Noël Haskins Murphy

[3][4] Haskins trained to be a singer and was involved in theatre, performing with the Washington Square Players under the name Noël Haddon.

Haskins Murphy, inconsolable, bought a house in the village of Orgeval, Yvelines, northeast of Paris, not far from the Saint-Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery where her husband was buried.

Solita Solano, Flanner's long-time lover, accepted the relationship and was a frequent visitor at Murphy's country house.

[4] After Flanner, Solano started a relationship with Elizabeth Jenks Clark; in 1958 the two women moved to Orgeval as well.

[6] During World War II, Haskins Murphy served with the Comité Américain de Secours Civil and refused to leave her Orgeval home or her husband's nearby gravesite.