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Celia St. James
Harry Cameron is a film producer who is Evelyn’s first and best friend when she arrives in Hollywood; they eventually marry and have a child (Connor) together. Though Harry tries to stay somewhat detached from Evelyn, not wanting his secret identity as a gay man to jeopardize her hopes of success, he eventually builds up the courage to tell her about his relationship with Celia’s husband John Braverman. Being married to Evelyn allows Harry to secretly continue his relationship with John (while Evelyn and Celia continue their own secret relationship). But John’s early death leaves Harry heartbroken, and his alcohol addiction worsens. Still, Harry is devoted father, caring for Connor even as he grieves, and he remains committed to Evelyn’s success. He takes Evelyn’s side at almost every juncture, admiring her pragmatism and ambition—qualities he shares with her. Harry dies after driving drunk, and his lover (who turns out to be Monique’s father) also dies. At the end of the novel, it’s revealed that Evelyn removed Harry from the car and claimed he died of an aneurysm to protect Harry’s image.
Harry Cameron Quotes in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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Chapter 20 Quotes
“Evelyn!” he yelled.
I liked how the glass between us took the edge off his voice, how it muffled it enough to make him sound far away. I liked the control of being able to decide whether I listened to him at full volume.
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Chapter 39 Quotes
Harry laughed and put out his hand. I shook it. “Once again, Evelyn, you’ve got yourself a deal.”
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Chapter 45 Quotes
What Max was talking about was a graphic portrayal of female desire. And my gut instinct was that I loved the idea. I mean, the thought of filming a graphic sex scene with Don was about as arousing to me as a bowl of bran flakes. But I wanted to push the envelope. I wanted to show a woman getting off. I liked the idea of showing a woman having sex because she wanted to be pleased instead of being desperate to please. So in a moment of excitement, I grabbed my coat, put out my hand, and said, “I’m in.”
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Chapter 57 Quotes
With her blond hair and her face thinning out, I was starting to fear that she looked more like me than Harry. Sure, conventionally speaking, she would be more attractive if she looked like me. But she should look like Harry. The world should give us that.
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Chapter 66 Quotes
No one is all good or all bad. I know this, of course. I had to learn it at a young age. But sometimes it’s easy to forget just how true it is. That it applies to everyone.
Until you’re sitting in front of the woman who put your father’s dead body in the driver’s seat of a car to save the reputation of her best friend—and you realize she held on to a letter for almost three decades because she wanted to know how much you were loved.
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Chapter 68 Quotes
Evelyn was never going to let the thing that made her be the thing to destroy her. She was never going to let anything, even a part of her body, have that sort of power.
Evelyn is going to die when she wants to.
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Chapter 69 Quotes
“It was almost as if when I met him, I met this other side of myself. Someone who understood me and made me feel safe. It wasn’t passionate, really. It was never about ripping each other’s clothes off. We just knew we could be happy together. We knew we could raise a child.”
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Harry Cameron Character Timeline in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The timeline below shows where the character Harry Cameron appears in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...room. The two images on the wall are in black and white: one is of Harry Cameron, and the other is the poster for the Little Women adaptation that Evelyn and...
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Chapter 4
...question with her pen: “Who was the love of Evelyn’s life???” She asks Evelyn whether Harry Cameron was the love of her life. Evelyn says that, while he was her best...
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Chapter 6
...to keep hanging around, so she begins to wait tables. After four months, young producer Harry Cameron has a meeting at the restaurant and is startled by Evelyn’s beauty; he secures...
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After six months of acting lessons, Evelyn can deliver lines convincingly. She visits Harry Cameron’s office and asks him for a lead role in an upcoming romantic comedy. Harry...
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...wanted parts in come out, they receive dismal reviews, which Evelyn uses as leverage with Harry. He and Ari offer her the option of either playing an Italian heiress or playing...
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...playing golf and getting on an airplane. The wardrobe people ensure she’s always wearing what Harry demands, including a tight sweater. She realizes she’s being marketed as “both naïve and erotic,”...
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Chapter 8
...it, firstly because she has no choice, and secondly because she knows she’s gaining momentum. Harry pushes her to go on a date with Brick Thomas, a former child star with...
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Harry drives Evelyn home from the date and tells her that, while she doesn’t have to...
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Chapter 9
...the set during his lunch breaks. Evelyn finds she’s fallen in love with him, and Harry, who’s become Evelyn’s closest friend, gets sick of hearing her talk about him. Evelyn values...
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Evelyn asks Harry why Ari is moving so slowly with Little Women. He tells her it’d be better...
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Chapter 10
Evelyn asks Harry why he never tried to make a move on her. She didn’t have feelings for...
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Chapter 12
One day, Harry visits Evelyn’s dressing room to tell her that Little Women is going ahead. But when...
