Dory Previn

Singer-songwriter and wife of André whose work drew heavily on a troubled lifeThe singer-songwriter Dory Previn, who has died aged 86, gained a significant following in the 1970s with her dark and honest view of life that drew on a troubled childhood, marriage difficulties and periods of mental illness. By then she had gained three Oscar nominations for lyrics – early signs of recognition in a career that soon took her on quite a different path.Her start in Hollywood came in 1955, out of th...

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