Gardner, Herbert George

Gardner, Herbert George
▪ 2004
“Herb” 
      American playwright (b. Dec. 28, 1934, Brooklyn, N.Y.—d. Sept. 24, 2003, New York, N.Y.), featured eccentric characters struggling against conformity in comedies that included A Thousand Clowns (1962; filmed 1965), the Tony Award-winning I'm Not Rappaport (1985; filmed 1996), and Conversations with My Father (1992). Previously, in the 1950s, he had achieved renown as the creator of the syndicated comic strip The Nebbishes, whose creatures went on to decorate such items as greeting cards, pins, and cocktail napkins.

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