Parent was born Gail Kostner in New York City, New York, the daughter of Ruth (née Goldberg) and Theodore Kostner, a Wall Street executive.[1] Parent is Jewish.[2] Parent's writing career began in the 1960s where she teamed up with writer Kenny Solms. Her big break came when she began writing for The Carol Burnett Show. She later went on to write for other TV shows including a 1971 episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The following year her novel Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York, which chronicled its unattractive, overweight, Jewishheroine's romantic misadventures in Manhattan, became a best-seller that later served as the basis of a film starring Jeannie Berlin. Although the screenplay was adapted by someone else, she penned the scripts for Barbra Streisand's The Main Event (1979) and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004).
Parent co-wrote the book for the 1974 musical Lorelei. It is her sole Broadway credit.
^June Sochen (1 February 2012). Consecrate Every Day: The Public Lives of Jewish American Women, 1880-1980. SUNY Press. p. 90. ISBN978-1-4384-2061-5. Gail Parent, a good example of this approach, can never rid herself of the Jewish parents...
gail, parent, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2017, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gail Parent news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gail Parent born August 12 1940 is an American television screenwriter producer and author Gail ParentBornGail Kostner 1940 08 12 August 12 1940 age 82 New York City U S Occupation s Screenwriter television producerLife and career EditParent was born Gail Kostner in New York City New York the daughter of Ruth nee Goldberg and Theodore Kostner a Wall Street executive 1 Parent is Jewish 2 Parent s writing career began in the 1960s where she teamed up with writer Kenny Solms Her big break came when she began writing for The Carol Burnett Show She later went on to write for other TV shows including a 1971 episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show The following year her novel Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York which chronicled its unattractive overweight Jewish heroine s romantic misadventures in Manhattan became a best seller that later served as the basis of a film starring Jeannie Berlin Although the screenplay was adapted by someone else she penned the scripts for Barbra Streisand s The Main Event 1979 and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 2004 Parent co wrote the book for the 1974 musical Lorelei It is her sole Broadway credit Parent s greatest success has been in television most notably with The Golden Girls and Tracey Ullman s sketch comedy series Tracey Takes On serving as a producer and writer for both She also wrote episodes of The Smothers Brothers Show The Carol Burnett Show Rhoda Steven Spielberg s Amazing Stories Babes of which she also served as series creator and Finder of Lost Loves and the musical variety special Sills and Burnett at the Met 1976 With Ann Marcus she co created the 1976 77 soap opera satire Mary Hartman Mary Hartman With Kenny Solms she created the 1970 situation comedy The Tim Conway Show Parent is the winner of a CableACE Award and two Emmys and has been nominated for an additional twelve Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards References Edit Gail Parent Biography 1940 Filmreference com Retrieved 2012 08 25 June Sochen 1 February 2012 Consecrate Every Day The Public Lives of Jewish American Women 1880 1980 SUNY Press p 90 ISBN 978 1 4384 2061 5 Gail Parent a good example of this approach can never rid herself of the Jewish parents External links EditGail Parent at IMDb Gail Parent at The Interviews An Oral History of Television Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gail Parent amp oldid 1100384729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
