Irma Kalish
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American producer and screenwriter (1924–2021)
Irma Kalish | |
|---|---|
| Born | Irma May Ginsberg (1924年10月06日)October 6, 1924 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 3, 2021(2021年09月03日) (aged 96) |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, screenwriter |
| Spouse | |
| 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]
Career
[edit ]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 ]- Association for Women in Communications, Executive member
- Motion Picture and Television Fund, Board member
- Women in Film, President
- WIF Foundation, Chair
- Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot, Israel), Women & Science, founding member
- 1964- : Writers Guild of America West, Vice President and Board member
Honors
[edit ]- 1978: Association for Women in Communications, National Headliner Awards[12]
- 1993: Writers Guild of America, Morgan Cox Award
- 1997: Syracuse University, George Arents Pioneer Medal[13]
- 1997: WIF Foundation, Founders Award
- 2005: Writers Guild of America, Valentine Davies Award [14]
- 2014: Syracuse University, Eggers Senior Alumni Award
- Association for Women in Communications, Far West Woman of Achievement Award
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
About
[edit ]- "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 ]- ^ a b Harrington, Amy; Kalish, Irma (21 December 2012). "Irma Kalish, Writer". The Interviews: An Oral History of Television! (Oral history). Interviewed by Amy Harrington. North Hollywood, CA: Television Academy Foundation.
- ^ a b Herbert, Geoff (7 September 2021). "Irma Kalish, Syracuse alumna who wrote for some of TV's biggest shows, dies at 96". The Post-Standard.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit ]- Irma Kalish at IMDb
- Irma Kalish Scripts and Videos (1954-1990) at Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2021 deaths
- Deaths from pneumonia in California
- Television producers from New York (state)
- American women television producers
- American television writers
- American women television writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American women writers
- Syracuse University alumni
- Writers from the Bronx
- Screenwriters from New York City
- Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
- 21st-century American women