Renee Taylor

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Biography

She first gained national attention as a semi-regular on "The Jack Paar Show". Her early roles were almost always near-stereotypical Jewish characters. Taylor made her film debut for Jerry Lewis in "The Errand Boy" (1961), and in 1968 was Jack Klugman's wife in "The Detective" who tried to distract him from his concentration with the offer of food. In 1977, Taylor appeared on the syndicated "Fernwood Tonight", the offspring of "Mary Hartman, …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Sound

Born

March 19, 1933

Career Milestones

1959

Frequent appearances on "The Jack Paar Show"

1961

Film acting debut, "The Errand Boy"

1970

First screenplay collaboration with Joseph Bologna, "Lovers and Other Strangers"

1972

TV acting debut, "The Trouble With People"

1973

TV writing debut, "Marlo Thomas in Acts of Love and Other Comedies"; also served as writer-producer on "Calucci's Department"

1977

Featured on "Fernwood Tonight" as Annabelle

1993

Played recurring role of Sylvia Fine on "The Nanny"

1995

Co-writer and co-director (with Bologna) of "Love Is All There Is" (shown out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival)

1996

Co-wrote and co-starred in stage play "Bermuda Avenue Triangle"

2001

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

2001

Premiered "An Evening With Golda Meir" at the newly dedicated Sid Caesar Theater in Huntington, Long Island; wrote and starred in the one-person show

2004

Starred in "Alfie" opposite Jude Law; a remake of the 1966 film

2004

Starred in the comedy "National Lampoon's Gold Diggers"

Awards

1970

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

1973

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

1974

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

1996

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in The Nanny