Norman Lear
Biography
Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was a legendary American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude. As a political activist, he founded the advocacy organization People for the American Way in 1981 and has supported First Amendment rights and progressive causes. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Enie/Jeanette (Sokolovsky) and Hyman "Herman" Lear, a traveling salesman. His grandpa...
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Norman Milton Lear
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Norman Lear's Movies
"Sr."
02 Sept 2022
Lucy and Desi
21 Jan 2022
Casting By
01 Nov 2012
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
22 May 2019
Cold Turkey
19 Feb 1971
The Super Bob Einstein Movie
28 Dec 2021
Being Mary Tyler Moore
13 Mar 2023
Come Blow Your Horn
05 Jun 1963
The Brothers Warner
16 Oct 2008
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
18 Jun 2021
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
21 Jan 2016
Dean Martin: King of Cool
14 Nov 2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
18 Dec 2019
Color Adjustment
29 Jan 1992
I Want My MTV
01 May 2019
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
04 Dec 2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
19 May 2017
Pablo
17 Oct 2012
Pioneers in Skirts
15 Oct 2022
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
07 Dec 2021
Norman Lear's TV Shows
The Simpsons
17 Dec 1989
South Park
13 Aug 1997
The Daily Show
22 Jul 1996
Saturday Night Live
11 Oct 1975
Late Night with Seth Meyers
25 Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
01 Oct 1962
E! True Hollywood Story
21 Aug 1996
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
20 Apr 2015
JANET JACKSON.
28 Jan 2022
The Dick Cavett Show
06 Jun 1968
Finding Your Roots
24 Mar 2012
Visible: Out on Television
14 Feb 2020
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
05 Jan 1976
Good Times
12 Apr 2024
Jack & Bobby
12 Sept 2004
To Tell the Truth
14 Jun 2016
The Mike Douglas Show
11 Dec 1961
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
09 Sept 2025
Intimate Portrait
14 Nov 1993
America Divided
29 Oct 2016