Neil Simon
Writing
Born: July 4, 1927 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 26, 2018 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Heartbreak Kid
2007
Murder by Death
1976
Frasier
1993
The Odd Couple
1968
Barefoot in the Park
1967
The Out-of-Towners
1999
Biloxi Blues
1988
The Goodbye Girl
1977
Seems Like Old Times
1980
The Odd Couple II
1998
The Lonely Guy
1984
The Out-of-Towners
1970
Photos (1)
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (16)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Himself
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
Pitch
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
Caesar's Writers
Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Himself
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
Writing (85)
Love, American Style
Original Story
Alta comedia
Theatre Play
The Heartbreak Kid
Original Film Writer
Murder by Death
Writer
London Suite
Writer
The Goodbye Girl
Writer
The New Odd Couple
Theatre Play
The Cheap Detective
Writer
The Odd Couple
Screenplay
The Odd Couple
Theatre Play
California Suite
Screenplay
The Out-of-Towners
Original Story
Biloxi Blues
Screenplay
Biloxi Blues
Theatre Play
The Marrying Man
Writer
The Oddball Couple
Theatre Play
The Lonely Guy
Adaptation
Barefoot in the Park
Screenplay
Barefoot in the Park
Theatre Play
The Odd Couple II
Screenplay
Sweet Charity
Musical
Drôle de couple
Writer
Seems Like Old Times
Writer
Goodbye Shirazi Girl
Theatre Play
The Sunshine Boys
Screenplay
The Out-of-Towners
Writer
Omaka par
Theatre Play
The Heartbreak Kid
Screenplay
The Goodbye Girl
Writer
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Theatre Play
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Screenplay
Plaza Suite
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Plaza Suite
Theatre Play
Plaza Suite
Writer
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Theatre Play
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Screenplay
Rumeurs
Writer
Max Dugan Returns
Writer
After the Fox
Theatre Play
After the Fox
Screenplay
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Screenplay
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Theatre Play
Only When I Laugh
Screenplay
Only When I Laugh
Theatre Play
Sweet Charity
Writer
The Slugger's Wife
Writer
Lost in Yonkers
Writer
Naughty Marietta
Teleplay
The Sunshine Boys
Writer
Chapter Two
Screenplay
Chapter Two
Theatre Play
Plaza Suite
Writer
Star Spangled Girl
Theatre Play
Jake's Women
Writer
Babes in Toyland
Adaptation
Les Stars : Daniel Prévost & Jacques Balutin
Writer
Barefoot In the Park
Writer
A Connecticut Yankee
Adaptation
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Writer
Come Blow Your Horn
Theatre Play
Broadway Bound
Theatre Play
Broadway Bound
Writer
Babes in Toyland
Adaptation
Holiday
Teleplay
The Comics
Theatre Play
The Comics
Author
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Screenplay
The Good Doctor
Writer
California Suite
Author
Panier de crabes
Theatre Play
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Novel
Dearest Enemy
Adaptation
Pieds nus dans le parc
Writer
Sonny Boys
Writer
Paris in the Springtime
Teleplay
The Great Waltz
Adaptation
Heidi
Adaptation
Andy & Norman
Theatre Play
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Author
Omaka par
Theatre Play
The Desert Song
Adaptation
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Writer
They're Playing Our Song
Author
My brother and friend I will kill you
Story
Rumors
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