ELIZABETH-NORMENT-Obituary

ELIZABETH L. NORMENT

Washington, District of Columbia

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ELIZABETH LARRABEE NORMENT  On October 13, 2014, of cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City. Born December 31, 1952, Elizabeth was a graduate of Sidwell Friends School. She attended the University of Chicago, graduated from Cornell University and received an MFA from Yale...

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Wishing we had reconnected and shared more wonderful times together. I just got back from Munich so my memories of our time together is fresh again. I took her with me in spirit.

Liz was always at the head of things. She was our class president and my best friend in 9th grade at the Munich American High School in Munich, Germany in 1966-67. I still have the silly notes we passed back and forth in class. I visited her in DC on our vacation stateside in 1968. I remember how wonderful, generous and caring she was. I'm so sorry we lost touch but am so very proud of the talented actress she became. Ever grateful for our brief time together. My condolences to her family...

My "Harmony Sister." That's what we always called each other. I only just learned, somehow, of Elizabeth's passing FOUR WEEKS LATER! today, from Walt Jones, who directed us together in Neil Simon's "Fools" @ Alaska Rep. in 1982. We were roommates on our fantastic 3-month tour of the state. I got my Equity card thereby; she was a few years out of Yale Drama School. We kept up our so-special-to-me friendship for 32 years, seeing each other quite often and exchanging emails ... I was lucky...

I was at Cornell with Liz where we had fun together in a Moliere production. I've been so happy to observe her success and it's deeply saddening to hear of her passing. I extend my most sincere sympathy to the Norment family.

Elizabeth and I crossed paths in the theatre world. It was my great pleasure to see her work in several productions. She always inspired me with her inestimable depth of craft and artistic commitment. I knew from the get that she was a stand up lady in her art and life.

Having lost a sister, I know too keenly that loss that remains. My deepest sympathies go out to all her loved ones.

Elizabeth was a jewel. My partner and I became friends with her through her several appearances at the Milwaukee Rep theatre. She was a powerful performer and a kind,engaging person off stage. We will cherish the times she spent with us having dinner in our home with our family. We have two boys, age 4 & 5; she was so supportive. When Elizabeth went back to New York, she wrote letters to the boys to teach and encourage them about good old fashioned personal letter writing. We are very sad at...

After all these years, in my random learning of your successes as an actress today, I also learned of your death. On my lunch break, again a "temp" in an office, I hurtled back to our days of friendship and common experience as "just for now" secretaries at GD&C. I remembered our treks to Weight Watchers, the intake person skeptical that we needed to be there at all, and sitting behind you at YMCA aerobics, impressed by how beautiful you were, straight and strong and lovely; when I shared...