Norman Lear
Personal Info
Know For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-07-27 (101 years old)
Deathday
2023-12-05
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also known As
Norman Milton Lear
Norman Lear
Biography
Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was a legendary American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude. As a political activist, he founded the advocacy organization People for the American Way in 1981 and has supported First Amendment rights and progressive causes. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Enie/Jeanette (Sokolovsky) and Hyman "Herman" Lear, a traveling salesman. His grandparents were all Russian Jewish immigrants. Jeanette was the inspiration for the character Edith Bunker, and Herman for Archie Bunker. Lear won a one y...
Acting
1971
as Crying Man (uncredited)
2021
as Self
2012
as Self
2021
as Self
2012
as Self
2022
as Self
2023
as Self (voice)
1999
as Self
2013
2018
as Self
2019
2022
as Himself
2022
2023
2022
as Self
2022
as Self
1963
as Party Guest (uncredited)
2021
as Himself
2016
2017
1992
as Self
1997
as Self
2008
as Self - Producer
2019
as Self
2019
2019
2020
as Self
1991
as Self - Host
2020
1996
as Self
1982
as Self - Television Producer
2020
as self
-
as Self - Producer
Production
2007
as Executive Producer
1963
as Screenplay
2021
as Executive Producer
1971
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1968
as Screenplay
1984
as Executive Producer
1965
as Producer
2000
as Executive Producer
1967
as Producer
1963
as Producer
2021
as Executive Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
2019
1968
as Producer
1973
as Producer
2014
as Executive Producer
1970
as Executive Producer
1971
as Producer
2023
as Executive Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
1987
as Executive Producer
1982
as Executive Producer
1982
as Writer
1953
as Additional Dialogue
2019
as Executive Producer
2019
as Original Series Creator
1967
as Screenplay
2021
as Executive Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
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