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Emily Marshall(1943-2023)

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Emily Marshall was born on 24 March 1943 in Columbus, Ohio. She was a writer and producer, known for Coming of Age (1988), Designing Women (1986) and Rhoda (1974). She was married to Doc Severinsen. She died on 17 March 2023 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
BornMarch 24, 1943
DiedMarch 17, 2023(79)
BornMarch 24, 1943
DiedMarch 17, 2023(79)
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Known for

Coming of Age (1988)
Coming of Age
6.7
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
Designing Women
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Valerie Harper in Rhoda (1974)
Rhoda
6.8
TV Series
  • Writer(as Emily Purdum Marshall)
Newhart (1982)
Newhart
7.8
TV Series
  • Additional Crew

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • Newhart (1982)
    Newhart
    7.8
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • 1982–1984
  • Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Frank Bonner, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, and Gary Sandy in WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
    WKRP in Cincinnati
    8.0
    TV Series
    • story editor (1979)
    • 1978–1982
  • Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    8.5
    TV Series
    • assistant: producer
    • 1973–1977

Writer

  • Garry Shandling in The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
    The Larry Sanders Show
    8.5
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1993
  • Coming of Age (1988)
    Coming of Age
    6.7
    TV Series
    • created by
    • written by
    • creator
    • 1988–1989
  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    Designing Women
    7.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1986
  • Brian Benben, Jeffrey Tambor, Barbara Babcock, and Nan Martin in Mr. Sunshine (1986)
    Mr. Sunshine
    6.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1986
  • Mary Tyler Moore and James Farentino in Mary (1985)
    Mary
    6.9
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1986
  • Newhart (1982)
    Newhart
    7.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1982–1984
  • Donna Pescow in Angie (1979)
    Angie
    7.0
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1979–1980
  • Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Frank Bonner, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, and Gary Sandy in WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
    WKRP in Cincinnati
    8.0
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1979
  • Valerie Harper in Rhoda (1974)
    Rhoda
    6.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • story editor (as Emily Purdum Marshall, as Emily Purdum Marshall)
    • 1978
  • The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
    The Bob Newhart Show
    8.1
    TV Series
    • written by (as Emily Purdum Marshall)
    • 1978
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • written by (as Emily Purdum Marshall)
    • 1977

Producer

  • Coming of Age (1988)
    Coming of Age
    6.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1988–1989
  • Penelope Ann Miller, Faith Ford, Raye Birk, John Christopher Jones, Jeff Joseph, and Bruce Norris in The Popcorn Kid (1987)
    The Popcorn Kid
    7.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1987
  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    Designing Women
    7.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1986

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Emily Purdum Marshall
  • Born
    • March 24, 1943
    • Columbus, Ohio
  • Died
    • March 17, 2023
    • San Miguel de Allende, Mexico(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Doc SeverinsenMay 17, 1980 - 2013
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Met future husband, Doc Severinsen, when she was working as a secretary to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)'s producer, Frederick De Cordova.

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