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(1926-2020) Playwright, screenwriter. Murray Schisgal was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Port Chester, New York.

Full Name

Murray Schisgal

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Schisgal attended Long Island University for two years.

1926

BIRTH

Murray Joseph Schisgal was born in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York, on November 25, 1926.

1953

OTHER

Mr. Schisgal earned a bachelor of laws degree at Brooklyn Law School in 1953.

1956

OTHER

Mr. Schisgal practiced law in Lower Manhattan until 1956 and then taught English at James Fenimore Cooper Junior High School in East Harlem.

1959

OTHER

He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the New School for Social Research in 1959.

1964

LITWORK

Luv
Coward - McCann, Inc. (1965)

Play.

1967

LITWORK

The Tiger Makes Out


Screenplay.

1968

LITWORK

Jimmy Shine
Atheneum (1969)

Play.

1975

LITWORK

All Over Town
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
0822200171 / 978-0822200178
Play.

1975

LITWORK

An American Millionaire
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Play.

1980

LITWORK

The Pushcart Peddlers, The Flatulist and Other Plays
Dramatists Play Service

Plays.

1982

LITWORK

Tootsie


Murray Schisgal and Larry Gelbart wrote the screenplay for the film, "Tootsie."

1998

LITWORK

The Typists & The Tiger
Dramatists Play Service
0822211505 / 978-0822211501
Plays.

1998

LITWORK

The Chinese and Dr. Fish
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Play.

1998

LITWORK

Popkins
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
0822209055 / 978-0822209058
Play.

2020

DEATH

Murray Schisgal died in Port Chester, New York, on October 1, 2020.

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