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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. 
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