updated: 14/07/2005
Ayn Rand (1905—1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, was a Russian-born American philosopher best known for developing ‘Objectivism‚ and for writing the novels ‘The Fountainhead’, ‘Atlas Shrugged’, ‘We the Living’, and Anthem’. She was afashionable and influential figure in post-War America: her work attracted both enthusiastic admiration and scathing denunciations.
In The Passion of Ayn Rand much more attention was paid to Ayn Rand’s love life than to her ideas. There may have been some justification for this: I can’t remember a single thing she said, though I remember thinking that the one book of hers that I read was obnoxious.
Helen Mirren won an Emmy for her performance as the dumpy and ugly Ayn Rand. Suzanne Benoit was key makeup artist and Regan Noble was key hair stylist.