Jane Milmore, a showrunner and Emmy-nominated writer who was a scribe on sitcoms including The Hughleys, Martin and The Wayans Bros, died Tuesday after a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 64.
A showrunner with more than 300 hours of TV comedy to her credit, Milmore created and developed shows for Brooke Shields, Don Rickles, Olympia Dukakis and the Wayans brothers and wrote and produced for Bob Newhart, D.L. Hughley, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis, John Goodman, Andrew Dice Clay and Martin Lawrence among others.
Milmore and her writing partner, Billy Van Zandt, were Emmy-nominated for 1990’s I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, and she won a People’s Choice Award and an NAACP Image Award for Martin and a Prism Award for The Hughleys. She co-created with Van Zandt Daddy Dearest, the 1993 sitcom starring Lewis and Rickles, and also appeared as an actress in more than a dozen TV shows.
A showrunner with more than 300 hours of TV comedy to her credit, Milmore created and developed shows for Brooke Shields, Don Rickles, Olympia Dukakis and the Wayans brothers and wrote and produced for Bob Newhart, D.L. Hughley, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis, John Goodman, Andrew Dice Clay and Martin Lawrence among others.
Milmore and her writing partner, Billy Van Zandt, were Emmy-nominated for 1990’s I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, and she won a People’s Choice Award and an NAACP Image Award for Martin and a Prism Award for The Hughleys. She co-created with Van Zandt Daddy Dearest, the 1993 sitcom starring Lewis and Rickles, and also appeared as an actress in more than a dozen TV shows.
- 2/5/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Milmore, who co-created the Don Rickles-Richard Lewis sitcom Daddy Dearest and wrote and produced for such shows as Martin, The Wayans Bros. and The Hughleys, has died. She was 64.
Milmore died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer, a publicist announced.
She and Billy Van Zandt were writing partners of 46 years; in addition to creating Fox's Daddy Dearest, which lasted just a handful of episodes in 1993, they worked on Martin, The Wayans Bros., The Hughleys, Anything But Love, Suddenly Susan, Yes, Dear, Center of the Universe and other shows.
The pair ...
Milmore died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer, a publicist announced.
She and Billy Van Zandt were writing partners of 46 years; in addition to creating Fox's Daddy Dearest, which lasted just a handful of episodes in 1993, they worked on Martin, The Wayans Bros., The Hughleys, Anything But Love, Suddenly Susan, Yes, Dear, Center of the Universe and other shows.
The pair ...
Jane Milmore, who co-created the Don Rickles-Richard Lewis sitcom Daddy Dearest and wrote and produced for such shows as Martin, The Wayans Bros. and The Hughleys, has died. She was 64.
Milmore died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer, a publicist announced.
She and Billy Van Zandt were writing partners of 46 years; in addition to creating Fox's Daddy Dearest, which lasted just a handful of episodes in 1993, they worked on Martin, The Wayans Bros., The Hughleys, Anything But Love, Suddenly Susan, Yes, Dear, Center of the Universe and other shows.
The pair ...
Milmore died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer, a publicist announced.
She and Billy Van Zandt were writing partners of 46 years; in addition to creating Fox's Daddy Dearest, which lasted just a handful of episodes in 1993, they worked on Martin, The Wayans Bros., The Hughleys, Anything But Love, Suddenly Susan, Yes, Dear, Center of the Universe and other shows.
The pair ...
Have you ever clicked ‘reply all’ instead of ‘reply?’ Maybe, maybe not, but I’d like to bet most of you have sent an e-mail and regretted clicking ’send’ so abruptly. Perhaps you caught a spelling error in the subject just after you committed or maybe the regret came a few minutes later, after you’ve had enough time to consider and question your choice of words. While most of us opt to keep the resulting embarrassment or lament behind the computer screen, Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore are going a different route; they’re using these e-mails to tell a story on the stage. After two successful performances at The Triad in [...]...
- 9/22/2010
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
The Hudson Players are pleased to announce the cast of the laugh-packed comedy farce - Lie, Cheat & Genuflect, written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. The show, which opens November 6,is the first in their 65th anniversary season which is sponsored in part by The Hudson Community Foundation and The Hudson Rotary.
According to The Players, the play offers an opportunity for those that just want to get out and laugh in a very light hearted fun filled evening.
Lie, Cheat & Genuflect tells the story of the Buckle brothers who spend all the money they have playing the horses which forces them to borrow money from a loan shark, Pizza Face Petrillo who now he wants his money-or else! When the brothers' rich grandfather passes away they devise a scheme to somehow get some money they know they won't inherit. Add a stuffy lawyer, a nun costume, a hard-drinking,...
According to The Players, the play offers an opportunity for those that just want to get out and laugh in a very light hearted fun filled evening.
Lie, Cheat & Genuflect tells the story of the Buckle brothers who spend all the money they have playing the horses which forces them to borrow money from a loan shark, Pizza Face Petrillo who now he wants his money-or else! When the brothers' rich grandfather passes away they devise a scheme to somehow get some money they know they won't inherit. Add a stuffy lawyer, a nun costume, a hard-drinking,...
- 11/6/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Laughter, song, and dance rule the evening when Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore present their newest comedy, High School Reunion: The Musical at the Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center in Lincroft. Weekend performance dates for the premiere engagement are May 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 & 30 at 8:00 p.m., and May 24 & 30 at 3:00 p.m. A special 8:00 p.m. performance on Thursday, May 28 will be followed by a Q&A session with the authors and cast. Parking Lot #2 is most convenient.
- 5/13/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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