Henry Ephron (May 26, 1911^[1] – September 6, 1992) was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer who often worked with his wife, Phoebe (née Wolkind). He was active as a writer from the early 1940s through the early 1960s.

Henry Ephron was born in Bronx, New York, the son of Gittle "Gussie" (née Weinstein) and Yitzhak Asher "Isaac" Ephron, a retailer.^[2][3] His parents were Jewish immigrants, his father from Grodno, now in Belarus, and his mother from Skidzyel', now in Belarus.^[4] All four of his daughters by his first wife, Phoebe: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Hallie Ephron and Amy Ephron, also became notable writers. Coincidentally, his second wife, June (née Gilmartin; July 6, 1911 – November 13, 1996), widow of Oscar Levant, who wed Ephron in 1978, was also one of four sisters. His family is Jewish.^[5]

Ephron died in 1992 of "natural causes" at the Motion Picture Hospital in Los Angeles.^[6]

(unless otherwise noted, films written with Phoebe Ephron):

• Three Is a Family (1944)
• Bride by Mistake (1944)
• Belles on Their Toes (1952); sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen
• What Price Glory (1952); Screenplay
• There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
• Daddy Long Legs (1955); Screenplay
• Carousel (1956); also producer
• Desk Set (1957); also producer
• Take Her, She's Mine (1961); Broadway play, later made into a film, then an unsold ABC TV comedy series with Van Johnson starring in the pilot
• Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), nominated for Oscar, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

• We Thought We Could Do Anything (1977)