Elaine May, the Glossary

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1. 205 relations: A New Leaf (film), Abbott and Costello, Academic audit, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Honorary Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs, After the Night and the Music, Alfred Hitchcock, Amazon (company), Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime Video, American Film Institute, American Masters, An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Arthur Penn, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Barack Obama, Barbara Harris (actress), Bill Murray, Billboard (magazine), British Academy Film Awards, Broadway theatre, Burns and Allen, California Suite (film), Camelot (musical), Carl Reiner, Charles Grodin, Charles H. Joffe, Charles Isherwood, Chicago Sun-Times, Christopher Walken, Coen brothers, Compass Players, Compilation album, Crisis in Six Scenes, Cybill Shepherd, Dakota Johnson, Dangerous Minds, Danny Aiello, Danny Glover, David Letterman, David Puttnam, David Shepherd (producer), Deadline Hollywood, Debra Winger, Dick Cavett, Dionne Warwick, Drama Desk Award, DuPont Show of the Month, ... Expand index (155 more) »

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A New Leaf (film)

A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut based on the short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie.

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Abbott and Costello

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.

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Academic audit

In academia, an audit is an educational term for the completion of a course of study for which no assessment of the performance of the student is made nor grade awarded.

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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material.

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Academy Honorary Award

The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), often pronounced; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs

Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funny movies in American cinema.

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After the Night and the Music

After the Night and the Music is a one-act play in three parts, written by Elaine May.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime (styled as prime) is a paid subscription service of Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users access to additional services otherwise unavailable or available at a premium to other Amazon customers.

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Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription.

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American Film Institute

The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.

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American Masters

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

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An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May is a live comedy album by Nichols and May.

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Arthur Penn

Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. Elaine May and Arthur Penn are film directors from Pennsylvania and Tony Award winners.

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BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film. Elaine May and BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay are best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Barbara Harris (actress)

Barbara Densmoor Harris (July 25, 1935 – August 21, 2018) was an American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture actress. Elaine May and Barbara Harris (actress) are Tony Award winners.

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Bill Murray

William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.

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Burns and Allen

Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen.

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California Suite (film)

California Suite is a 1978 American anthology comedy film directed by Herbert Ross.

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Camelot (musical)

Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner.

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Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned seven decades. Elaine May and carl Reiner are American comedy film directors, American comedy writers, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American comedy writers, Jewish American screenwriters and Jewish film people.

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Charles Grodin

Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Elaine May and Charles Grodin are Jewish American comedians.

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Charles H. Joffe

Charles H. Joffe (July 16, 1929 – July 9, 2008) was an American film producer and comedy talent manager.

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Charles Isherwood

Charles Splaine Isherwood Jr. (born October 1964) is an American theater critic.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor.

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Coen brothers

Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. Elaine May and Coen brothers are American comedy film directors, Jewish American screenwriters, Jewish film people and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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Compass Players

The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was an improvisational theatre revue active from 1955 to 1958 in Chicago and St. Louis.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.

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Crisis in Six Scenes

Crisis in Six Scenes is an American comedy television miniseries written and directed by Woody Allen for Amazon Studios.

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Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model.

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Dakota Johnson

Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress.

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Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith, written by Ronald Bass, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.

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Danny Aiello

Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an American actor.

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Danny Glover

Danny Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer and political activist.

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David Letterman

David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. Elaine May and David Letterman are American comedy writers.

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David Puttnam

David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords.

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David Shepherd (producer)

David Gwynne Shepherd (October 10, 1924 – December 17, 2018) was an American producer, director, and actor noted for his innovative work in improvisational theatre.

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Deadline Hollywood

Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.

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Debra Winger

Debra Lynn Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. Elaine May and Debra Winger are Jewish American actresses.

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Dick Cavett

Richard Alva Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host.

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Dionne Warwick

Marie Dionne Warwick (born Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre.

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DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month was a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961.

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Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. Elaine May and Dustin Hoffman are Jewish film people.

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Eddie Albert

Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011) was a British and American actress. Elaine May and Elizabeth Taylor are Jewish American actresses.

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Enter Laughing (film)

Enter Laughing is a 1967 comedy film, directed by Carl Reiner, based on his autobiographical novel and the 1963 stage play of the same name.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.

