Bernard Slade

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AKA: Bernard Newbound
Nationality: Canadian
Birthdate: 05/02/1930
Birthplace: St Catherines, Ontario, Canada

biography

Bernard Slade was a writer who proved you cannot typecast. He went from creating and writing some of the frothiest, silliest sitcoms in American TV history, (e.g., "The Flying Nun", "The Partridge Family") to writing insightful, thoughtful Broadway plays about relationships and love (e.g., "Same Time, Next Year", "Tribute").

Slade began his career as an actor in his native Canada, performing with the Garden Center Theatre in Vineland, Ontario. By 1954, he was producing plays for the theater as well. Within a few years he was penning episodes of anthology programs produced by the Canadian Continued

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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Was actor with the Garden Center Theatre, Vineland, Ontario, Canada
1954 
Produced 25 plays for Garden Center Theatre
1957 
Wrote 15 episodes of anthology series for the Candian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
1957 
Had first teleplay produced in USA on "U.S. Steel Hour"
1959 
Had first play, "Simon Says, Get Married", produced in Canada
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