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.
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