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Eugene O'Neill Theatre

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, previously the Forrest Theatre and the Coronet Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 230 West 49th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Fibber McGee and Molly

Fibber McGee and Molly (1935–1959) was a longtime husband-and-wife team radio comedy program.

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George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign

The George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign began when United States Senator George McGovern from South Dakota launched his second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the 1972 presidential election against incumbent president Richard Nixon, winning only in the District of Columbia and the state of Massachusetts.

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Gerald Nachman

Gerald Weil Nachman (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author from San Francisco.

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Geraldine Page

Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television.

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Governors Awards

The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

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Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day.

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.

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Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster is an experimental filmmaker, artist and author.

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Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)

Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American sports fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry about a young man (played by Beatty) being mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel, and the resulting complications of how this mistake can be undone, given that his earthly body has been cremated.

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Herbert Gold

Herbert Gold (March 9, 1924 – November 19, 2023) was an American novelist.

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Herbert Ross

Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in theater and film. Elaine May and Herbert Ross are American comedy film directors and Jewish film people.

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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr.

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Historical magazines named Vanity Fair

The name Vanity Fair has been the title of at least five magazines from the 19th century to the present day, where, since 1983, it has been used by the American popular culture magazine published by Condé Nast.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who reported on the American entertainment industry for predominantly foreign media markets.

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Hollywood High School

Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

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Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in Births Mar 1918 Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Elaine May and Ida Lupino are American women film directors.

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Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers.

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Improvisations to Music

Improvisations to Music is the first comedy album by Nichols and May.

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In Retrospect (Nichols and May album)

In Retrospect is the final comedy album by Nichols and May.

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In the Spirit (film)

In the Spirit is a 1990 American comedy film starring Marlo Thomas and Elaine May, directed by noted acting coach Sandra Seacat, with a screenplay co-authored by May's daughter Jeannie Berlin and Laurie Jones, both of whom also appear in the film.

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IndieWire

IndieWire is a film industry and film criticism website that was established in 1996.

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Ishtar (film)

Ishtar is a 1987 American adventure-comedy film written and directed by Elaine May, and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-stars opposite Dustin Hoffman.

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Jack Lemmon

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor.

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Jack Paar

Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American talk show host, writer, radio and television comedian, and film actor.

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Jack Ritchie

John George Reitci (February 26, 1922 – April 25, 1983) was an American writer, primarily known for his vast output of crime fiction short stories under the pen name Jack Ritchie.

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Jack Rollins (producer)

Jack Koeppel Rollins (born Jacob Rabinowitz; March 23, 1915 – June 18, 2015) was an American film and television producer and talent manager of comedians and television personalities.

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Jeannie Berlin

Jeannie Berlin (born Jeannie Brette May; November 1, 1949) is an American film, television and stage actress and screenwriter, the daughter of Elaine May. Elaine May and Jeannie Berlin are Jewish American actresses.

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Joan Allen

Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. Elaine May and Joan Allen are Tony Award winners.

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Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer, and television host. Elaine May and Joan Rivers are American comedy writers, American women comedians, American women film directors, Jewish American actresses, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American comedy writers, Jewish American screenwriters, Jewish female comedians and Jewish film people.

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John Cassavetes

John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American filmmaker and actor.

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John Golden Theatre

The John Golden Theatre, formerly the Theatre Masque and Masque Theater, is a Broadway theater at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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John Lahr

John Henry Lahr (born July 12, 1941) is an American theater critic and writer. Elaine May and John Lahr are Tony Award winners.

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John Mulaney

John Edmund Mulaney (born August 26, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Elaine May and John Mulaney are American comedy writers.

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John Turturro

John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Julian Schlossberg

Julian Schlossberg (born January 26, 1942) is an American motion pictures, theatre and television producer.

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Kenneth Lonergan

Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. Elaine May and Kenneth Lonergan are Jewish American screenwriters and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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La Cage aux Folles (film)

La Cage aux Folles (also released as Birds of a Feather) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro, based on Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name.

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Labyrinth (1986 film)

Labyrinth is a 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson with George Lucas as executive producer.

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Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy team during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957).

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Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

The Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (also known as the Screen Laurel Award) is a lifetime achievement award given by the Writers Guild of America.

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Lena Horne Theatre

The Lena Horne Theatre (previously the Mansfield Theatre and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 256 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Life (magazine)

Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.

