Neil Simon
Schrijver, Acteur, Producer
4 juli 1927 — 26 augustus 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
Cinematografie
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| 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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| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures · as Screenplay |
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| 1981 | Only When I Laugh · as Screenplay |
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| 1979 | Chapter Two · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | California Suite · as Screenplay |
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| 1976 | |
| 1975 | The Sunshine Boys · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Last of the Red Hot Lovers · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park · as Screenplay |
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| 1993 | Frasier · as Andy (voice) |
| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid · as Wedding Guest |
| 2004 | The Goodbye Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Laughter on the 23rd Floor · as Executive Producer |
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| 1981 | |
| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park · as Associate Producer |
| 2020 | Goodbye Shirazi Girl · as Theatre PlayOp Plex |
| 2015 | The Odd Couple (2015) · as Based On The Play "the Odd Couple" By |
| 2005 | To kokkino domatio · 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 · as Theatre Play |
| 1975 | The Oddball Couple · 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 · as Adaptation |
| 1970 | Barefoot In The Park · as Based On The Play By |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple · as Based On The Play "the Odd Couple" By |
| 1969 | Love, American Style · as Original Story |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity · as Musical |
| 1968 | The Odd Couple · as Theatre Play |
| 1966 | After the Fox · as Theatre Play |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight · as Play "barefoot In The Park" |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn · as Theatre Play |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show · as Written By |
| 1955 | A Connecticut Yankee · as Adaptation |
| 1953 | Television Theater · as Play |