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American producer and screenwriter (1924–2021)
Irma Kalish
Born
Irma May Ginsberg
(1924-10-06 ) October 6, 1924
Died September 3, 2021(2021-09-03) (aged 96 )
Occupation(s ) Producer, screenwriter Spouse
(m. 1948; died. 2016)
Children 2; including Bruce Kalish
Irma May Kalish (née Ginsberg ; October 6, 1924 – September 3, 2021) was an American television producer and screenwriter who held a pioneering role as a woman in the TV industry. Kalish produced and wrote for television programs, including Too Close for Comfort , All in the Family , The Facts of Life , Good Times , The Hogan Family , Maude , I Dream of Jeannie , F Troop and Family Affair . She is known for writing the episode of Maude where Maude gets an abortion.[1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Kalish was born in The Bronx in New York City .[1]
In 1944 or 1945, Kalish graduated from Syracuse University , where she was a member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.[2] [3]
Kalish produced and wrote for television programs, including Too Close for Comfort , All in the Family , The Facts of Life , Good Times , The Hogan Family , Maude , I Dream of Jeannie , F Troop and Family Affair .
Starting with the radio show, The Martin and Lewis Show , that featured Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis , Kalish often wrote with her husband Rocky, her writing partner.[2] When the radio show became a TV show, the Kalishes made the shift to writing for television.
Kalish also executive produced 227 , a sitcom about a working-class African-American family in Washington, D.C.[4]
Kalish also wrote under the pseudonym Cady Kalian with co-writer Naomi Gurian .[5]
Personal life [ edit ]
Kalish was married to Austin “Rocky” Kalish from 1948 to his death in 2016.[6] The couple met when they were young kids in the Bronx. Kalish was Rocky's sister's friend. They had a son, comedy writer Bruce Kalish , and a daughter, Nancy Biederman, who pre-deceased Kalish.[6] [7]
Kalish died on September 3, 2021, at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California , at the age of 96 from complications of pneumonia .[8] [9] [10] [11]
Membership [ edit ]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
The Martin and Lewis Show (Radio show), writer
The Martin and Lewis Show (TV series), writer
1955: The Millionaire (TV series), story (episode: "The Philip Sargent Story")
1964: The Patty Duke Show (TV series), written by (episode: "This Little Patty Went to Market")
1965: I Dream of Jeannie (TV series), written by (episode: "Whatever Became of Baby Custer?")
1965-1966: Gidget (TV series), written by/teleplay (3 episodes)
1965-1971: My Three Sons (TV series), written by (8 episodes)
1966: My Favorite Martian (TV series), written by (2 episodes)
1966: Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series), written by (2 episodes)
1966: The Hero (TV series), written by (episode: "The Day They Shot Sam Garrett")
1967: That Girl (TV series), written by (episode: "The Honeymoon Apartment")
1966-1967: F Troop (TV series), writer (8 episodes)
1966-1971: Family Affair (TV series), 1966-1971 written by (22 episodes); 1969-1971 story consultant (41 episodes)
1967: He & She (TV series), written by (episode: "One of Our Firemen Is Missing")
1967-1968: The Flying Nun (TV series, written by (2 episodes)
1968: Cimarron Strip (TV series), written by (episode: "Heller")
1970-1971: Nanny and the Professor (TV series), written by (2 episodes)
1971-1973: All in the Family (TV series), story by (2 episodes); teleplay by (2 episodes), written by (2 episodes)
1972: Maude (TV series), written by (2 episodes)
1972: Anna and the King (TV series), written by (episode: "The King and the Egg")
1973: The Bob Newhart Show (TV series), written by (episode: "Bum Voyage")
1973-1974: Dusty's Trail (TV series), written by (2 episodes)
1973-1974: The Brian Keith Show (TV series), written by (2 episodes)
1974: Apple's Way (TV series), writer
1975: Love Nest (TV movie), writer
