Sherry Coben
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Sherry Coben (September 1953 – October 16, 2024) was an American writer who created the 1980s situation comedy Kate & Allie[1] and the webseries Little Women, Big Cars.[2]
Early life
Coben was born in September 1953.[3] She grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and attended Cherry Hill High School West,[4] graduating in 1971. She attended both Swarthmore College and Cornell University.[3]
Career
Coben started her media career in the art department at KYW-TV. Her first TV writing work was on the 1979-1980 children's show Hot Hero Sandwich, for which she received an Emmy Award. She then wrote for Ryan's Hope before selling her first pilot script, which became the series Kate & Allie.[3]
Personal life and death
Coben married film editor Pat McMahon.[3] Their long-distance relationship inspired Coben's second pilot, Love Long Distance, about a couple divided between Philadelphia and New York City;[5] the pilot was shot but not picked up for a series.[3]
Coben died from cancer at her home in New Milford, New Jersey, on October 16, 2024, at the age of 71.[6]
References
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- ↑ O'Connor, John J. "'Kate & Allie,' About 2 Divorced Women, On CBS", The New York Times, March 19, 1984. Accessed December 1, 2007. "Created by Sherry Coben, the series has been fortunate enough to attract some first-rate talent, in front of and behind the cameras."
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- ↑ Bianculli, David. "Kate/Allie Is Renewed, Creator Told", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 1984. Accessed October 19, 2024.
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