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- Birth nameElaine Grace Mitchell
- Elaine Attias (née Mitchell) was born into a Jewish family on 8th June 1928 as the youngest of four children of Anna Copp (1888-1982) and Ed David Itzhak Mitchell (1889-1985). She studied Economics at the University of Chicago and later Theatrical Arts at both UCLA and USC.
After graduation, she became an avid political activist for human rights and social justice and went to work as a journalist for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in San Francisco, run by Harry Bridges, a famous labor leader. She had opportunities later to collaborate with top directors like Martin Scorsese as a documentary producer and made films on immigrants to the US especially the West, and on heart disease among American children, which earned her seven international film awards. Elaine Attias served as Vice President of Tantalus Production and the National Communications Foundation (LA). She is also a board member of Human Rights Watch, PEN-USA, the American Jewish Committee, University of Elections and Creative Exchange and Center for Creative Communities. She is a member of the International Woman's Forum, founder of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and President of the Attias Family Foundation.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Westlaker
- SpouseHenry Attias(? - 1989) (his death, 2 children)
- Elaine Attias has one daughter Jane Attias (1949-) who lives in London, and a son Daniel Attias (1951-), an Emmy-nominated director and producer.
- Her social activism was the constant in her life, and she was honored to have been included on President Nixon's 'enemies list' in the early 1970s.
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