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Christine Houston (born 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer. She is the creator of the popular 1980s sitcom 227, and also worked on other shows including The Jeffersons, and Punky Brewster. Houston is not only a series writer, she also enjoys writing plays, and novels such as Laughing Through The Tears.
- Write What You Know
- Obstacles in Hollywood
- How “227” Was Picked Up by Hollywood
- NAACP Image Award
Houston said that she really wanted to be an actress and once she enrolled at Kennedy-King College, she got involved with the theater department. During her first year at Kennedy-King, Houston auditioned and landed the lead role in a play called “Five on the Black Hand Side.” Houston noted that when students asked what her major was, she lied and t...
Houston wrote the episode entitled “George Who?” on “The Jeffersons,” which aired on television in 1978. Even though the episode aired on TV, Houston said, “not one single thing in my script was in that show. I got credit for it, but all their writers rewrote everything I wrote. Everything.” The sitcom “The Jeffersons” ran on television from 1975-1...
In 1983, San Jose State University premiered the “Two Twenty Seven” play because the head of the Kennedy-King theater department sent the script all over the United States, according to Houston. Houston said that eventually Marla Gibbs, one of the stars from the “The Jeffersons,” picked up Houston’s play and premiered it at her theater. The play wa...
Gibbs won an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress for “227,” while Houston received the NAACP Image Award for Playwriting, according to Houston. When asked to describe winning the award at the awards ceremony, Houston said, ”I wasn’t there. Marla accepted the award for me and I never got it. I don’t have it as of today.” Houston mentioned that she wa...
Aug 18, 2022 · NBC changed Christine Houston’s play a lot to turn it into a television show. But she retained stage rights, and the original play is still performed. It has returned to the South Side for another run, at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation. By Mariah Rush. Aug 18, 2022, 12:53pm PDT.
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Oct 30, 2022 · 227 creator Christine Houston based the show on her play about a group of Black women living in an apartment building in 1950s Chicago. Thanks to 227, Houston became the first African American...
Christine Houston is known for 227 (1985), The Jeffersons (1975) and Punky Brewster (1984).
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Houston is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Creative Writing while teaching Playwriting, Writing for Television and Writing The Screen Play, at Chicago State University. In a joint collaboration, Professor Houston has co-authored a text book with her mentor, Dr. Christine List.
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