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Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear Tandem show, Good Times.
- American television producer, comedy writer
- March 28, 1924, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
- 1958-1998
- Whitney Blake (m. 1968)
Jul 4, 2022 · Created by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings, ‘One Day at a Time’ is a sitcom that follows the life of Ann Romano, a divorced mother who moves with her two teenage daughters to start a new chapter in their lives. As she tries to find a middle ground between giving her daughters the freedom the […]
Whitney Blake (born Nancy Ann Whitney; February 20, 1926 – September 28, 2002) was an American film and television actress, director, and producer. She is known for her four seasons portraying Dorothy Baxter, the mother, on the 1960s sitcom Hazel , and as co-creator and writer of the sitcom One Day at a Time .
- 1956–1998
- 3, including Meredith Baxter
- Nancy Ann Whitney, February 20, 1926, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, US
- September 28, 2002 (aged 76), Edgartown, Massachusetts, US
Whitney Blake married TV producer Allan Manings in 1968. Manings worked on the TV sitcom Good Times , so he had a direct pipeline to Norman Lear when he pitched Blake’s divorced single mom idea.
Oct 2, 2002 · Blake died Saturday at her home in Edgartown, Mass., after a long illness, attended by her family and the Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, said her husband, writer-producer Allan Manings. The ...
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Whitney Blake was born on 20 February 1926 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Hazel (1961), My Gun Is Quick (1957) and Mannix (1967). She was married to Allan Manings, Jack Fields and John Thomas Baxter Jr..
Background. The series was created by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings, a husband-and-wife writing duo who had both been actors in the 1950s and 1960s.The series was based on Whitney Blake's own life as a single mother raising her three children (including future actress Meredith Baxter) after her divorce from her first husband.