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Barbara Avedon(1930-1994)

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Barbara Avedon was born on 29 June 1930 in New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), Screen Directors Playhouse (1955) and That Girl (1966). She died on 31 August 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 29, 1930
DiedAugust 31, 1994(64)
BornJune 29, 1930
DiedAugust 31, 1994(64)
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Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)
Cagney & Lacey
6.9
TV Series
  • Writer
Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
Screen Directors Playhouse
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer(as Barbara Hammer)
Marlo Thomas in That Girl (1966)
That Girl
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
Bewitched
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer

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Writer

  • Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions (1996)
    Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • characters
    • 1996
  • Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995)
    Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • characters
    • 1995
  • Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995)
    Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • characters
    • 1995
  • Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
    Cagney & Lacey: The Return
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • characters
    • 1994
  • Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)
    Cagney & Lacey
    6.9
    TV Series
    • created by
    • story by
    • written by (creator) ...
    • 1981–1988
  • This Girl for Hire (1983)
    This Girl for Hire
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1983
  • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
    Trapper John, M.D.
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Writer (as Barbara Hammer Avedon)
    • 1981
  • Turnabout (1979)
    Turnabout
    6.0
    TV Mini Series
    • written by
    • 1979
  • Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978)
    Grandpa Goes to Washington
    7.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1979
  • ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
    ABC Weekend Specials
    7.7
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • 1978
  • Abe Vigoda, Todd Bridges, Len Bari, John Cassisi, Barry Gordon, Denise Miller, Sarah Natoli, and Florence Stanley in Fish (1977)
    Fish
    6.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • teleplay
    • 1977
  • Trisha Noble in Executive Suite (1976)
    Executive Suite
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976
  • Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman (1975)
    Wonder Woman
    7.0
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1976
  • James Daly in Medical Center (1969)
    Medical Center
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1975
  • Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)
    Maude
    7.3
    TV Series
    • story by
    • 1974

Additional Crew

  • Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)
    Cagney & Lacey
    6.9
    TV Series
    • executive consultant
    • executive story consultant
    • 1982–1983
  • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
    Trapper John, M.D.
    6.6
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1981
  • Abe Vigoda, Todd Bridges, Len Bari, John Cassisi, Barry Gordon, Denise Miller, Sarah Natoli, and Florence Stanley in Fish (1977)
    Fish
    6.4
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • 1977

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Barbara Hammer Avedon
  • Born
    • June 29, 1930
    • New York, USA
  • Died
    • August 31, 1994
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Other works
    In 1965, she co-wrote the teleplay for an unsold pilot for a proposed NBC comedy series called "The Barbara Rush Show" about a mother who works as a stenographer to help pay her husband's tuition for medical school.

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  • Trivia
    Co-Chairman of Another Mother for Peace whose slogan was, "War is not healthy for children and other living things."

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