling, Elizabeth, 356–57, 358

  Klingman, Moogy, 223

  Kohout, Pavel, 188

  Koussevitzky, Serge, 125, 345

  Kraut, Harry, 141–43, 146, 150–51, 183, 191, 194, 196, 203–4, 215, 220, 245, 251, 252, 253, 254, 260, 262, 263, 264, 279, 281, 283, 291–92, 295, 296, 299, 305–6, 308, 310, 316, 320, 321, 322, 323, 327, 331–32, 333, 346, 359

  Kyle, Steve, 235–36

  Laurents, Arthur, 13, 25, 283, 284, 332

  Lead Belly, 87

  Lennon, John, 61–63, 233, 247–48

  Lennon, Sean, 233

  Lerner, Alan Jay, 179, 181, 183

  Liberson, Brigitta See Zorina, Vera

  Lieberson, Goddard, 143

  Lieberson, Jonathan, 143

  Lieberson, Peter, 143–44

  Linn (Johnson, Jamie’s school friend), 86, 105, 106

  Lisa (Morrison. Jamie’s school friend), 40

  Luckinbill, Laurence, 188

  Ludwig, Christa, 312

  Luis (Rodriguez, valet), 39

  Lumet, Sidney, 13

  Ma, Yo-Yo, 299

  Marjorie (David, Jamie’s L.A. housemate), 249, 260, 262, 272–73, 275

  Mark (Stringer, aspiring conductor), 303

  Martin, Steve, 200, 201, 253

  Marx, Dr. Paul, 321

  M.A.T. (Mark Adams Taylor), 315–16

  Mauceri, John, 253, 272, 311

  McCarthy, Eugene, 90–91, 94

  McCartney, Paul, 62–63, 79

  McClure, John, 95

  McFerrin, Bobby, 300

  McNally, Terrence, 160

  Meader, Vaughn, 50, 54

  Meat Loaf, 222

  Menuhin, Yehudi, 217

  Milhaud, Darius, 46

  Miller, Arthur, 304

  Miller, Jonathan, 312

  Miller, Steve, 104

  Mindlin, “Uncle” Mikey, 75, 97, 279

  Mitchell, Joni, 276

  Mohamed (Camara, eleven-year-old trombone player), 356

  Montealegre, Chita. See Cohn, Chita

  Montealegre Montealegre, Felicia. See Bernstein, Felicia

  Montealegre Munch, Charles, 52

  Muni, Scott, 248

  Nancy (McClelland, Jamie’s classmate), 87

  Newman, Phyllis, 71, 218, 236, 319, 324

  Nichols, Annabel, 196

  Nichols, Jenny, 196

  Nichols, Max, 196

  Nichols, Mike, 13, 21–22, 53, 100, 106, 139, 140–41, 196, 197, 218, 304, 357, 358

  Nick (Jamie’s boyfriend), 108–9, 113–15, 119, 120–21, 122, 126, 128, 129–30, 200, 273, 287

  Nixon, Richard, 49, 95, 135, 164, 168, 181, 192, 305, 335

  Norma (Nuñez, Caracas guide), 352

  Nyro, Laura, 102–3

  Obama, Barack, 335

  Ofra (Bikel, Shirley Bernstein’s friend), 114, 332

  O’Horgan, Tom, 251

  Ollmann, Kurt, 281

  Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 50, 51, 53–54, 79, 130, 135, 215

  O’Neal, Cynthia, 236

  Ono, Yoko, 233

  Oppenheim, David, 357

  Oppenheim, Jonathan, 357

  Ormandy, Eugene, 172

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, 51, 60

  Ozawa, Seiji, 300

  Pack, David, 239, 241, 242, 245, 248–49, 251, 259, 267, 275, 280, 285, 286, 287, 306

