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Neil Simon
Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 4, 1927Died August 26, 2018 (91 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Neil Simon Filmography
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| 2009 | Una pareja dispareja (TV Series) |
| 2007 | The Heartbreak Kid · as Original Film Writer |
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| 1998 | The Odd Couple II · as Screenplay |
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| 1988 | Biloxi Blues · as Screenplay |
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| 1983 | |
| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Only When I Laugh · as Screenplay |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Chapter Two · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | California Suite · as Screenplay |
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| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Last of the Red Hot Lovers · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | To theatro tis Defteras (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Out of Towners · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | After the Fox · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | Garry Moore Show (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Stanley (1956) (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Caesar's Hour (TV Series) |
| 1952 | The Red Buttons Show (TV Series) |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) |
| 1949 | Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Andy (voice) |
| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid · as Wedding Guest |
| 2019 | The 73rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2019 | Pizza: A Love Story · as Self - Fan Of New Haven Style Pizza |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Writer (in Memoriam) |
| 2016 | Becoming Mike Nichols · as Self |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love · as Self |
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| 2001 | |
| 1999 | The Century: America's Time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Pitch · as Self |
| 1997 | Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough · as Self |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman · as Self |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon · as Self |
| 1996 | Theater Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Caesar's Writers · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Private Screenings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 45th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The 32nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1978 | The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1978 | The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | The 46th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Neil Simon |
| 1970 | The 24th Annual Tony Awards · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Playwright (segment "neil Simon") |
| 1968 | The 22nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Goodbye Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Laughter on the 23rd Floor · as Executive Producer |
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| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park · as Associate Producer |
| 2020 | Goodbye Shirazi Girl · as Theatre Play |
| 2015 | The Odd Couple (2015) (TV Series) · as Based On The Play "the Odd Couple" By |
| 2005 | To kokkino domatio (TV Series) · as Play "plaza Suite" |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners · as Original Story |
| 1993 | The Odd Couple: Together Again · as Character From The Play |
| 1992 | Broadway Bound · as Theatre Play |
| 1991 | Ein seltsames Paar · as Play "the Odd Couple" |
| 1986 | Brighton Beach Memoirs · as Theatre Play |
| 1986 | Plaza Suite · as Play |
| 1984 | The Lonely Guy · as Adaptation |
| 1982 | The New Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Theatre Play |
| 1975 | The Oddball Couple (TV Series) · as Theatre Play |
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue · as Theatre Play |
| 1971 | Star Spangled Girl · as Theatre Play |
| 1971 | Plaza Suite · as Theatre Play |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Adaptation |
| 1970 | Barefoot In The Park (TV Series) · as Based On The Play By |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Based On The Play "the Odd Couple" By |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity · as Musical |
| 1968 | The Odd Couple · as Theatre Play |
| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park · as Theatre Play |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Play "barefoot In The Park" |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn · as Theatre Play |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1955 | A Connecticut Yankee · as Adaptation |
| 1953 | Television Theater (TV Series) · as Play |