Nate Monaster

Nathan Monaster (September 22, 1911 - May 12, 1990) was an American screenwriter. He was nominated for an Oscar for Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink and a win for Pillow Talk, and Mink won him the Writers Guild of America Award win for Best Written American Comedy, which he shared with his partner Stanley Shapiro.^[1]

Life and career[]

Monaster was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career in radio, as writing for Duffy's Tavern and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, in the 1950s.^[2]

Later in his career, Monaster wrote for television, as his credits includes, The Donna Reed Show, Bachelor Father, The Milton Berle Show, The Real McCoys and Hey, Jeannie!. Monaster had also taught a writing class at San Diego, California, where he taught about writing and had Gary David Goldberg in his class. He kicked Goldberg out of the class, when Monaster saw his work, as saying, "I have nothing to teach you".^[3]

Monaster was president of Writers Guild of America from (1963-1965).^[4] He wrote an Broadway play in 1964, Something More!, which was based on the 1962 novel Portofino P.T.A., by Gerald Green.^[5] Monaster also teleplayed and wrote the 1969 television film Three's a Crowd with Harry Winkler, which starred Larry Hagman, Jessica Walter and E. J. Peaker.^[6]

Death[]

Monaster died of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 78.^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Nate Monaster at IMDb
• Nate Monaster at the Internet Broadway Database
• Rotten Tomatoes profile