Neil Simon

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-07-04 (91 years old)

Deathday

2018-08-26

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Neil Simon

Biography

Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received three Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He was awarded a Special Tony Award in 1975, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstab...

Production

1976

1998

The Odd Couple II

as Screenplay

1978

1972

The Heartbreak Kid

as Screenplay

1979

Chapter Two

as Screenplay

1978

1971

Plaza Suite

as Theatre Play

1992

Broadway Bound

as Theatre Play

1975

2004

1979

Chapter Two

as Theatre Play

1996

1992

2019

Goodbye Shirazi Girl

as Theatre Play

2004

Ein seltsames Paar

as Theatre Play

2007

The Heartbreak Kid

as Original Film Writer

1989

Andy & Norman

as Theatre Play

1972

The Trouble With People

as Executive Producer

1993

1996

Jake's Women

as Writer

1982

1982

1967

Barefoot in the Park

as Theatre Play

1967

1977

1978

California Suite

as Screenplay

1981

Only When I Laugh

as Screenplay

1999

The Out-of-Towners

as Original Story

1963

Come Blow Your Horn

as Theatre Play

1971

Star Spangled Girl

as Theatre Play

1991

2004

The Goodbye Girl

as Executive Producer

1985

1988

Biloxi Blues

as Screenplay

1988

Biloxi Blues

as Theatre Play

1986

Brighton Beach Memoirs

as Theatre Play

1986

1970

The Out-of-Towners

as Screenplay

1983

1983

1969

Sweet Charity

as Musical

1975

The Sunshine Boys

as Original Story

1987

1966

After the Fox

as Theatre Play

1966

After the Fox

as Screenplay

2013

Rumors

as Writer

1998

1982

Plaza Suite

as Writer

1987

Plaza Suite

as Writer

1968

The Odd Couple

as Theatre Play

1968

The Odd Couple

as Screenplay

1955

Babes in Toyland

as Adaptation

1954

Babes in Toyland

as Adaptation

1955

The Desert Song

as Adaptation

1971

Plaza Suite

as Writer

1995

Sonny Boys

as Writer

1982

Sonny Boys

as Theatre Play

1981

1996

London Suite

as Teleplay

2006

Sweet Charity

as Writer

1981

Only When I Laugh

as Theatre Play

1955

Dearest Enemy

as Adaptation

1999

Panier de crabes

as Theatre Play

1984

The Lonely Guy

as Adaptation

1955

The Great Waltz

as Adaptation

1955

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