Stan Burns
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BornSeptember 4, 1923
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 5, 2002 (aged 79)
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseShirley Burns
Stan Burns | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 4, 1923 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 5, 2002 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse | Shirley Burns |
| Children | 2 |
Stan Burns (September 4, 1923 - November 5,[1] 2002) was an American screenwriter. He was the partner of Mike Marmer.[2] Burns wrote for television programs including The Steve Allen Show,[3] The Tonight Show, Get Smart,[4] The Carol Burnett Show, F Troop, Gilligan's Island and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[2][5]
Burns won and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards between 1959 and 1973, winning in 1972 for work on The Carol Burnett Show.[6] He died in November 2002 of heart failure at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 79.[7][8]
