Editing Essential tremor (section)

== Society and culture ==
Actress [[Katharine Hepburn]] (1907–2003) had an essential tremor, possibly inherited from her grandfather,<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Katharine Hepburn: All About Me |publisher=Turner Home Entertainment |date=18 January 1993 |people=Healy, David (director)}}</ref> that caused her head—and sometimes her hands—to shake.<ref>{{cite news |vauthors=Claiborne RC |title=Q & A; Head and Hand Tremors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/22/science/q-a-head-and-hand-tremors.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=22 July 2003 |access-date=3 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Berg260>{{cite book | vauthors = Berg AS | title = Kate Remembered: Katharine Hepburn, a personal biography | publisher = Pocket | location = London | year = 2004 | orig-date = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-7434-1563-7 | author-link = A. Scott Berg | page = 260 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rpyLMZQsUM8C&q=katharine+hepburn+berg}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url= http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/publications/in-vivo/Vol2_Iss02_jan29_03/ |title= Stopping essential tremor | vauthors = Conova S |journal= In Vivo |publisher= Columbia University Health Sciences |issue= 2 |volume= 2 |date= 29 January 2003 |access-date= 3 November 2013 |archive-date= 16 February 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170216094217/http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/publications/in-vivo/Vol2_Iss02_jan29_03/}}</ref> The tremor was noticeable by the time of her performance in the 1979 film ''[[The Corn Is Green (1979 film)|The Corn Is Green]]'', when critics mentioned the "palsy that kept her head trembling".<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Dickens H | title = The Films of Katharine Hepburn | year = 1990 | orig-date = 1971 | publisher = Carol Publishing Group | location = New York City | isbn = 978-0-8065-1175-7 | page = [https://archive.org/details/filmsofkatharine00dick_0/page/31 31] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/filmsofkatharine00dick_0/page/31}}</ref> Hepburn's tremor worsened in her later life.<ref name=Berg260/>

[[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist and creator of the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip, was affected during the last two decades of his life.

[[West Virginia]] Senator [[Robert Byrd]] also had essential tremor.

In 2010, musician [[Daryl Dragon]] of [[The Captain and Tennille]] was diagnosed with essential tremor; the condition became so severe that he was no longer able to play the keyboards.<ref>{{cite magazine |vauthors=Grow K |date=2019-01-03 |title=Daryl Dragon, Captain and Tennille's Captain, Dead at 76 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daryl-dragon-captain-tennille-dead-774307/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

Director-writer-producer-comedian [[Adam McKay]] was diagnosed with essential tremor.<ref>{{cite magazine |vauthors=Goodyear D |title=Hollywood Shadows |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/03/21/110321fa_fact_goodyear?currentPage=all |magazine=The New Yorker |date=14 March 2011 |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

''[[Downton Abbey]]'' creator [[Julian Fellowes]] has the condition, as does [[Jim_Carter_(actor)|Jim Carter]] the show's character Charlie Carson.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/downton-abbey-creator-reveals-reason-he-gave-mr-carson-a-tremor-965686.html |title=Downton Abbey creator reveals reason he gave Mr Carson a tremor |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=20 August 2020 |publisher=Breaking News.ie |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042347/https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/downton-abbey-creator-reveals-reason-he-gave-mr-carson-a-tremor-965686.html}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Matthew Caws]] of [[Nada Surf]] and his son made a [[public service announcement|PSA]] called "Living with a Mild Essential Tremor".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.matthewcaws.com/essential-tremor |title=Essential Tremor |access-date=9 April 2022 |publisher=Matthewcaws.com}}</ref>