Neil Simon
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- July 4, 1927
- Died
- August 26, 2018 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Movie · Theatre Play
Les Stars : Daniel Prévost & Jacques Balutin
Movie · Writer
Djemtë Gazmorë
Movie · Writer
Rumors
Movie · Writer
Barefoot in the Park
Movie · Writer
The Heartbreak Kid
Movie · Original Film Writer
California Suite
Movie · Author
Sweet Charity
Movie · Writer
The Goodbye Girl
Movie · Writer
Ein seltsames Paar
Movie · Theatre Play
Хочу сниматься в кино
Movie · Writer
The Comics
Movie · Theatre Play, Author
Οι ηλίθιοι
Movie · Writer
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
The Out-of-Towners
Movie · Original Story
Panier de crabes
Movie · Theatre Play
The Odd Couple II
Movie · Screenplay
The Sunshine Boys
Movie · Writer
Jake's Women
Movie · Writer
Omaka par
Movie · Theatre Play
London Suite
Movie · Writer
Sonny Boys
Movie · Writer
Lost in Yonkers
Movie · Writer
Broadway Bound
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer
The Marrying Man
Movie · Writer
Rumeurs
Movie · Writer
Andy & Norman
Movie · Theatre Play
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Movie · Author
Biloxi Blues
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
Omaka par
Movie · Theatre Play
Drôle de couple
Movie · Writer
Plaza Suite
Movie · Writer
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
My brother and friend I will kill you
Movie · Story
The Slugger's Wife
Movie · Writer
The Lonely Guy
Movie · Adaptation
Max Dugan Returns
Movie · Writer
Pieds nus dans le parc
Movie · Writer
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Barefoot In the Park
Movie · Writer
Plaza Suite
Movie · Writer
Sonny Boys
Movie · Theatre Play
The New Odd Couple
TV · Theatre Play · 18 eps
Only When I Laugh
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Seems Like Old Times
Movie · Writer
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Movie · Novel
Felix und Oskar
TV · Characters · 6 eps
Chapter Two
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
They're Playing Our Song
Movie · Author
The Good Doctor
Movie · Writer
The Cheap Detective
Movie · Writer
California Suite
Movie · Screenplay
The Goodbye Girl
Movie · Writer
Murder by Death
Movie · Writer
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
The Sunshine Boys
Movie · Screenplay
The Oddball Couple
TV · Theatre Play · 16 eps
The Heartbreak Kid
Movie · Screenplay
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Movie · Screenplay
The Trouble With People
Movie · Writer
Plaza Suite
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer
Star Spangled Girl
Movie · Theatre Play
The Out-of-Towners
Movie · Writer
Alta comedia
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
Sweet Charity
Movie · Musical
Love, American Style
TV · Original Story · 1 ep
The Odd Couple
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
Barefoot in the Park
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
After the Fox
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie · Theatre Play
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie · Writer
Holiday
Movie · Teleplay
Paris in the Springtime
Movie · Teleplay
Babes in Toyland
Movie · Adaptation
The Desert Song
Movie · Adaptation
Dearest Enemy
Movie · Adaptation
The Great Waltz
Movie · Adaptation
A Connecticut Yankee
Movie · Adaptation
Heidi
Movie · Adaptation
Naughty Marietta
Movie · Teleplay
Babes in Toyland
Movie · Adaptation