Person Detail: Murray Schisgal

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General Information:
Full Name: Murray Schisgal
Biography: (1926-2020) Playwright, screenwriter. Murray Schisgal was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Port Chester, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1926		Kings County Murray Joseph Schisgal was born in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York, on November 25, 1926.
1953		Kings County Mr. Schisgal earned a bachelor of laws degree at Brooklyn Law School in 1953.
1956		New York County Mr. Schisgal practiced law in Lower Manhattan until 1956 and then taught English at James Fenimore Cooper Junior High School in East Harlem.
1980		(Unknown) County The Pushcart Peddlers, The Flatulist and Other Plays (Pub: Dramatists Play Service ISBN: ) Plays.
1964		(Unknown) County Luv (Pub: Coward - McCann, Inc. (1965) ISBN: ) Play.
1982		(Unknown) County Tootsie Murray Schisgal and Larry Gelbart wrote the screenplay for the film, "Tootsie."
1968		(Unknown) County Jimmy Shine (Pub: Atheneum (1969) ISBN: ) Play.
1975		(Unknown) County All Over Town (Pub: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: 0822200171 / 978-0822200178 ) Play.
1967		(Unknown) County The Tiger Makes Out Screenplay.
1998		(Unknown) County The Typists & The Tiger (Pub: Dramatists Play Service ISBN: 0822211505 / 978-0822211501 ) Plays.
1998		(Unknown) County The Chinese and Dr. Fish (Pub: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: ) Play.
1998		(Unknown) County Popkins (Pub: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: 0822209055 / 978-0822209058 ) Play.
1975		(Unknown) County An American Millionaire (Pub: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: ) Play.
2020		Westchester County Murray Schisgal died in Port Chester, New York, on October 1, 2020.
1959		New York County He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the New School for Social Research in 1959.
?		Nassau County Mr. Schisgal attended Long Island University for two years.