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- Birth nameLaura Kean Zametkin
- Laura Z. Hobson was born on June 19, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Her Twelve Men (1954) and Climax! (1954). She was married to Francis Thayer Hobson. She died on February 28, 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseFrancis Thayer Hobson(July 23, 1930 - 1935) (divorced)
- Award-winning author of Gentleman's Agreement (1947), which was an Oscar-winning movie with Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, June Havoc, and Celeste Holm, about anti-Semitism.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 421-422. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Adopted one boy, Michael, and bore another son, Christopher, after her divorce. Christopher is an author.
- Her ex-husband's second wife, Priscilla Fansler, later married Alger Hiss.
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