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Mimi Freedman is an American documentary filmmaker who specializes in films about Hollywood history. She is best known for the 2005 documentary Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool, and has produced films for A&E Biography, AMC Backstory, and Lifetime Intimate Portrait.
Miriam "Mimi" Freedman (later Hart; 2 March 1911 – 23 April 1994) was a Canadian veteran who served in the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) during the Second World War. Born in Montreal, Freedman joined the London Ambulance Service in 1939, serving as an ambulance driver in The Blitz.
Nov 11, 2017 · She was honourably discharged from service one month later on May 16, 1946. The previous year, on Oct. 1, 1945, Staff Sgt. Mimi Freedman had become the first Canadian Jewish service woman to be decorated for her dedication to the war effort.
Miriam “Mimi” Freedman (she would later take the married name Hart) was born in Montréal, part of a prominent Jewish family that could trace its roots in Canada back almost two centuries. Her own immediate family would immigrate to Europe after the First World War, first arriving in Belgium before eventually settling in the United Kingdom.
Miriam “Mimi” Freedman Eager to do her part upon the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Miriam Freedman joined the London Ambulance Service in England in the opening weeks of the conflict. She would later join the Canadian Women’s Army Corps as a driver.
Mar 7, 2018 · Montreal-born Staff Sergeant Miriam “Mimi” Freedman was the only Canadian Jewish woman in uniform to win a Mention in Dispatches from the King during the war. She served for nearly seven years overseas, first with the London Ambulance Service, then as a driver for Canadian Army staff at headquarters there.
Nov 10, 2023 · Diane Samuels’ latest drama tells the story of Miriam Freedman, who learned how to live with the loss of her family members in Holocaust
