See for yourself what her philosophy is all about. There are nine Frank O’Connor’s of enough public note to merit their own Wikipedia page, for what that’s worth. The Passion of Ayn Rand received moderately positive reviews from critics.

When O'Connor married Rand in 1929, she could live permanently in America.

O'Connor gave up his acting career, to work full-time so Rand could write full-time. The film also stars Julie Delpy as Branden's wife, Barbara, and Peter Fonda as Rand's husband Frank O'Connor.

Our Frank O’Connor is not one of them. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius

Frank O'Connor was married for 50 years to Ayn Rand, whom he met in 1926 on the set of 'Cecil B. deMille''s The King of Kings (1927), where he had a small part and Rand was an extra. Rand met Frank O'Connor on a movie set, when they both appeared as extras.

Owner: Leonard Peikoff | Credit: Ayn Rand's drawing of her husband, Frank O'Connor, n.d.

Frank's adult life was pretty much lived in the shadow of his wife of 50 years, author and philosopher Ayn Rand. In a letter dated May 31, 1960, Flannery O'Connor, the author best known for her classic story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (listen to her read the story here) penned a letter to her friend, the playwright Maryat Lee.It begins rather abruptly, likely because it's responding to something Maryat said in a previous letter: I hope you don’t have friends who recommend Ayn Rand to you. Ayn Rand has inspired individuals around the world to discard convention and pursue a better life. She is most remembered for Atlas Shrugged, "Objectivism. Branden built up an institute to spread Rand's ideas, but the two eventually had a falling-out. She later became an American citizen. The second, a … Frank O'Connor and Ayn Rand were married for 50 years before Frank O'Connor died aged 82.. About.

Frank’s main claim to fame was being married to Ayn Rand -- a philosopher and novelist of towering talent.


Author Ayn Rand was born into a Russian Jewish family, but she was a staunch atheist who spoke openly about her views on religion.Both Rand's fiction and nonfiction have served to promote her worldview, known as objectivism. Charles Francis O'Connor (1897 - 1979), called Frank O'Connor, was an American actor and painter.He was the husband of writer Ayn Rand. I think many Objecitivists have been hypnotized by Rand into believing everything she wrote about art.

Later he retired, when Rand's work made a good income. After his acting career ended, he became a painter and was associated with the …
So for biographical information about him, one might consider referring to books primarily about her. The best book to look at Rand's state of mind during this period is The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics, which debunks most of what the Branden's claim, and it does so using Rand's own journal entries.

Russian Writer Ayn Rand was born Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum on 2nd February, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia and passed away on 6th Mar 1982 New York, New York, USA aged 77. The first one, a more personal account, is Barbara Branden's The Passion of Ayn Rand.