Norman Lear

Norman Lear
Birthdate:
July 27, 1922
Birthplace:
New Haven, Connecticut

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  • Elizabeth Warren, new It Girl for Hollywood liberals, fundraises for her Senate run

    Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who is running for the U.S. Senate, spent Tuesday night (Nov. 1) rubbing elbows with some fairly famous faces, including Emmy-winning producer Norman Lear, Barbra Streisand, Rhea Perlman, Danny DeVito and Hans Zimmer....

  • Bea Arthur, star of 'Golden Girls' and 'Maude,' dies at 86

    Beatrice Arthur , best known as the acerbic Maude Findlay on Norman Lear's sitcom "Maude" and as the strong-willed Dorothy Zbornak on the long-running " The Golden Girls," died today. She was......

  • 'Jeffersons' Neighbor Paul Benedict Dies at 70

    ...Benedict later said he hadn't expected the show to last more than a season and only agreed to the part because producer Norman Lear kept asking him to reconsider. The accented speech that he used even offstage led many to assume that Benedict was......

  • Norman Lear Enters the HBO Ring

    HBO has pinned down the services of legendary TV producer Norman Lear, who's developing a drama set in the world of professional wrestling in the 1970s for the cable network. Lear is working......

  • Tyler Perry Keeps 'Payne' to a Minimum

    ...who influenced his comedy style. "It had to be Bill Cosby , of course, and although I didn't know it, Norman Lear," Payne says. "I would always see his name at the end of all those shows, and I have a tremendous amount of respect......

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