Born in Bay Shore, Long Island, Marion was a resident of Chittenango since 1977. She at first capitalized on being the "real" Mame, but she and Dennis had a disagreement and both later denied the character was based on her. She even parlayed the publicity she got as the real-life Mame into an appearance on a television quiz show, on which she won $20,000.

Marion Tanner (1925 - 2011) How do we create a person’s profile? It's too bad. Marion S. Tanner July 1, 2020 Marion S. Tanner, 65, of Chittenango passed away Wednesday at Crouse Hospital. Miss Tanner was born March 6, 1891, in Buffalo.

12560, ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) Unknown. Marion Tanner, 94, who is believed to have been the inspiration for the title character of her nephew's novel Auntie Mame, died Wednesday. At that point Mr. Tanner was no longer telling interviewers that his Aunt Marion was the model for Auntie Mame, whose wacky adventures were chroncicled in the book that was on best-seller lists for more than two years in the mid-50's and formed the basis for a Broadway comedy, a movie and then a Broadway musical which itself became a movie. He also objected to Miss Tanner's using money he gave for her support to feed and care for her indigent visitors. (BLOOMINGTON) – Bloomington police are looking for Marion “Tanner” Haywood who is wanted on several charges and considered to be armed and dangerous. Marion Tanner was born in Buffalo and went to Smith, too. Known as one of Greenwich Village`s most colorful inhabitants, Miss Tanner bought a red brick house at 72 Bank Street in 1927, and for many years it was a haven and salon for struggling artists, writers, freethinkers, radicals and a wide spectrum of what Miss Tanner sometimes called ''Bohemian types.''. He said that he had not seen her in five years and that he had given up on her because she had refused to take his advice to stop taking in strangers, and to sell her house. Police say Haywood is wanted for kidnapping, domestic battery with a deadly weapon, domestic battery with a prior conviction, strangulation, auto theft, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer in Monroe County. Pennsylvania family builds 'Candypult' for safe trick-or-treating, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania family family unveiled their secret weapon in keeping trick-or-treating safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic -- a treat-launching "Candypult.

Tanner died two months after having a stroke at the nursing home where she had lived for eight years. Florida passes 100,000 coronavirus cases as deaths rise to 3,173, Disney World announces more reopening dates for its hotels, 2 new solar farms to deliver power to 6 Florida cities, including Orlando and Kissimmee. Tanner … Like “Mame,” Miss Tanner had been an actress, worked in Macy’s and was chastised for giving shelter to irregular guests in a properly regular neighborhood, many of whom found their way into the book.