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BHS is happy to see Brooklynite Esther Leeming "Faity" Tuttle celebrated in The New York Times among fellow centenarians!
Hear Faity talk about John's Group, a playgroup for children in Prospect Park, Brooklyn accents, and how John narrowly avoided being struck by the 1960 plane crash in Park Slope:
Faity was born in 1911 and she grew up in Brooklyn Heights, on Henry Street. She became a professional actress, appearing on Broadway with Humphrey Bogart, among others. In 1944, she moved to Park Slope with her husband, Ben, and their three children. She's a longtime supporter of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and in 1988, she was awarded the BBG's Forsythia Award for outstanding service. Her autobiography No Rocking Chair For Me was published in 2003 and BHS interviewed Faity for the Oral History Collection in 2006 and the full interview is available for listening in the Othmer Library.
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