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Weinberger has won a Peabody Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nine Emmy Awards. He has also received the Writers Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been married to TV actress Carlene Watkins since 1984. With his son, Jack, Weinberger wrote and produced the musical play Mary and Joseph, which had a national tour in 2007–08.
Ed. Weinberger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Taxi (1978) and The Associates (1979). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro.
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Birth name. Edwin B. Weinberger. Mini Bio. Ed. Weinberger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Taxi (1978) and The Associates (1979). Family. Spouse. Carlene Watkins (1984 - ?) (2 children) Trivia. Is portrayed by Peter Bonerz in Man on the Moon (1999)
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- Starring Show-Biz Veterans
- An Affirmation of Judaism
- From The Comic to The Dramatic
- Tracing His Love of Comedy
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The plays star two show-business veterans, both Jewish — Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell. Linden, 91, is best known for his seven years as police precinct captain “Barney Miller” on TV. He won a Tony Award as best actor in a musical in 1971 for “The Rothschilds.” Kopell, 89, portrayed Dr. Adam Bricker on “The Love Boat” and has appeared on more than 1...
His new plays are comedies, but they are about much more than laughter. They are in a sense an affirmation of Judaism, with the second play, the one set on Long Island, especially gradually taking on a more serious, emotionally moving tone. It’s about Judaism and the nature of being Jewish. And the presence or absence of God. And belief. And belief...
He took a Shakespeare course in college, and he remembers seeing how the Bard would switch effortlessly from comedy to drama. “I always love the juxtaposition of going from comedy to — I don’t want to call it tragedy [in my play] because I don’t think it’s tragedy, but going from the comic to the dramatic,” and showing “that they can exist together...
Weinberger grew up in Philadelphia, and traces his love of comedy to early childhood. “It goes back to when I was 6 or 7 years old,” he said, “when I either got my first laugh or I heard somebody laugh at something somebody said. And I said, I like that feeling. You’re getting love. You’re getting approval.” “I remember always being attracted to co...
As a child, he was religious. “At a certain point, I became less observant. At one time, around my bar mitzvah years, I was very involved with Judaism. I went to synagogue to pray, I was bar mitzvahed, I went to Hebrew school and all that.” His father “spent a lot of time at synagogue, in terms of men’s activities, the men’s club. That was a very i...
And that punctuation in his given name? “That’s an affectation I’m stuck with,” he said. “My name is Edwin. And I grew up in a neighborhood in Philadelphia where there were no Edwins. So I was Ed or Eddie for a while. And when I did my homework — this goes back to the sixth grade — I put E D, and since I was abbreviating, I put a dot after it becau...
January 18, 2024. Hal Linden and Sally Struthers star in the world premiere of Ed. Weinberger 's new play The Journals of Adam and Eve at California's Garry Marshall Theatre, beginning...
Oct 28, 2020 · That’s what nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi and The Cosby Show, saw as his biggest challenge in writing the just-released GOTCHA!, which takes readers inside an alternate Trump 2020 presidential campaign from March 5, 2020 to January ...
Weinberger. @ed.weinberger1715 ‧. 6 subscribers ‧ 2 videos. Ed. Weinberger began his career in the early 1960s with Dick Gregory and has written for such diverse comedians as Bob Hope,...
