Tracy Newman
Tracy Newman | |
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Born | 1943 (age 77–78)[citation needed] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, director, producer, singer-songwriter |
Children | Charlotte Dean |
Awards | Primetime Emmy Award Peabody Award |
Tracy Ann Newman (born 1943) is an American television producer, writer and musician. Newman is a founding member of the improvisational theater troupe The Groundlings (as is her sister, Laraine Newman). She was co-creator and executive producer of the sitcom According to Jim (2001–2009). She is also a singer-songwriter, as well as an original member of The New Christy Minstrels[1] and lead singer of Tracy Newman and The Reinforcements. She is the mother of artist/writer Charlotte Dean, with whom she co-directs the live comedy show Charlotte's Shorts.[2]
TV career[]
With writing partner Jonathan Stark, Tracy's credits include Cheers, The Nanny, The Drew Carey Show and Ellen for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for co-writing "The Puppy Episode".[3] and a Peabody Award. In 2001, Newman and Stark created the sitcom According to Jim starring Jim Belushi.
Music career[]
Newman is the lead singer/songwriter of the folk music band Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements. In 2007, she released the album A Place in the Sun.[4] Her second album, I Just See You, was released in 2012.[5] Her third album, I Can Swing Forever, was released in 2014. It is for children and was released with a coloring book done by her daughter, Charlotte Dean.
Radio and podcast appearances[]
Newman appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on October 11, 2016. On August 15, 2019, Newman guested on Mark Malkoff's The Carson Podcast.
Filmography[]
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"Cripple Creek" with Tracy Newman on the 5-string banjo, Brooklyn College and Tracy Newman |
- What’s New (1965) (TV, Filmed at Brooklyn College) (WNET)
- They Came from Outer Space (1990) (TV)
- Cheers (1991–1992) (TV)
- Bob (1992–1993) (TV)
- The Nanny (1994) (TV)
- The Barefoot Executive (with Jonathan Stark and Tim Doyle) (1995) (TV)
- Ellen (1995–1997) (TV)
- Hiller and Diller (1998) (TV)
- The Drew Carey Show (1999) (TV)
- According to Jim (2001–2009) (TV) (Creator)
Discography[]
- A Place in the Sun
- I Just See You
- I Can Swing Forever
- Shoebox Town
- Sing With Me
- That's What Love Can Do to Your Heart
References[]
- ^ "Interview: Guitar Girl Magazine".
- ^ http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/live_from_hillel_its_laraine_20030124/
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for Tracy Newman". Primetime Emmy® Award Database. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ A Place in the Sun, Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements © Copyright-Tracy Newman (837101349987) Record Label: Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements
- ^ I Just See You, Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements
External links[]
- Living people
- 1943 births
- People from Los Angeles
- Screenwriters from Arizona
- Screenwriters from California
- Songwriters from California
- Television producers from California
- American singer-songwriters
- American television writers
- American women television producers
- American women television writers
- Jewish American screenwriters
- Jewish American songwriters
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- University of Arizona alumni
- The New Christy Minstrels members