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Lila Neugebauer

Lila Neugebauer (born 1985) is an American theatre director, writer and artistic director.

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Lily Tomlin

Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Elaine May and Lily Tomlin are American women comedians, Tony Award winners and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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List of awards and nominations received by Elaine May

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American comedian, writer, director, producer and actor Elaine May.

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List of film awards

This is a list of groups, organizations, and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema, usually by awarding various prizes.

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Liv Ullmann

Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress.

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Lois Smith

Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American character actress whose career spans eight decades. Elaine May and Lois Smith are Tony Award winners.

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Long Wharf Theatre

Long Wharf Theatre is a nonprofit institution in New Haven, Connecticut, a pioneer in the not-for-profit regional theatre movement, the originator of several prominent plays, and a venue where many internationally known actors have appeared. Elaine May and Long Wharf Theatre are Tony Award winners.

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Longacre Theatre

The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theater at 220 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lucas Hedges

Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor.

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Luv (film)

Luv is a 1967 slapstick romantic comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May and Nina Wayne.

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster).

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Marlo Thomas

Margaret Julia Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, producer, author, and social activist.

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Martin and Lewis

Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis.

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Michael Cera

Michael Austin Cera (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor.

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Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director. Elaine May and Mike Nichols are American comedy film directors, Jewish American comedians, Jewish film people, Tony Award winners and United States National Medal of Arts recipients.

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Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors

Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors is a comedy album by Nichols and May.

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Mike Nichols: American Masters

Mike Nichols: American Masters is a 2016 documentary film directed by Elaine May about the life of Mike Nichols broadcast on the PBS series American Masters.

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Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky is a 1976 American crime drama film written and directed by Elaine May.

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Milton Berle

Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger;; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. Elaine May and Milton Berle are Jewish American comedians.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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National Film Registry

The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.

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National Medal of Arts

The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts. Elaine May and National Medal of Arts are United States National Medal of Arts recipients.

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National Society of Film Critics

The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. Elaine May and Neil Simon are American comedy writers, Jewish American comedy writers, Jewish American screenwriters, Jewish film people, Tony Award winners and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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Next (play)

Next is a one-act play by Terrence McNally.

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Nichols and May

Nichols and May was an American improvisational comedy duo act developed by Mike Nichols (1931–2014) and Elaine May (born 1932).

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Nichols and May: Take Two

Nichols and May: Take Two is a 1996 documentary film directed by Phillip Schopper about the comedy sketch team starring Mike Nichols and Elaine May, often referred to as Nichols and May.

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Off-Broadway

An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.

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Omnibus (American TV program)

Omnibus was an American, commercially sponsored, educational variety television series.

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Outer Critics Circle Awards

The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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Paramount+

Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access until 2021) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Paramount Global.

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Patton Oswalt

Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Paul Sills

Paul Sills (born Paul Silverberg; November 18, 1927 – June 2, 2008) was an American director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich (Петар Богдановић; July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. Elaine May and Peter Bogdanovich are Jewish American screenwriters, Jewish film people and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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Peter Falk

Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor, singer and television director and producer.

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.

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Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit American Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.

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Primary Colors (film)

Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols.

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Read-through

The read-through, table-read, or table work is a stage of film, television, radio, and theatre production when an organized reading of the screenplay or script is conducted around a table by the actors with speaking parts.

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Reds (film)

Reds is a 1981 American epic historical drama film, co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty, about the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the October Revolution in Russia in his 1919 book Ten Days That Shook the World.

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Relatively Speaking (play anthology)

Relatively Speaking is an anthology produced on Broadway in 2011, consisting of three plays: Talking Cure by Ethan Coen, George Is Dead by Elaine May and Honeymoon Motel by Woody Allen.

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Richard Burton

Richard Burton (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Elaine May and Richard Burton are Tony Award winners.

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Robert Evans

Robert Evans (born Robert J. Shapera; June 29, 1930October 26, 2019) was an American film producer who worked on Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970), The Godfather (1972), and Chinatown (1974).

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Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin (born Saul M. Rifkin; October 31, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama Alias, Saul Holden on the drama Brothers & Sisters, and District Attorney Ellis Loew in L.A. Confidential. Elaine May and ron Rifkin are Tony Award winners.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020.

