Elaine Kaufman
Elaine Kaufman
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Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Nick Machalaba “Warren Beatty was a f—ing killer in his day,” Kaufman famously recalled. “The young girls would go and sit on his lap. I’d walk over and say, ‘Is this OK?’ And he’d say, ‘It’s OK.’ Sinatra was the same way. Very playful.” Elaine in 1972.
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Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Ron Galella/WireImage In 1978, famous shutterbug Ron Galella was on the wrong end of Kaufman’s notorious temper. After catching the photographer snapping the swarms of celebrities entering and exiting the restaurant, Kaufman hurled a garbage lid at him.
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Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Ron Galella/WireImage “Growing up in Queens, I was always looking to get out,” Kaufman once recalled. “I had no idea what I’d become, but I didn’t think it would be a housewife…Having a job just seemed very natural to me.” Elaine in 1982.
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Woody Allen Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Ron Galella/WireImage Woody Allen famously spoke to “no one but Elaine” while at the restaurant, James Brady noted in an 1983 interview with New York Magazine.
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Marisa Berenson Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Billy Farrell/PatrickMcMullan.com Although famously frosty to female patrons, Kaufman proudly celebrated her favorites. Pictured here with Marisa Berenson in 2003.
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Michael Caine Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Jimi Celeste/PatrickMcMullan.com Kaufman eyes up the guest of honor at The Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute to Michael Caine in 2004.
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Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: Erik T. Kaiser/PMc “I’ve been here a long time,” Kaufman said. “New York just rolls around. There’s something for everybody.” Elaine in 2005.
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Elaine Kaufman
Image Credit: David X Prutting/PMc Kaufman at Elaine’s, surveying her territory in 2006.