Gail Parent
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Gail Parent | |
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| Born | Gail Kostner August 12, 1940 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, television producer |
Gail Parent (born August 12, 1940) is an American television screenwriter, producer, and author.
Life and career
Parent was born Gail Kostner in New York City, New York, the daughter of Ruth (née Goldberg) and Theodore Kostner, a Wall Street executive.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 KNBC-TV.[3]
Parent is the winner of a
Writers Guild of America Awards
.
References
- ^ "Gail Parent Biography (1940-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ISBN 978-1-4384-2061-5.
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- ^ KELLY & GAIL Talk Show: Best of Moments!. Gail Parent. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via YouTube.
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