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Safdie brothers

Joshua Safdie (born April 3, 1984) and Benjamin Safdie (born February 24, 1986) are independent American filmmakers and actors based in New York City, who frequently collaborate on their films. Elaine May and Safdie brothers are Jewish film people.

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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, formerly the Biltmore Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 261 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor.

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Sheldon Harnick

Sheldon Mayer Harnick (April 30, 1924 – June 23, 2023) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as Fiorello!, She Loves Me, and Fiddler on the Roof. Elaine May and Sheldon Harnick are Tony Award winners.

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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.

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Small Time Crooks

Small Time Crooks is a 2000 American crime-comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen.

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South Beach

South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Stanley Donen

Stanley Donen (April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer. Elaine May and Stanley Donen are American comedy film directors and Jewish film people.

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Stephen Sondheim Theatre

The Stephen Sondheim Theatre, formerly Henry Miller's Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 124 West 43rd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Elaine May and Steve Martin are American comedy writers and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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Such Good Friends

Such Good Friends is a 1971 American black comedy-drama film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Dyan Cannon, Ken Howard, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill and Laurence Luckinbill.

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The Birdcage

The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films".

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The Dissolve

The Dissolve was a film review, news, and commentary website which was operated by Pitchfork and based in Chicago, Illinois.

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The Good Fight

The Good Fight is an American legal drama television series produced for CBS's streaming service CBS All Access (later Paramount+).

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The Graduate

The Graduate is a 1967 American independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College.

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The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)

The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American romantic black comedy film directed by Elaine May and written by Neil Simon, starring Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert, and Doris Roberts.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show starring Merv Griffin.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Same Storm

The Same Storm is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges and starring Sandra Oh, Mary-Louise Parker, Elaine May, Moses Ingram, Noma Dumezweni, Raúl Castillo, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Daphne Rubin-Vega, Joshua Leonard, Jin Ha, Judith Light, Ato Blankson-Wood, Cory Michael Smith, Rhenzy Feliz, Camila Perez, K.

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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show television series hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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The Waverly Gallery

The Waverly Gallery is a play by Kenneth Lonergan.

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Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar (in later seasons The Jack Paar Tonight Show) is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962.

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.

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Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play

The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play has only been awarded since 1994.

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Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire.

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000.

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Vivian Beaumont Theater

The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theater in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American screen and stage actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. Elaine May and Walter Matthau are Tony Award winners.

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Warren Beatty

Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. Elaine May and Warren Beatty are writers Guild of America Award winners.

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What's My Line?

What's My Line? is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States, between 1950 and 1967, on CBS.

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Whitehouse.gov

whitehouse.gov (also simply known as wh.gov) is the official website of the White House and is managed by the Office of Digital Strategy.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962.

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Wolf (1994 film)

Wolf is a 1994 American romantic horror film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer, Eileen Atkins, David Hyde Pierce, and Om Puri.

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Woody Allen

Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Elaine May and Woody Allen are American comedy film directors, American comedy writers, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American comedy writers, Jewish American screenwriters, Jewish film people and writers Guild of America Award winners.

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Writers Guild of America

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the generic term of two different American labor unions, representing writers in film, television, radio, and online media.

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Writers Guild of America Awards

The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949.

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See also

Screenwriters from Philadelphia

• Abby Mann
• Alvin Sargent
• Anne Spielberg
• Brian Klugman
• David Berenbaum
• David Diamond (screenwriter)
• Ed. Weinberger
• Edward Childs Carpenter
• Elaine May
• Elise Allen
• Ferdinand Reyher
• Harry Elfont
• Herb Sargent
• Herbert Biberman
• Jo Heims
• Joey Bishop
• Jon Cohen (writer)
• Joseph Stefano
• Josh Singer
• Justin Herman
• Larry Tucker (screenwriter)
• Lee Daniels
• Mark Rosenthal (filmmaker)
• Mark and Robb Cullen
• Mike Davis (screenwriter)
• Nedrick Young
• Noah Buschel
• Olga Printzlau
• Randal Kleiser
• Richard Brooks
• Richard Levinson
• Stephen J. Rivele
• Sydney Boehm
• Tina Fey
• Todd Komarnicki
• William Link

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_May

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