The Resume

(June 20, 1905-June 30, 1984)
Raised in New York City
Resided in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Wrote 'Julia,' 'The Little Foxes,' 'Toys in the Attic,' 'The Children's Hour,' 'Another Part of the Forest,' 'The Little Foxes,' 'The Dark Angel,' 'Days To Come' and 'Scoundrel Times'

Why she might be annoying:

She dropped out of Columbia University.
She was a chain smoker.
She divorced after a seven year marriage.
She had an affair with Dashiell Hammett for over thirty years.
She testified at Senator Joseph McCarthy's Un-American Activities Committee.
Mary McCarthy said: 'Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.''

Why she might not be annoying:

She traveled with Ernest Hemingway.
She was an outspoken force in politics.
She went almost blind.
She said: 'Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.'
She had strong opinions and often voiced them.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Bad Tippers [Some Alleged]
• Blackgama Furs - What Makes a Legend Campaign
• Blacklisted
• Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• Buddy! Dude! Man! Guy!
• College Drop Outs
• Daily Beast's 11 Greatest Literary Feuds [2010] (Ranked: 7)
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Entertainers Loved by Lesbians
• Hoaxes
• I Attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball [November 28, 1966]
• I Died in 1984 (Ranked: 79)
• I Got in Trouble for Plagiarism
• I Like to Dress All in White
• I Performed in Leonard Bernstein’s 60th Birthday Concert [August 25, 1978]
• I Probably Banged Warren Beatty
• I Publicly Trashed My Book’s Movie
• I Write Bildungsroman
• I Wrote My Autobiography Without a Ghostwriter
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• Influenced by Hannah Arendt
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Man's World
• Pauline Kael Doesn't Like Me
• Playwrights
• Profiles 9751-10000 (Ranked: 9995)
• Spiritual Names
• The Thin Man [Film Series]
• Women Who had Abortions
• Women Who Kept Their Maiden Name After Marriage [Lucy Stoners]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 29 Votes: 37.93% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 87 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 66.34% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 170 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 260 Votes: 56.92% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 84 Votes: 41.67% Annoying