Nate Monaster

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Nate Monaster
Born
Nathan Monaster

(1911-09-22)September 22, 1911
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 12, 1990(1990-05-12) (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseGladys Monaster
Children3

Nathan Monaster (September 22, 1911 - May 12, 1990) was an American scriptwriter. He wrote for radio, television, film and stage, and was president of Writers Guild of America from 1963 to 1965. The 1962 comedy That Touch of Mink , which he co-wrote with Stanley Shapiro, won the Writers Guild of America Award win for Best Written American Comedy, [1] and was nominated for an Academy Award. [2]

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Life and career

Monaster was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He started his career writing for radio shows such as Duffy's Tavern and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show . [1] [3] He then moved into work on television shows including The Donna Reed Show , Bachelor Father , The Milton Berle Show , The Real McCoys and Hey, Jeannie! . [1] Monaster also taught writing at San Diego State University, where he taught Gary David Goldberg whose early career he encouraged. [3] [4]

Monaster was president of Writers Guild of America from 1963 to 1965. [5] He wrote a Broadway play in 1964, Something More! , which was based on the 1962 novel Portofino P.T.A., by Gerald Green. [6] Working with Harry Winkler, Monaster also wrote the 1969 television film Three's a Crowd , which starred Larry Hagman, Jessica Walter and E. J. Peaker. [7]

Monaster died of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 78. [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Nathan Monaster; TV, Film Writer". Los Angeles Times . 18 May 1990. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Sit, Ubu, Sit. Crown. February 5, 2008. p. 103. ISBN   9780307407405.
  4. ↑ "Gary David Goldberg dies at 68; producer of sitcom 'Family Ties'" . Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nate Monaster" . Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Theater: 'Something More!,' a Musical, Opens; Arthur Hill and Barbara Cook at the O'Neill". The New York Times. 11 November 1964. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ The ABC Movie of the Week. Scarescrow Press. August 22, 2013. p. 325. ISBN   9780810891579.
  8. ↑ "Mathan Monaster, Scriptwriter, 74". The New York Times. 19 May 1990. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
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