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Chapter 15
...up as Hollywood’s biggest star. Evelyn agrees that Celia will be her second-best friend (after Harry Cameron).
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Chapter 16
Evelyn throws a copy of Sub Rosa on Harry’s desk and asks why nobody at Sunset Studios paid the magazine not to print the...
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A week earlier, filming wrapped on Little Women and Harry told Evelyn and Celia that they were likely to be nominated for Oscars for the...
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Harry encourages Evelyn to leave the studio lot with Celia so that Don can’t find her...
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Chapter 20
...Evelyn runs out, Don follows her, but she continues looking for Celia. When she sees Harry, she asks him to take her home. As Harry and Evelyn start to drive away,...
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In the car, Evelyn tells Harry she found Don with a woman. Harry isn’t surprised—he knows Don does this kind of...
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When Harry and Evelyn arrive at Harry’s house, Evelyn tells him she’s going to leave Don, and...
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Harry sets Evelyn up in his guest room and unzips her dress for her. As he...
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Chapter 21
One morning, Harry visits the apartment to deliver Evelyn her divorce papers. The main highlight is that Evelyn...
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Evelyn tells Harry she can rebuild her career from scratch—she’s done it before. Harry doesn’t doubt her, and...
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Chapter 24
...Don gets his picture on the cover of Life magazine. The night of the Oscars, Harry calls Evelyn while she’s at Celia’s apartment to offer to take her with him, but...
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Chapter 25
...her come home on the weekends, so she takes the opportunity to go to Paris. Harry organizes meetings for her with his connections, most of which lead nowhere. But then Evelyn...
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...reports that Evelyn has signed on to play the title role in Anna Karenina, which Harry Cameron will produce. According to the article, Harry left Sunset Studios due to a disagreement...
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Chapter 26
...at the Hollywood Bowl, and though she wants to go with just Celia, she takes Harry along as a buffer. When Mick takes the stage, Celia wonders what everyone sees in...
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Chapter 27
...nothing, and if she and Celia let their relationship go public, they’ll lose everything, even Harry, who’s endangered by his proximity to them.
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Chapter 29
...pool and remove the glass Celia smashed. Three days later, she drives to Tijuana with Harry to get an abortion—something that, looking back, she hasn’t ever regretted. Still, she cries the...
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Harry tells Evelyn that Celia is used to acting righteous and pure, but he likes Evelyn...
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Chapter 32
...whole night, though Evelyn searches for Celia wherever she goes. At one party, she finds Harry to chat about their success. She realizes that no matter how wealthy she gets, she’ll...
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The next morning, Evelyn wakes to a phone call from Harry. He tells her that after Evelyn left the party last night, an executive suggested that...
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Chapter 33
...the day together, then split apart again in the evening, when Evelyn goes out with Harry or one of the Paramount actors. She doesn’t meet anyone she wants to have a...
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...marries Joy. But Rex can’t wait: Joy is pregnant. While Evelyn is rethinking the plan, Harry walks into the kitchen where she and Rex are talking. She proposes that they tell...
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Harry tells Evelyn no one will believe the story: too many people in Hollywood know that...
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Evelyn asks Harry if he’s seen Celia, and whether she’s asked about her. He tells her she hasn’t,...
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Chapter 34
The next night, Evelyn puts on a revealing dress and drives up the road with Harry. When they pull over, Evelyn asks Harry if he’s ever kissed or had sex with...
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Evelyn envisions her marriage to Harry allowing her and Celia to have a real relationship the way he and John do,...
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Chapter 36
...film with Rex; Celia is nominated in the same category. Evelyn attends the ceremony with Harry in a dress with a slit up to each thigh—a dress that will end up...
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An article in Photomoment announces Harry and Evelyn’s wedding after a long engagement—it will be Evelyn’s fifth marriage. It goes on...
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Chapter 37
Celia gets drunk at the wedding, struggling not to feel jealous even though she, Evelyn, Harry, and John all know that the marriage is only going ahead so that they can...
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...realizes they’re not paying any attention. She and Celia spend their nights in Evelyn’s apartment; Harry and John spend their nights in John’s. The four of them go out together appearing...
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...Celia suggests that they join the second night of rioting, but the other three disagree. Harry says that by joining in, they’d take media attention away from the cause and direct...
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Chapter 39
Evelyn’s biography picks up on her 36th birthday. She, Harry, Celia, and John go out to the Palace, allegedly the most expensive restaurant in the...
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Chapter 40
Celia asks Evelyn whether she and Harry will raise the baby together. Evelyn says they will, and she reassures Celia that they’ll...
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A year later, an article in Photomoment announces Harry and Evelyn have had a baby girl, Connor Cameron—“Their most exciting co-production yet.”
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Chapter 41
...months of Connor’s life, Celia and John go out of town to shoot films, leaving Harry and Evelyn to live essentially like a traditional married couple, with Luisa’s help. During this...
