Ernest Gébler

Ernest Gébler (born 1914, Dublin – 26 January 1998, Dublin) was an Irish writer. Gébler was a member of Aosdána.

He was first married to Leatrice Gilbert, daughter of the actor John Gilbert and actress Leatrice Joy, whom he met on a trip to Hollywood. The couple moved to Ireland, got married and had a son. The marriage did not last long and wife and baby returned to the US and a divorce ensued. He then met in a drugstore his second wife Edna O'Brien, who later became a well established writer in her own right. They had two sons, Carlo and Sasha. The marriage was short lived and ended when Carlo was still young.[1]

Gébler's mother was an usherette in a Dublin theatre. His father, Adolph, was an Austro-Czech (Austro-Hungarian empire) musician who had settled in Dublin, 1912-13. Adolph moved there for health reasons. Ernest had a sister, Ada Armstrong, who became an actress.

Gébler was a novelist and playwright. The Plymouth Adventure: The Voyage of the "Mayflower" was his bestseller, sold 5 million copies, and was filmed as Plymouth Adventure (1952). Another book Hoffman (also known as Shall I Eat You Now?), was filmed as Hoffman (1970), and starred Peter Sellers.

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  1. ↑ "The Tyrant". The New York Times. 2 December 2001.

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