Sally Lapiduss
Sally Lapiduss | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 64–65) |
| Occupation | Television producer, television writer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Sally Lapiduss (born c. 1956)[citation needed] is an American television producer and writer.
Her credits include Charles in Charge, Family Matters, Mad About You, Ellen, The Nanny, Caroline in the City, Farscape, Titus, The Tracy Morgan Show and Hannah Montana. She was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on the latter series, as a part of the producing and writing team.[1]
She is the sister of fellow producer and writer Maxine Lapiduss. Both sisters are openly lesbian.[2] In the first few years of her career she worked with Pamela Eells O'Connell until 1995.
Lapiduss is a 1974 graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh and worked at the Pittsburgh Public Theater in the late 1970s when she was "discovered" by Katharine Hepburn when she arrived in town to see a production of the Seagull, Lapiduss became Hepburn's assistant.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for Sally Lapiduss". Primetime Emmy® Award Database. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ The Advocate: "Theater: Primetime Live" Sep 30, 1997 found via Google Books
- ^ "On Stage: Kate Hepburn, Richard Rauh and old Nixon".
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