Bernard Slade

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Bernard Slade
Born
Bernard Slade Newbound
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 30, 2019(2019-10-30) (aged 89)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, playwright
Years active1960–2018
Notable workSame Time, Next Year,
The Flying Nun,
The Partridge Family
SpouseJill Foster (1953–2017; her death)

Bernard Slade Newbound (May 2, 1930 – October 30, 2019) was a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, he created the sitcoms The Flying Nun and The Partridge Family. As a playwright, he wrote Same Time, Next Year, Tribute, and Romantic Comedy and their film adaptations.

He received a

Oscar nomination for the screen adaptation
.

Early years

Slade was born in

Trans Canada Airlines for a while before he went into acting as a career.[4]

Career

Slade began his career as an actor in

sitcoms, including Bewitched (including the 7th episode, "The Witches Are Out," which introduced Aunt Clara). When ABC gave him the opportunity to create a series, he devised Love on a Rooftop, similar in theme to Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, about a young couple living in a windowless walk-up apartment with access to a rooftop with a view of San Francisco
.

The following year, Slade developed

Cowsills, and Bridget Loves Bernie, inspired by the play Abie's Irish Rose. He also wrote the script to the 1972 Columbia Pictures film Stand Up and Be Counted, directed by Jackie Cooper and starring Jacqueline Bisset, in which the Helen Reddy song "I Am Woman" was first introduced. The last show he created for Screen Gems before it changed its name to Columbia Pictures Television was The Girl with Something Extra
.

Despite his success in television, Slade returned to the theater in 1975 with his play

Tony Award
nomination for Best Play.

In 1978, he followed with

Oscar for his screen adaptation of Same Time, Next Year.[6][7]

Book

Slade wrote an autobiography, Shared Laughter, published by Key Porter Books.[8]

Personal life

Slade was married to actress Jill Foster from July 25, 1953 until her death on March 24, 2017.[9][4] They had two children: Laurie Newbound and Christopher Newbound.[9] Slade died from Lewy body dementia at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on October 30, 2019, at the age of 89.[3]

Film

Television

Theatre

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780802040718
    . Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. Newspapers.com
    .
  3. ^
    HollywoodReporter.com
    . Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  4. ^
    Newspapers.com
    .
  5. ^ a b c d "("Bernard Slade" search results)". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Broadway Playwright Bernard Slade Passes Away at 89". Broadway World. October 30, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  7. ^ (Search: 'Slade, Bernard'). Academy Awards Database. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 24, 2019. Results: "1978 (51st). Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -- Same Time, Next Year".
  8. Newspapers.com
    .
  9. ^ a b Gerace, Adam. "Jill Foster 1930-2017". AdamGerace.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

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