Known For
Writing
Born
Jul 04, 1927
Died
Aug 26, 2018
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
104 titles
Neil Simon
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
Filmography
Goodbye Shirazi Girl
Theatre Play
Les Stars : Daniel Prévost & Jacques Balutin
Writer
Rumors
Writer
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
Barefoot in the Park
Writer
The Heartbreak Kid
Original Film Writer
California Suite
Author
Sweet Charity
Writer
The Goodbye Girl
Writer
Ein seltsames Paar
Theatre Play
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Himself
Хочу сниматься в кино
Writer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
The Comics
Theatre Play
Οι ηλίθιοι
Writer
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Writer
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Himself
Panier de crabes
Theatre Play
The Out-of-Towners
Original Story
Murder By Death - A Conversation with Neil Simon
Himself
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Self
The Odd Couple II
Screenplay
Pitch
Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
London Suite
Writer
Caesar's Writers
Self
The Sunshine Boys
Writer
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Omaka par
Theatre Play
Jake's Women
Writer
Sonny Boys
Writer
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Frasier
Andy (voice)
Lost in Yonkers
Writer
Broadway Bound
Theatre Play
The Marrying Man
Writer
Rumeurs
Writer
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
Himself
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Author
Andy & Norman
Theatre Play
Biloxi Blues
Screenplay
Omaka par
Theatre Play
Plaza Suite
Writer
Drôle de couple
Writer
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Theatre Play
My brother and friend I will kill you
Story
The Slugger's Wife
Writer