Patricia Louisiana Knop, a film screenwriter and television producer known for 9 1/2 Weeks, Wild Orchid and the Showtime series Red Shoe Diaries, died at age 78 on Aug. 7 in Santa Monica, Calif. fr…
Red Shoe Diaries,She was married for 46 years to producer/director. He died in 2012.
Knop was born on Oct. 23, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan. As a teenager longing for adventure, she wrote to the captain of a boat docked in Florida, and asked if she might join his crew. He said yes, so she boarded a train and made the long journey alone, only to discover that the captain had no idea who she was and what he had agreed to. However, he took her on.
At sea, she met and fell in love with fellow crewman Zalman King Lefkowitz. When they returned to dry land, they moved together to Los Angeles, struggling at first so much that their first apartment was a supply closet and their first bed a door laid across two chairs. However, they persevered, and Knop went on to write or co-write She also co-wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’sKnop was also an acclaimed artist, and her sculptures and paintings populate homes all over the world.
She is survived by two daughters, screenwriter Chloe King and artist/ interior designer Gillian Lekfowitz. No memorial plans have been announced.
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