Trivia

Brilliant Emmy-winning television comedy writer, she either wrote or co-wrote every episode of her series Soap (1977). According to a documentary on The Golden Girls (1985), the only reason she did not take more of an active role in the production of the latter series once she created it is because she suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

She has one child with actor Berkeley Harris, Sam Harris, born in 1967, who is a world renowned author and neuroscientist whose latest book is 'Free Will' (2012).

Stepsister of George Segal.

The Writers Guild of America awarded her as the recipient of its Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television in 2005.

She studied English Literature at Cornell and New York University.

Also created Nurses (1991), a third installment in the franchise that started with "The Golden Girls" and "Empty Nest". This series is completely located in the hospital and stars mainly nurses, but also orderlies and an administrator.

She was inducted into the Museum of Television and Radio.

Her shows usually feature a character who likes to impart wisdom through stories. (The Governor on Benson (1979), Rose and Sophia on The Golden Girls (1985)).