Frieda Fromm-Reichmann was born on 23 October 1889 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was married to Eric Fromm. She died on 28 April 1957 in Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, she was the basis of Dr Fried in Joanne Greenberg's autobiographical novel hospital entitled I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,.