![]() Hammett reportedly modeled Nora on his longtime partner Lillian Hellman, and the characters' boozy, flippant dialogue on their relationship. Nick is a former private detective of Greek ancestry who retired when he married Nora, a wealthy Nob Hill heiress. The characters first appear in Dashiell Hammett's best-selling last novel The Thin Man (1934). The tremendous popularity of the characters made them a media archetype, as the bantering, romantically involved detective duo has become a well-used trope in literature, stage, screen, and television ever since. Nick and Nora are a married couple who solve murder mysteries while exchanging sharp and smart repartee. ![]() The characters were later adapted for film in a series of films between 19 for radio from 1941 to 1950 for television from 1957 through 1959 as a Broadway musical in 1991 and as a stage play in 2009. Nick and Nora Charles are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man. Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk (TV, 1957–1959)īarry Bostwick & Joanna Gleason (Broadway musical) Les Damon/ Les Tremayne/David Gothard/Joseph Curtin & Claudia Morgan (radio, 1941–1950) William Powell & Myrna Loy (film, 1934–1947) ( William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick & Nora in the 1939 film Another Thin Man). ![]()
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