Joseph Bologna

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Biography

Bologna writes for theater and TV with his wife, Renee Taylor; the duo co-adapted (from their own plays) "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970) and the 1989 feature, "It Had to Be You", which they co-directed. Taylor and Bologna also co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in "Love Is All There Is" (1995), a feature inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" about two feuding families whose children fall in love. The feature was shown out of …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

December 30, 1934

Career Milestones

2001

Co-wrote and co-starred in the Broadway play "If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Going With You"

2001

Directed wife in "An Evening With Golda Meir"

1999

Played Adam Sandler's father in "Big Daddy"

1982

Won acclaim for his performance as a Sid Caesar-like TV comic in "My Favorite Year"

1971

Film acting debut in "Made For Each Other"

1970

Screenwriting debut, "Lovers and Other Strangers"

Awards

1974

Primetime Emmy Award for Best Writing In Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music in Paradise

1973

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement In Comedy, Variety in Marlo Thomas in Acts of Love -- and Other Comedies

1970

Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay--Based On Material From Another Medium) in Lovers and Other Strangers