Austin Kalish
{{short description|American producer and screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Austin Kalish
|birth_name = Austin Roy Kalish
|birth_date = {{birth date|1921|02|03}}
|birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|05|1921|02|03}}
|death_place = Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
|occupation = Producer, screenwriter
|spouse = {{marriage|Irma Kalish|1948}}
|children = 2; including Bruce Kalish
|alma mater = New York University
}}
Austin Roy Kalish (February 3, 1921 – October 5, 2016) was an American producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Kalish was born in The Bronx, New York, the son of Helen and Milton, a salesman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/arts/television/austin-kalish-dead.html|title=Austin Kalish, a Writer of 'Maude' Abortion Episode, Dies at 95|first=Anita|last=Gates|work=The New York Times|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2021}} He attended New York University, and later served in World War II.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/legendary-tv-writer-austin-kalish-dies-at-95-1201832358/|title=Austin Kalish Dies: Legendary Sitcom Writer Was 95|first=Ross|last=Lincoln|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 6, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2021}} After World War II ended, Kalish began writing jokes for comedians.
Kalish began his career writing for The Martin and Lewis Show, with his wife, Irma. They later collaborated on producing and writing for television programs, including Too Close for Comfort, All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show, Good Times, My Favorite Martian, Maude, I Dream of Jeannie, F Troop and Family Affair.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Drl_C7fGGkC&pg=PA9|title=Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers|first=Scott|last=Lewellen|publisher=McFarland|page=9|date=February 1, 2013|isbn=978-1476602257|via=Google Books}}
Personal life
Kalish was married to Irma Kalish from 1948, They had a son, comedy writer Bruce Kalish, and a daughter Nancy Biederman, who died in 2016 of leukemia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nancy-biederman-motion-picture-television-fund-advocate-dies/|title=Nancy Biederman, Motion Picture & Television Fund Advocate, Dies of Leukemia|first=Beatrice|last=Verhoeven|work=TheWrap|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2021}}
Death
Kalish died in October 2016 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 95.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/austin-kalish-dead-sitcom-writer-935920/|title=Austin 'Rocky' Kalish, Prolific Sitcom Writer, Dies at 95|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=October 6, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/austin-kalish-dead-dies-all-in-the-family-maude-1201880577/|title='All in the Family,' 'Maude' Writer Austin Kalish Dies at 95|author=Variety Staff|work=Variety|date=October 6, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0435886}}
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170941721/austin-kalish Austin Kalish] at Find a Grave
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Category:Television producers from New York (state)
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American television writers
Category:American male television writers
Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)
Category:American comedy writers
Category:New York University alumni