Neil Simon

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Neil Simon (1966)

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927 in the Bronx , New York , NY - † August 26, 2018 in Manhattan , New York City) was an American playwright and screenwriter .

Life

Neil Simon was one of the most popular playwrights in the United States. His light comedies have achieved worldwide success through their film adaptations and their translations into numerous languages. Simon was considered an author for the so-called boulevard theater .

He first appeared as a writer on Broadway in 1955 , when a sketch program with his texts premiered. Before that, he had written the scripts for several television series. His final breakthrough came in 1963 with his play Barefoot in the Park with Robert Redford in the leading male role, which he also played in the 1967 film of the same name after 1530 performances on Broadway . He also made a name for himself as an author of musicals . His most famous musical is Sweet Charity .

Simon married Joan Baim in 1953 and has two children with her. After the death of his wife in 1973, he married four more times and was married to actress Elaine Joyce since 1999 . In 2004 he had a kidney transplant .

Plays

  • Come blow your Horn - Premiere: February 22nd, 1961
  • Little Me - Premiere: November 17, 1962
  • Barefoot in the Park - Premiere: October 23, 1963
  • The Odd Couple - Premiere: March 8th, 1965 - already on stage playing Walter Matthau to Oscar Madison .
  • Sweet Charity - Premiere: January 29th, 1966 - Musical based on the script The Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini . Music by Cy Coleman . Director: Bob Fosse
  • The Star-Spangled Girl - Premiere: December 21, 1966
  • Plaza Suite - Premiere: February 14, 1968 with George C. Scott in the lead role.
  • Promises, Promises - Premiere: December 1st, 1968 - Based on the screenplay for The Apartment by Billy Wilder . Music: Burt Bacharach
  • Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Premiere: December 28, 1969
  • The Gingerbread Lady - Premiere: December 13, 1970
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue - Premiere: November 11, 1971 - with Peter Falk in the lead role.
  • The Sunshine Boys - Premiere: December 20, 1972 - Filmed as The Sunny Boys
  • The Good Doctor - premiere: November 27, 1973 - is based on stories by Anton P. Chekhov .
  • God's Favorite - Premiere: December 11, 1974
  • California Suite - Premiere: June 10, 1976
  • Chapter Two - Premiere: December 4, 1977
  • They're playing our song - Premiere: February 11, 1979 - Music: Marvin Hamlisch
  • I ought to be in Pictures - Premiere: April 3, 1980
  • Fools - Premiere: April 6, 1981
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs - Premiere: March 27, 1983 with Matthew Broderick in the lead role.
  • Biloxi Blues - Premiere: March 28, 1985
  • Broadway Bound - Premiere: December 4, 1986
  • Rumors (dt Title. Rumors ... Rumors ) - Release: November 17, 1988
  • Lost in Yonkers - Premiere: February 21, 1991 - starring Kevin Spacey .
  • Jake's Women - Premiere: March 24, 1992 - with Alan Alda in the lead role.
  • The Goodbye Girl - Premiere: March 4th 1993 - Musical based on his own screenplay with Bernadette Peters in the lead role. Music: Marvin Hamlisch
  • Laughter on the 23rd Floor - Premiere: November 22, 1993
  • Proposals - Premiere: November 6, 1997
  • The Dinner Party - Premiere: October 19, 2000
  • 45 Seconds from Broadway - Premiere: November 11, 2001
  • Rose and Walsh - Premiere: February 5, 2003

Filmography

Awards

Neil Simon also received four Academy Award nominations for scripts .

The Alvin Theater, a New York Broadway theater, was renamed the Neil Simon Theater in 1983 in his honor .

Web links

Commons : Neil Simon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Natale: Neil Simon, King of Comedy Playwrights, Dies at 91.Retrieved August 26, 2018 .
  2. ↑ On this day: Neil Simon is born. In: The Jewish Chronicle Online. Retrieved October 25, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Ken Bloom: Broadway: Its History, People, and Places: an Encyclopedia , Routledge, 2nd ed. 2003, ISBN 978-0-415-93704-7 (English), p. 494.
  4. ^ Theater Hall of Fame Gets 10 New Members. In: New York Times, May 10, 1983, (English)
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simon, Marvin Neil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City , New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 2018
Place of death Manhattan , New York City