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Terry Sweeney's husband is Lanier Laney, an artist and comedy writer who also wrote for SNL in the 1985–1986 season. According to a 2000 magazine article, they first met as members of a sketch comedy troupe called the "Bess Truman Players" before joining SNL.
Mar 22, 2022 · Sweeney credits his now-husband, Lanier Laney, a writer at the show at the time, alongside writers like Al Franken, Jim Downey, and Carol Leifer -- who later came out as a lesbian -- for...
- Daniel Reynolds
Terry met Lanier Laney, who later became his longtime writing partner and collaborator. In a 1986 interview to 'People,' Laney revealed that he instantly fell in love with Terry after he saw his performance as ‘Angie Dickinson’ from 'Police Woman.'
Aug 3, 2015 · Terry Sweeney, the First Openly Gay Man on Network TV, Dishes for Days. ... How did you meet your wonderful partner, comedy writer Lanier Laney? I tell straight people we met in a private men's ...
Sep 16, 2022 · His partner, Lanier Laney, also joined that season as a writer. During Sweeney's one-season tenure on the sketch show in 1985, his characterizations of Nancy Reagan, Joan Collins, and...
- Rachel Shatto
Jan 5, 2011 · But Sweeney was a survivor, eventually finding work as his first love, a comedy writer, usually with his partner, Lanier Laney; the two wrote the 1989 cult classic Shag (set in South Carolina, where the couple now live) and worked on MADTV and the outrageous animated comedy show Tripping the Rift.
1 Video. 4 Photos. Terry Sweeney was born on 23 March 1950 in Queens, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Hype (2000), Shag (1988) and Love at Stake (1987). He has been married to Lanier Laney since 1981.
