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Norman Lear

Norman Lear was an American television producer, screenwriter, film producer, businessperson, actor and showrunner (1922–2023). He was born at New Haven and died at Los Angeles.

Also recorded as Norman Milton Lear.

Norman Lear in brief

Born
1922
Died
2023
Known for
television producer, screenwriter, film producer, businessperson, actor, showrunner and film director
Place of birth
New Haven
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Career and activity

His work is associated with environmentalism and progressivism in the United States.

He belonged to Writers Guild of America West.

Recognition and collections

Norman Lear received Peabody Awards, National Medal of Arts, Air Medal, Marian Anderson Award, Lucy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1841 to 1868.

Archie Bunker. All in the Family. Maude. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Sanford and Son. The Deputy. Archie Bunker's Place. 704 Hauser. All's Fair. George Jefferson. America 2-Night. Edith Bunker. Fernwood 2 Night. Fred G. Sanford. Louise Jefferson. Michael Stivic. Sunday Dinner. All That Glitters. Esther Anderson. Even This I Get to Experience. Gloria Poses in the Nude. Geri's Jewels & Gems. Declare yourself. Being God's Partner. The Princess Bride: A Celebration. Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar. The Jeffersons. Meet the Bunkers. La Piana, dated 1868, watercolor and pen and brush and brown ink, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1967.19. Collepardo, dated 1841, tint lithograph on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.734.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Norman Lear Complete Filmography, Norman Lear, 2025. Norman Lear Complete Filmography, Norman Lear, 2024. Norman Lear, Sitcom Writers Talk Shop, 2018. Norman Lear, 2024. Norman Lear, 2025. 'All in the Seventies'. Riflessioni sul cronotopo della sitcom e la rappresentazione mimetica della contemporaneità, Between, 2016. E-cigarette imagery in Netflix scripted television and movies popular among young adults: A content analysis, Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

TAT Communications Company Logo (Original) (1980) — Internet Archive. Happy Birthday, Pop (1972) — Internet Archive. Forever Fernwood #130 (Final Episode) (1978) — Internet Archive. All In The Family: The Complete Fourth Season (2005) — Internet Archive. TV Or Not TV (1972) — Internet Archive. Different Strokes Season 4 Episode 11 (1982) — Internet Archive. 1975 SEP 22 Archie Bunker On Cave Women, Cave Men & First Fags ( S 06 E 03 Archie The Donor) (1975) — Internet Archive. All in the Family — Internet Archive. The Barracuda (1972) — Internet Archive. A Matter Of Life And Breath (1972) — Internet Archive. 1971 FEB 09 England Is A Fag Country; According Archie Bunker (1971) — Internet Archive. 1973 OCT 06 Why The French Lost WWII; According Archie Bunker (1973) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 25 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Norman Lear studied at Emerson College. the recorded working language is English.

The authority associates the name with environmentalism and progressivism in the United States.

Membership is recorded of Writers Guild of America West.

Distinctions recorded are Peabody Awards, National Medal of Arts, Air Medal and Marian Anderson Award.

Chronology

  1. 1922Norman Lear born at New Haven.
  2. 1972Happy Birthday, Pop digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1972TV Or Not TV digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1978Forever Fernwood #130 (Final Episode) digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1980TAT Communications Company Logo (Original) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1982Different Strokes Season 4 Episode 11 digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2005All In The Family: The Complete Fourth Season digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2023Norman Lear died at Los Angeles.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Norman Lear”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1270283: Norman Lear

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