Elaine Pope

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Elaine Pope
Born1951or1952(age 73–74)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Writer
  • film producer
Relatives Carole Pope (sister)

Elaine Pope (born 1951or1952) [1] is a Canadian writer and film producer. Born in Montreal, Quebec, [2] Pope was writing for CBC Radio by the late 1970s, [3] later writing TV specials for Lily Tomlin, including the 1981 TV special Lily: Sold Out, as well as the ABC-TV live sketch-comedy show Fridays (a rival of Saturday Night Live ) and the HBO series Not Necessarily the News .

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Pope won an Emmy Award for co-writing the episode "The Fix-Up" for the TV series Seinfeld [4] [5] and was the producer and co-writer for the 2004 remake of Alfie starring Jude Law. [6]

Personal life

Pope's sister is rock singer Carole Pope. [2]

References

  1. "In 1 Hour, 100 Propositions". The Toronto Star . May 1, 1978. p. C1. Retrieved May 14, 2025. ...Elaine Pope, 26...It's a 12-minute walk to her job at the CBC...
  2. 1 2 Stone, Jay (November 4, 2004). "Relating to Alfie the Cad". The Ottawa Citizen . p. E1.
  3. "At Home". The Toronto Star . November 15, 1979. p. F15. Retrieved May 14, 2025. CBC Radio kicks off another comedy...written by Elaine Pope and Barbara Nichol.
  4. Variety Staff (December 17, 2001). "Fran Drescher, Diane Keaton, Bill Robinson, Elaine Pope". Variety .
  5. "Elaine Pope". Made in Atlantis.
  6. Dargis, Manohla (November 5, 2004). "Film Review; A Modern-Day Charmer Who Lives for the Chase". The New York Times . Retrieved July 11, 2010.