  Pack, Gale, 242, 249

  Paredes, Dietrich, 355

  Patty (Pulliam, chef), 329, 337–38

  Pavarotti, Luciano, 281

  Perkins, Tony, 102

  Perl, Otto, 37–38, 79

  Peter (Jamie’s boyfriend), 145, 147

  Peyser, Joan, 295–96

  Phillip (Allen, Leonard’s assistant), 321

  Poitier, Sidney, 307

  Previn, André, 217

  Puma, Father Vincent, 210, 211, 212, 214, 228

  Radner, Gilda, 232

  Raven (Burckhalter, fifth-grade violin player), 356, 357

  Reagan, Ronald, 303–4, 305

  Reed, Lou, 251

  Remedios, Alberto, 282

  Rich, Alan, 272

  Richie, Lionel, 244

  Rita the Popper, 38–39

  Robbins, Jerry, 13, 14, 55, 94, 120, 153

  Robison, Joshua, 230

  Rodrigo (Guerrero, Caracas guide), 352

  Romann, Jack, 297

  Rosalia (Guerrero, cook), 2, 6, 7, 8, 17, 32

  Ross, Diana, 244

  Rostropovich, Mstislav, 154 See Rostropovich, Slava

  Rostropovich, Slava, 85, 154, 217, 299

  Ruby, Jack, 51, 60

  Rudd (Simmons, Nina’s husband), 338

  Russell, Leon, 104

  Ryack, Eddie, 12

  Sam (Jamie’s boyfriend), 153, 168, 171, 174

  Sam (Lewitt, Jamie’s godson), 260

  Sanders, George, 165

  Sardi, Paul, 227

  Sardi, Vincent, 227

  Sawyer, Diane, 357

  Schifter, Peter Mark, 268–69

  Schonberg, Harold, 82, 136

  Schwartz, Stephen, 131, 332

  Scotto, Renata, 226

  Serkin, Peter, 359

  Serkin, Rudolf, 359

  Sharp, William, 299

  Shields, Brooke, 243

  Shumlin, Herman, 35–37, 251

  Simon (photographer), 102, 107

  Simon, Carly, 229

  Simon, Paul, 64

  Smith, Bessie, 87

  Solomon, Ape, 28, 32, 60 See Ed Sullivan

  Solomon, Dr. Chuck, 55, 56

  Sondheim, Steve, 13, 21, 25, 39, 72, 73, 85, 102, 106, 180, 183, 218, 223–24, 300, 324

  Sontag, Susan, 197–98

  Spader, James (“Jimmy”), 243–44

  Spencer, Scott, 243

  St. Clair, Carl, 319

  Stammers, Frederick (chauffeur), 39

  Starr, Ringo, 62, 63

  Steiner, Max, 165

  Steinman, Jim, 222

  Stern, Isaac, 13, 71, 318, 359

  Steve (Donahue, Jamie’s friend), 113, 114, 132

  Stevenson, Adlai, 28

  Stoltz, Eric, 361

  Streisand, Barbra, 90

  Styron, Bill, 73, 202, 229–30, 275, 303, 304

  Styron, Rose, 202, 229, 275, 303, 304

  Styron, Susanna, 230, 275, 294

  Sullivan, Ed, 28

  Te Kanawa, Kiri, 281, 282

  Ted (Leonard’s assistant), 260, 261

  Thomas, David, 231–32, 237, 275–78, 279–80, 282, 284–85, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 298, 306, 309, 315, 318, 321, 325, 327, 331–32, 333, 337

  Thomas, Evan, 310–11, 314, 316, 318, 320, 324–25, 333, 337, 338

  Thomas, Frankie, 293, 294–95, 299, 307, 310, 311, 315, 318, 320, 325, 327, 333, 336, 337, 338

  Thomas, Lewis, 197

  Thomas, Michael Tilson,
230, 297, 360

  Thompson, Stanford, 356

  Tomlin, Lily, 200

  Tony (Origlio, press agent), 238

  Troyanos, Tatiana, 281

  Tucker, Richard, 85

  Urquhart, Craig, 317, 330

  Vega, Julia, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 14, 17, 27, 32, 33, 45, 49, 107, 108, 141, 158, 169, 186, 189, 215, 216–17, 219, 235, 242, 248, 258, 284–85, 299, 307, 308, 309, 320, 321–22, 325, 333–34, 335, 337, 338, 348, 363–64

  Vince (Mauro, Jamie’s manager), 275, 278, 280, 287, 294, 306

  Vishnevskaya, Galina, 85, 226

  Wager, Michael (“Mendy”), 160–63, 173, 193, 194, 195, 209, 211, 214, 218, 232, 324, 325–26, 327

  Walter, Bruno, 4, 29

  Walton, William, 193

  Weill, Kurt, 300

  Weisgal, Emanuel. See Wager, Michael (“Mendy”)

  Wells, John, 312

  Wenner, Jann, 202

  Wheeler, Hugh, 312

  White, Mr. (Louis L.), 41

  Wilder, Thornton, 55

  Willie (Woo, Jamie’s friend), 105

  Wolfe, Tom, 110, 116, 117

  Wyatt, Lynn, 269

  Wyner, Yehudi, 216

  Zea, Dr. Paul, 38

  Zebadiah (Coombs, seventh-grade viola player), 356, 357

  Zeffirelli, Franco, 242

  Zinsser, Stephen Wadsworth, 255, 256, 257, 258, 265–66, 268–69

  Zorina, Vera, 143

  About the Author

  JAMIE BERNSTEIN is a writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker. She travels the world as a concert narrator. Her documentary, Crescendo: The Power of Music, is available on Netflix. She lives in New York City.

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