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Chapter 44
Just before shooting starts on Three A.M., Harry turns 45. Evelyn, Celia, and John plan a picnic in the park. When Harry arrives,...
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Chapter 45
While Evelyn shoots Three A.M. with Don, Luisa, Celia, and Harry take turns watching Connor. Evelyn observes Don putting real effort into his role, and she...
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...home to give herself time to think. She buys flowers on her way, and calls Harry to ask him to take Connor for the night. When she gets home, she gives...
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Chapter 47
...turns 50. Connor is five, and Evelyn doesn’t know how to explain to her why Harry is so sad and only gets out of bed to drink. Evelyn wants to comfort...
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Chapter 48
Evelyn knows she needs to keep Harry busy with work and Connor if she wants him to return to his normal life....
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Four months after All for Us comes out, Evelyn and Harry go to the Oscars together, though because Max has made so many comments about wanting...
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Chapter 49
Later that night, Harry has already returned to the hotel to check on Connor. Max’s limo pulls up to...
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Chapter 51
Evelyn’s biography picks back up the day after the Oscars. When Harry reads the note from Max, he’s silent for a while before suggesting that nothing would...
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...she asks Max whether he'd accept being a stepfather and whether it’d bother him that Harry would always be around. Max says he’s fine with those things, and he also doesn’t...
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Evelyn Hugo Divorces Harry Cameron…
An article in Now This reports that Evelyn and Harry are getting a divorce after 15 years of marriage. According to the article, Evelyn and...
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Chapter 52
Evelyn and Max marry in Joshua Tree in the company of Harry, Connor, and Max’s brother. Evelyn wears a blue dress and Max wears white linen. That...
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Chapter 53
...also viable for. Evelyn votes for her. When Celia wins, Evelyn is at home with Harry and Connor, having refused to go to the Awards with Max, both because she wanted...
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Evelyn, Connor, and Harry watch Celia accept her award. In Celia’s speech, she warns “anyone tempted to kiss the...
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...asking if lovers can ever be friends. Celia writes back, asking if Max is like Harry and Rex; Evelyn replies saying no, but asking to meet. Celia writes that she doesn’t...
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Chapter 55
...divorce from Max, no matter what he says about her: she has her fame and Harry’s support, and she no longer cares what anyone thinks. She’s signed on for one last...
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...to do her final movie before moving to the coast of Spain with her, bringing Harry, Connor, and Celia’s brother Robert with them. Evelyn asks about the disease, and Celia explains...
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...the people afflicted with AIDS who were attacked by the media, and Evelyn thinks of Harry crying over the loss of so many of his friends. Celia says that while things...
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Chapter 56
Harry resists Celia’s plan: he doesn’t want to retire yet, and he envisions himself quickly getting...
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During the shoot, Harry and Evelyn fly back to New York each weekend to see Connor. During the weeks,...
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Evelyn tells Harry she wants to stop acting, so she can’t see the point of living in LA—she...
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That evening, a driver called Nick picks Evelyn up. During the drive to Harry’s address, Nick tells Evelyn he’s an actor and would appreciate any tips she has for...
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...the situation, Evelyn finds herself acting on autopilot. Later, she remembers helping Nick to pull Harry out of the car, holding Harry in her arms, and telling him to stay with...
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Evelyn and Nick move the passenger to the driver’s seat. She wipes Harry’s blood from the crashed car and gets Nick to drive them to the hospital, where...
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...into and waits in a private room. Just after midnight, a doctor tells her that Harry lost too much blood and won’t survive. He tells Evelyn she can say goodbye, and...
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...she makes the calls to get Nick what he wants, she howls in grief for Harry. A few days later, an article in Now This announces Harry Cameron’s death from an...
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Chapter 57
Six months after Harry’s death, Evelyn’s only option is to get Connor out of town. Connor is one of...
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Chapter 61
Evelyn and Robert hold Celia’s funeral and burial at the same place that Harry is buried. Though the ceremony is private, people know they’re there. After Celia’s coffin is...
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...Aldiz, Evelyn receives mail from Connor: a magazine with the image of her weeping at Harry’s grave, with a note from Connor that says “I love you.” The headline for the...
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Chapter 62
...huge and quiet, so she hires Grace, spoiling her with the money she inherited from Harry, Celia, and Robert.
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...in hospital. 18 months later, Connor dies, and Evelyn, completely heartbroken, buries her next to Harry.
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Chapter 64
...the same, Evelyn pulls out an old, crinkled piece of paper. She tells Monique that Harry’s lover, the passenger, was a Black man: James Grant.
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Chapter 65
Monique takes the piece of paper from Evelyn—something she found in Harry’s pocket the night of his death. She opens it to see bloodstains. Before reading it,...
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