Neil Simon

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Neil Simon is credited with 38 plays. His most recent work is 'Rose's Dilema', which opened in 2003

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He received Kennedy Center honors(1995) from President Clinton for his contribution to the arts and to popular culture in the 20th century

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He remarried Marsha Mason(1973-1981), got divorced, and then married and divorced Diane Lander twice. His current wife is Elaine Joyce

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Simons first wife, Joan Baim, in 1973 after 20 years of marriage

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His other plays 'Biloxi Blues' and 'Lost in Yonkers' both won him Tony Awards also

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He won his first Tony Award in 1965 for 'The Odd Couple'

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His most well known play is 'The Odd Couple'(1965), turned into a movie(1968) starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon

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His next play, 'Barefoot in the Park' ran for four years on Broadway

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'Come Blow Your Horn' ran for 678 performances on Broadway and was turned into a film in 1963 starring Frank Sinatra

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It took Simon 3 years to write his first play 'Come Blow Your Horn', which had its first Broadway show in 1961

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The Simon brothers later wrote scripts for the broadway show 'Catch a Star'(1955) and 'New Faces' (1956)

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In 1947, Neil and Danny wrote scripts for many popular television shows.

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Neil was enlisted in 1945, but the war ended soon after his enlistment

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Danny encourage Simon to continue writing while he was in the US Air Force Reserve Program

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When they were younger, Neil and Danny wrote and sold material to standup comedians and radio shows

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Comedians like Chaplin inspired him to be a comedy writer

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One of his favorite comedians he watched in move theaters was Charlie Chaplin

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Simon was kicked out of movie theaters often because he was laughing so hard.

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Growing up, his parents were quite unhappy, so he would spend much of his time in movie theaters

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His older brother Danny was born in 1918