1975: The Supercops (TV movie), writer
1975: Keep Off My Grass! (TV movie), producer; writer
1976: Good Heavens (TV series), producer (episode: "Coffee, Tea, or Gloria"); written by (4 episodes)
1976-1978: Good Times (TV series), 1976-1977 producer (24 episodes); 1976-1978 script supervisor (48 episodes); 1976-1977 written by (5 episodes); 1977-1978 executive producer (24 episodes)
1977: Mason (TV movie), creator; written by
1978-1979: Carter Country (TV series), executive producer (episode: "Hurricane Jasper"); written by (2 episodes)
1979: Rendezvous Hotel (TV movie), executive producer; writer
1979: America 2100 (TV movie), executive producer; writer
1979: Out of the Blue (TV series), executive producer (episode: "Random's Arrival")
1980: Ghost of a Chance (TV movie), executive producer; writer
1980-1982: Too Close for Comfort (TV series), 1980-1982 producer (40 episodes); 1981-1982 written by (6 episodes); 1981 teleplay (1 episode); 1982 story (1 episode)
1982: Kangaroos in the Kitchen (TV movie), producer, writer
1983: Foot in the Door (TV series), producer (episode: "Pilot"); written by (episode: "The Big Breakthrough")
1983: Oh Madeline (TV series), producer (18 episodes); story (1 episode); written by (1 episode)
1985: Finder of Lost Loves (TV series), writer (episode: "From the Heart")
1985: I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (TV movie), story/teleplay
1986-1988: The Facts of Life (TV series), 1986-1988 executive producer (46 episodes); 1986-1988 written by (5 episodes)
1987: Good Morning, Miss Bliss (TV series), executive consultant (episode: "Pilot")
1988-1990: 227 (TV series), 1988-1990 executive producer (39 episodes); 1989 written by (episode: "Tenants, Anyone?")
1990: Sugar and Spice (TV series), executive producer (episode: "Breaking in Is Hard to Do"); creator; writer (episode: "Pilot")
1990-1991: Valerie (TV series), executive producer (13 episodes)
1998: The Famous Jett Jackson (TV series), co-writer (episode: "Age Old Story")
2014: The Lottery (Short), writer
"The Good Life," Writer's Digest , November 1950. Cover-featured article on Irma and Rocky Kalish. The front cover text reads, "Two free lance writers edit Romance Western Roundup on the beach."[15]
Karen Young, "Hollywood vets Irma Kalish and Naomi Gurian on getting their groove back, in novel form," Encino Sun , October 28-November 3, 2006.
References [ edit ]
^ Becque, Fran (3 March 2023). "Irma Ginsberg Kalish, Phi Sigma Sigma" . Fraternity History & More . Retrieved 3 March 2023 .
^ Ybarra, Michael; Haithman, Diane (23 August 1989). "Taking a Look at TV's Racial Picture" . [permanent dead link ]
^ "Authors: Cady Kalian" . Macmillan . Retrieved 12 September 2021 .
^ a b Barnes, Mike (6 October 2016). "Austin 'Rocky' Kalish, Prolific Sitcom Writer, Dies at 95" . The Hollywood Reporter .
^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (1 December 2016). "Nancy Biederman, Motion Picture & Television Fund Advocate, Dies of Leukemia" . TheWrap .
^ Hipes, Patrick (6 September 2021). "Irma Kalish Dies: Pioneering TV Writer-Producer & One Of First Women In Film Presidents Was 96" . Deadline .
^ Barnes, Mike (6 September 2021). "Irma Kalish, Trailblazing Sitcom Writer and Producer, Dies at 96" . The Hollywood Reporter .
^ Goldblatt, Daniel (6 September 2021). "Irma Kalish, Writer on Classic Sitcoms 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times,' Dies at 96" . TheWrap .
^ Littleton, Cynthia (6 September 2021). "Irma Kalish, Prolific and Pioneering TV Comedy Writer, Dies at 96" . Variety .
^ "Headliner Award Recipients: Irma Kalish, executive producer, "Carter Country" " . The Association for Women in Communications . 1978.
^ "Arents Award: 1997, Irma Kalish ′44, Entertainment" . Syracuse University Alumni Association . 1997.
^ "Eggers Senior Alumni Award: 2014, Irma (Ginsberg) Kalish '45, H'07" . Syracuse University Alumni Association . 2014.
^ Reprinted in Pulpwood Days: Volume One: Editors You Want to Know , Locke, ed., Off-Trail Publications, 2007.
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