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Norman Lear: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Norman Milton Lear
  • Birth Place: New Haven, CT
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/27/1922, Leo
  • Profession: Producer; writer; director
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Norman Lear Fast Facts:
  • As a high-school senior, he won an American Legion oratorical contest for a speech on the U.S. Constitution.
  • Was an Army Air Force radio man during WWII; flew 56 missions and received an Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters.
  • Began his show-business career in the early '50s writing gags for Danny Thomas. Later he wrote Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis's material for NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour.
  • Modeled Bea Arthur's Maude character after his ex-wife Frances Lear.
  • Was an inaugural inductee into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1984 (along with Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Paddy Chayefsky, Edward R. Murrow, William S. Paley and David Sarnoff).
  • Purchased a Dunlap Broadside, an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, for $8.1 million in 2001; it has been on display around the U.S. ever since.
  • Norman Lear Relationships:
  • Benjamin Davis Lear - Son
  • Brianna Elizabeth Lear - Daughter
  • Charlotte Rosen - Ex-wife
  • Ellen Lear - Daughter
  • Frances Loeb Lear - Ex-wife
  • Herman Lear - Father
  • Jeannette Seicol Lear - Mother
  • Kate B. LaPook - Daughter
  • Katey Sagal - Godchild
  • Lyn Lear - Wife
  • Madelaine Rose Lear - Daughter
  • Maggie B. Lear - Daughter
  • Norman Lear Awards:
  • 1971 Emmy: Outstanding Series - Comedy - Winner
  • 1972 Emmy: Outstanding Series - Comedy - Winner
  • 1973 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1973 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Winner
  • 1974 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1976 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • 1985 Emmy: Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special - Nominee
  • 1971 Emmy: Outstanding New Series - Winner
  • 1973 Emmy: Outstanding New Series - Nominee
  • 1972 Emmy: Outstanding Single Program--Drama or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1971 Emmy: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy - Nominee
  • 1972 Emmy: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy - Nominee
  • 1982 Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominee
  • 1977 Peabody: Personal Award - Winner
  • 1967 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Emerson College, Boston, MA

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christina aguilera, norman lear courtesy Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
Bea Arthur, Norman Lear courtesy Ron Galella/WireImage.com
Norman Lear, Janet Dubois, 2006 TV Land Awards courtesy Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
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