Susan Borowitz
Birth Name:
Susan Stevenson
Profession
Writer, Producer
Fast Facts
- Graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English Literature in 1981
- Started writing and drawing from a young age, when she developed a passion for storytelling
- Was a freelance humor writer before becoming a story editor on "Family Ties․"
- Quote: "(On sewing): "Needles, thread and fabric constituted my armory against the severe pressure and stresses of my career․""
- Best known as the creator and executive producer of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and a writer and producer of "Family Ties․"
- Wrote a book about adolescence titled "When We're in Public, Pretend You Don't Know Me․"
- Began sewing during her time in Hollywood, first her own formal dresses for industry award ceremonies and benefits and later for her daughter's Halloween costumes
- She was an editor for the Harvard University humor magazine "Harvard Lampoon․"