Winifred Hervey | |
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Born | |
Other names | Winifred Hervey-Stallworth |
Occupation(s) | Television producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1981–present |
Winifred Celeste Hervey (born May 14, 1955) is an American television producer and screenwriter. She is sometimes credited as Winifred Hervey Stallworth.
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Hervey began her career in the 1970s as a writer for The Garry Marshall Company where she wrote for the sitcoms Mork & Mindy and The New Odd Couple . During the 1980s, she wrote episodes of Benson and The Cosby Show . She also penned episodes of The Golden Girls , where she also served as co-producer. In 1987, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series while working on the series.
In the 1990s, she executive produced and wrote for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and In the House . [1] In 1996, she created, executive produced and served as head writer for The Steve Harvey Show . The series won three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2001, 2002, and 2003. [2] In 2002, she produced and wrote six episodes of the UPN series Half & Half for which she was nominated for a BET Comedy Award.
Year | Award | Result | Category | Series | Notes |
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1987 | Emmy Awards | Won | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Golden Girls | Shared with Barry Fanaro, Terry Grossman, Susan Harris, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer, Tony Thomas, Marsha Posner Williams, and Paul Junger Witt |
1988 | Nominated | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Golden Girls | Shared with Jeffrey Ferro, Barry Fanaro, Terry Grossman, Susan Harris, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer, Tony Thomas, Marsha Posner Williams, Fredric Weiss, and Paul Junger Witt | |
2005 | BET Comedy Awards | Nominated | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Half & Half | Shared with Yvette Lee Bowser, Michaela Feeley, Bill Fuller, Heather MacGillvray, Linda Mathious, David M. Matthews, David L. Moses, Temple Northup, Jim Pond, Beth Seriff, Geoff Tarson, Carla Banks-Waddles, Chauncey B. Raglin-Washington, and Jamie Wooten |
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