Joseph Bologna

About Joseph Bologna

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 competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Partners

Wife

Renee Taylor. married on August 6, 1965

Education

Brown University, Providence , Rhode Island

Career Milestones

1970

Screenwriting debut, "Lovers and Other Strangers"

1971

Film acting debut in "Made For Each Other"

1982

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

1999

Played Adam Sandler's father in "Big Daddy"

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"