Name Sam Denoff | Role Screenwriter | |
Died July 8, 2011, Brentwood, California, United States Spouse Sharon Shore (m. 1965–2011), Bernice Levey (m. 1950–1964) Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series Shows The Dick Van Dyke Show Movies The Princess Diaries 2, The Princess Diaries, Nothing in Common Similar People Bill Persky, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Bill Cosby, Sheldon Leonard | ||
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Samuel Denoff (July 1, 1928 – July 8, 2011) was an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and television producer.
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Denoff was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Esther (Rothbard) and Harry Denoff, a salesman. With his long-time collaborator Bill Persky he wrote and created the television show That Girl starring Marlo Thomas. Their writing collaboration on episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show resulted in some of the show's most popular episodes. Denoff also wrote for the 1976 Danny Thomas situation comedy The Practice.
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