The Resume

(February 18, 1922-August 13, 2012)
Author of 'Sex and the Single Girl,' 'Sex and the Office,' 'Outrageous Opinions of Helen Gurley Brown ,' 'Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook,' 'Sex and the New Single Girl,' 'Having It All,' 'The Late Show: A Semi Wild but Practical Guide for Women Over 50' and 'The Writer's Rules: The Power of Positive Prose - How to Create It and Get It Published'
Editor-in-chief of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine

Why she might be annoying:

She smoked.
She had several face-lifts.
Many of her books were considered controversial for their time.
She once said: 'Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She's been married to David Brown since 1959.
She was a cat lover.
She was a powerful voice advocating women's sexual freedom in the 60s.
When she took over as editor-in-chief, Cosmo became the most successful woman's magazine ever.
She was not one for jeans or sweats, she was always fashionably dressed and elegant.
Her father died in an accident when she was young.
She described herself as a health nut, a feminist, a workaholic, and someone who's passionately interested in the relationship between men and women.

Credit: Cosmic Princess

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Australian Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women in the World [May 4, 1996]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2181922)
• Copywriters
• Cosmic Princess' Profiles [Series 1]
• Cosmopolitan's 100 Most Powerful Women [2002]
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Girl Talk [1963-70]
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 90)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Had a Face Lift
• Ladies Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
• Long Names
• Nobody Told Me I'm Old
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1960s] (Ranked: 1963)
• Playboy's 55 Most Important People in Sex [2008] (Ranked: 11)
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4557)
• Socialites
• Studio 54 Regulars
• Stuttering John Interviewed Me for Howard Stern's WWOR Show
• They Might Be Giants References
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]
• World Almanac 25 Most Influential Women [1976]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 91 Votes: 80.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 78.26% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 68.63% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 74.26% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 145 Votes: 71.03% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 225 Votes: 68.89% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 258 Votes: 67.05% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 633 Votes: 67.77% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1471 Votes: 69.14% Annoying