Sandra Harmon

Sandra Harmon

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Sandra Harmon

Television writer, producer
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Sandra Harmon

Television writer, producer
Birthday

June 20, 1938

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York

Date of Passing

December 13, 2018

Sandra Harmon was an American television writer and producer, and author.

Harmon's credits as a television writer include ABC's The Dick Cavett Show from 1969-71, and Cos, a short-lived ABC comedy/variety series hosted by Bill Cosby in 1976, for which she was head writer.

She wrote and produced the 1979 NBC made-for-TV movie Fast Friends, which was based on her experiences working on Cavett's talk show. It starred Dick Shawn as a talk show host who goes berserk onstage and is replaced by a young, unknown comedian (played by David Letterman).

Harmon also produced the 1985 CBS telefilm Promises to Keep, which starred Claire Bloom and Robert Mitchum.

Harmon co-authored (with Priscilla Presley) the 1980s best-seller Elvis and Me, the story of Elvis Presley and wife Priscilla Presley. ABC turned Elvis and Me into a four-hour miniseries that attracted huge ratings when it aired in February 1988.

Harmon died December 13, 2018, in New York City, New York. She was 80.

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