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Stan Burns
American screenwriter
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| Born | (1923-09-04)September 4, 1923
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| Died | November 5, 2002(2002-11-05) (aged 79)
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| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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| Spouse | Shirley Burns |
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| Children | 2 |
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Stan Burns (September 4, 1923 - November 5,[1] 2002) was an American screenwriter. He was the partner of Mike Marmer.[2] Burns wrote for television programs including The Steve Allen Show,[3] The Tonight Show, Get Smart,[4] The Carol Burnett Show, F Troop, Gilligan's Island and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[2][5]
Burns won and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards between 1959 and 1973, winning in 1972 for work on The Carol Burnett Show.[6] He died in November 2002 of heart failure at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 79.[7][8]
References
- ^ "In Passing". The Washington Post. November 11, 2002. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ a b The Associated Press (November 11, 2002). "Stan Burns; Television Comedy Writer, 79". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ Alba, Ben (December 2, 2009). Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen And the Original Tonight Show. Prometheus Books. p. 151. ISBN 978-1615922208 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bianculli, David (December 1, 2009). Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". Simon and Schuster. p. 65. ISBN 978-1439109533 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lentz, Harris (April 9, 2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002. McFarland. p. 47. ISBN 9780786414642 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Stan Burns". Television Academy. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ "Stan Burns, 79; Comedy Writer for Top 1950s-'70s Variety Shows". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 2002. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ Variety Staff (November 7, 2002). "Stan Burns". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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- Gary Belkin, Peter Bellwood, Thomas Meehan, Herb Sargent and Judith Viorst (1970)
- Herbert Baker, Hal Goodman, Larry Klein, Bob Schiller, Norman Steinberg, Bob Weiskopf and Flip Wilson (1971)
- Art Baer, Roger Beatty, Stan Burns, Stan Hart, Don Hinkley, Ben Joelson, Woody Kling, Mike Marmer, Arnie Rosen and Larry Siegel (1972)
- Bill Angelos, Roger Beatty, Stan Hart, Robert Hilliard, Woody Kling, Arnie Kogen, Buz Kohan, Gail Parent, Tom Patchett, Larry Siegel and Jay Tarses (1973)
- Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok (1974)
- Roger Beatty, Gary Belkin, Dick Clair, Rudy De Luca, Arnie Kogen, Barry Harman, Barry Levinson, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond and Ed Simmons (1974)
- Roger Beatty, Gary Belkin, Dick Clair, Rudy De Luca, Arnie Kogen, Barry Levinson, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond and Ed Simmons (1975)
- Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel (1976)
- Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tom Davis, James Downey, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bill Murray, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel (1977)
- Roger Beatty, Dick Clair, Tim Conway, Rick Hawkins, Robert Illes, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond, Liz Sage, Larry Siegel, Franelle Silver, Ed Simmons and James R. Stein (1978)
- Alan Alda (1979)
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