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Norman Lear
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 Bu...
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Norman Lear Filmography
Cold Turkey
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Pablo
The Super Bob Einstein Movie
Casting By
Lucy and Desi
Being Mary Tyler Moore
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Funny Is Money
Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Viewer Direction Advised
Robert Scheer: Above the Fold
A Different Approach
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Gratitude Revealed
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Funny Is Money
Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Viewer Direction Advised
Robert Scheer: Above the Fold
A Different Approach
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Gratitude Revealed
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee