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Marjorie Gross (April 18, 1956 – June 7, 1996) was a Canadian television writer and producer. She wrote for Newhart, The Larry Sanders Show, Square Pegs, Get a Life, and Seinfeld.[1]

Marjorie Gross
Born	(1956-04-18)April 18, 1956 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 7, 1996(1996-06-07) (aged 40) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Television writer and producer

Biography

Born in Toronto, Marjorie Gross got her start doing stand-up comedy in local clubs. She later moved to New York City, where she became one of a group of female stand-up comedians.[2]

In 1981, Gross started to write for television on the sitcom Square Pegs. She also appeared on the Late Night with David Letterman[3] before joining her friends Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David in 1994 to write for Seinfeld.[2]

Gross wrote four episodes of Seinfeld: "The Fusilli Jerry", "The Understudy", "The Shower Head" and "The Secretary". Bette Midler was a longtime friend: according to co-writer Carol Leifer, Midler's appearance in The Understudy was secured because of this connection after other big-name actresses declined the role.[4]

In 1996, Gross was an Emmy Award nominee for her work on Seinfeld.[5]

Gross was the first cousin of Canadian comedian and writer Spencer Rice, who described her as his hero.[6]

Death

During her battle with ovarian cancer, a disease that also killed her mother,[2] Gross wrote an article for The New Yorker, "Cancer Becomes Me", which appeared in the print edition of their April 15, 1996 issue.[7] She tried to find humor in the situation by joking that she wanted to hold on until November 1996, so that she would not have to risk being re-incarnated as Madonna's child (as Madonna was pregnant). Gross died on June 7, 1996 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles at age 40.[1]

Seinfeld's eighth-season premiere, "The Foundation", is dedicated to her memory.

References

External links

• Marjorie Gross at IMDb

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