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Writing

Neil Simon
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1927-07-04,The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received three Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He was awarded a Special Tony Award in 1975, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters, where he enjoyed watching early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After graduating from high school and serving a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, he began writing comedy scripts for radio programs and popular early television shows. Among the latter were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (where in 1950 he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. His first produced play was Come Blow Your Horn (1961). It took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successes, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965). He won a Tony Award for the latter. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway". From the 1960s to the 1980s he wrote for stage and screen; some of his screenplays were based on his own works for the stage. His style ranged from farce to romantic comedy to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three awards. In 1966, he had four successful productions running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 he became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil Simon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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Pitch
1997-09-04

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000-06-20

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003-01-01

The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play

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The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
1977-01-01

Caesar's Writers

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Caesar's Writers
1996-08-19

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

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The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000-06-20

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

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The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000-06-20

Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

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Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990-02-23

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

7.5

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996-11-25

Murder By Death - A Conversation with Neil Simon

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Murder By Death - A Conversation with Neil Simon
1999-01-01

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

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In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012-11-13

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

6.5

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997-01-01

Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

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Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
1998-08-12

Inside the Actors Studio

7.3

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

The Merv Griffin Show

5.3

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

CBS News Sunday Morning

6.2

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979-01-28

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.2

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

7.7

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

3.2

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

The Dick Cavett Show

6.6

The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06