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Larry Cohen

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  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/15/1941, Cancer
  • Profession: Director; screenwriter, producer
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Larry Cohen Fast Facts:
  • Served as a private in the U.S. Army after graduating from college.
  • Worked as a page at the NBC building in New York's Rockefeller Center.
  • Began writing TV scripts in the '60s for series such as The Fugitive and The Defenders.
  • Made his directorial debut with the 1972 black comedy Bone.
  • Received the Saturn Awards' George Pal Memorial Award in 1987.
  • All five of his children with his ex-wife, producer Janelle Webb, have worked on or appeared in his movies.
  • A revered B-movie auteur, he has written, directed and produced low-rent classics like It's Alive (1974), It Lives Again (1978) and Q (1982). As a writer, he has worked on Z-grade flicks (Maniac Cop (1988), Wicked Stepmother (1989) and big-budget Hollywood fare (Phone Booth (2002).
  • Larry Cohen Relationships:
  • Bob Cohen - Son
  • Cynthia Costas Cohen - Wife
  • Janelle Webb - Ex-wife
  • Jill Gatsby - Daughter
  • Louis Cohen - Son
  • Melissa Cohen - Daughter
  • Pamela Cohen - Daughter
  • College:
  • City College of New York, New York, NY (BA in Film, 1963)
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