Warms Dryfoos, daughter of Orvil E. Dryfoos. However, David O. Selznick's constant philandering and frequent financial problems as a result of a gambling addiction led to their growing apart, which resulted in her leaving Selznick in 1945. Their divorce became final on January 22, 1949. She was a close friend of Katharine Hepburn for several decades, but distanced herself from her late in life. Death Irene Mayer Selznick died on October 10, 1990 from complications from breast cancer at her apartment at The Pierre in Manhattan. Her remains were returned to California, where she was interred next to her mother in the Mausoleum, Hall of Graciousness, Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Broadway productions A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) Bell, Book and Candle (1950) Flight Into Egypt (1952) The Chalk Garden (1955) The Complaisant Lover (1961) Further reading Lafferty, Jennifer (2017) Movie Dynasty Princesses: Irene Mayer Selznick and Edith Mayer Goetz CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform References External links 1907 births 1990 deaths 20th-century American memoirists American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Philanthropists from New York (state) American socialites American theatre managers and producers Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Deaths from breast cancer Jewish American philanthropists People from Brooklyn People from Haverhill, Massachusetts People from Los Angeles 20th-century American businesspeople Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery 20th-century American philanthropists 20th-century American Jews