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    • Herb Gardner

    American artist, playwright, and screenwriter (–)

    For the British politician, see Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere.

    Not to be confused with Herb Gardiner.

    Herb Gardner

    Born

    Herbert George Gardner


    ()December 28,

    New York City, US

    DiedSeptember 24, () (aged&#;68)

    New York City, US

    EducationCarnegie Mellon University
    Antioch College
    Spouse(s)Rita Gardner (m.

    , div. )
    Barbara Sproul (m. –his death)

    Children2

    Herbert George Gardner (December 28, &#; September 24, ) was an American commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter.[1]

    Early life

    Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gardner was the son of a bar owner.[2] His late brother, Robert Allen Gardner, [3] was a professor of comparative psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno and is famous for teaming with his wife Beatrix Gardner on Project Washoe, the attempt to teach American Sign Language to a chimpanzee named Washoe.[4]

    Comic strip

    Gardner was educated at New York's High School of Performing Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University and Antioch College.

    While a student at Antioch, he began drawing The Nebbishes.

    Herb gardner biography More summaries and resources for teaching or studying A Thousand Clowns. New York Times. They remained married until his death. Critical Essay 1.

    The comic strip was picked up by the Chicago Tribune and syndicated to major newspapers from to Even before syndication, the Gardner characters were a national craze, marketed on statuettes, studio cards, barware (including cocktail napkins), wall decorations and posters. In , after "the balloons were getting larger and larger, and there was hardly any drawing left", he dropped it and began writing plays.

    Plays and films

    Gardner is best known for his play A Thousand Clowns, which ran for performances. He received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay for the successful movie adaptation. The play was revived in and Both the play and the movie starred Jason Robards, Jr. as Murray Burns, a charming, unemployed children's show writer, who is forced to choose between social conformity and the probable loss of custody of his year-old nephew to the Child Welfare Bureau.

    Herb gardner biography death I feel A Thousand Clowns is his masterpiece. Herb Gardner. Novel [ edit ]. Gardner is survived by his wife, Barbara C.

    The Robards character was in part based on Gardner's friend at that time, humorist Jean Shepherd. In , Robards wrote:

    I feel A Thousand Clowns is his masterpiece. It is a real human comedy of poignancy and laughter, with all of humanity's foibles and eccentricities. There is a great depth of love and understanding for all in this play.

    There are great life lessons to learn daily, which I find myself still doing. For Herb Gardner to have written this play in his early twenties is a miracle.

    Gardner's biggest commercial success was the play I'm Not Rappaport, which ran for two years, won the Tony Award for Best Play and became the basis for a movie.

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    Other Broadway credits include The Goodbye People (), Thieves (), and Conversations with My Father (). He collaborated with Jule Styne on the ill-fated musical One Night Stand.[citation needed]

    Novel

    Gardner's autobiographical novel, A Piece of the Action, was published in Gardner was the screenwriter and co-producer of the motion picture Who Is Harry Kellerman, and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, which starred Dustin Hoffman.

    Gardner made a brief screen appearance as Rabbi Pierce in the motion picture Ishtar.

    Personal life

    Gardner married his first wife, actress Rita Gardner (née Schier), in The marriage ended in divorce in [5]

    In the late s and early s, he was the boyfriend of actress Marlo Thomas.[6]

    In Gardner married Barbara Sproul, professor of religion at Hunter College, with whom he raised two adopted sons, Jake Gardner and Rafferty Gardner.

    They remained married until his death.[7]

    Death

    Gardner died in his Manhattan apartment from complications of lung disease on September 25, , aged [1][7]

    References

    1. ^ abDouglas Martin (September 26, ).

      "Herb Gardner, 68, a Playwright Who Created Quirky Souls". The New York Times. p.&#;A Retrieved July 4,

    2. ^Herb Gardner profile, ; accessed June 13,
    3. ^R.

      Anthony shaffer Topics for Further Study. Wikidata item. The marriage ended in divorce in All rights reserved.

      Allen Gardner, 91, Dies; Taught Sign Language to a Chimp Named Washoe, ; accessed October 10,

    4. ^Washoe, a Chimp of Many Words, Dies at 42, ; accessed October 10,
    5. ^"Rita Gardner Dead". New York Times. September 28, Retrieved September 28,
    6. ^Kelly, Katie (March 11, ). "Marlo Thomas: 'My Whole Life I've Had My Dukes Up".

      The New York Times.

    7. Rita gardner
    8. Herb gardner biography wife
    9. Herb gardner and marlo thomas

      10. Retrieved January 2,

    10. ^ ab"Obituary: Herb Gardner ". The Comics Reporter. October 30, Retrieved June 14,

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