Sidney Sheldon

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Sidney Sheldon, 1917-1920 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer and producer. Sheldon first appeared on Broadway plays and then in motion pictures, most notably starring The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948.

He went on to work in television, where his efforts spanned 20 years (1963–66), Jeannie (1965–79), and Hart to Hart (1979–84).

He began writing best-selling romantic suspense books after turning 50, including Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980).

His 18 books have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages.

Sheldon has consistently been rated as one of the top ten best-selling fiction writers of all time.

Early life

Sheldon was born Sidney Schechtel in Chicago, Illinois. Ascher "Otto" Schechtel (1894-1977), founder of a jewelry store, and Natalie Marcus were among his parents, who had Russian Jewish ancestry. Sidney's first sale, US$5 for a poem, was made at 10 adolescents. He worked in a variety of professions during the Great Depression, and after graduating from East High School in Denver, Colorado, he attended Northwestern University on a grant and taught short plays to drama groups. He had to drop out after six months of depression to help his family. Sheldon served in the Army during World War II as a pilot in the War Training Service, a branch of the Army Air Corps. His unit was disbanded, but he was dismissed due to a recurring slip disc before being deployed.

Personal life

Sheldon was first married to Jane Kaufman Harding (1945–1946). "Regultfully, in fewer than a month, Jane and I knew we had made a mistake." We spent the next nine months in vain trying to make the marriage work."

Jorja Curtright, a stage and film actress who later became an interior designer, was married for 30 years to Jorja Curtright, a stage and film actor who later became an interior designer. Suzanne appeared in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, a 1955 film, and also appeared in a season-one episode of I Dream of Jeannie as Madame Zolta. In 1985, Curtright died of a heart attack. Mary Sheldon, the couple's daughter, became a novelist as well.

Sheldon married Alexandra Joyce Kostoff, a former child actor in Las Vegas, in 1989.

Sheldon suffered with bipolar disorder for years; he considered suicide at 17 (tested out by his father, who found him with a bottle of whiskey and several bottles of sleeping pills), as detailed in his autobiography, The Other Side of Me, released in 2005.

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Career

Sheldon moved to Hollywood in 1937, where he analyzed scripts and worked on a number of B movies.

Sheldon began writing musicals for the Broadway stage while still writing screenplays for both MGM Studios and Paramount Pictures. He earned a reputation as a prolific writer; for example, he and Ben Roberts appeared in three musicals on Broadway; a rewritten The Merry Widow, Jackpot, and Dream with Music, three musicals. In 1959, Sheldon was named with a Tony Award for his musical Redhead, starring Gwen Verdon. Alice in Arms, The Judge of New York, and Roman Candle are among his other stage performances. Only Roman Candle has been published as a book. Gomes' performance was limited to London, not on Broadway.

Sheldon's fame on Broadway brought him right back to Hollywood, where his first film role, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1947. He was one of the writers on the screenplay for the 1948 musical film Easter Parade and sole writer for Annie Get Your Gun, both of which featured Irving Berlin's songs. South of Panama, Gambling Daughters, Dangerous Lady, Borrowed Hero, Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case, Anything Goes, Billy Rose's Jumbo are among his writing credits, including Richard Nunbury, Rich, Young and Pretty, Just This Once, Tomorrow Is.

Sheldon decided to try his hand at it when television became a new medium. He remembered, "I suppose I needed money." "I met Patty Duke at lunch the other day." So I made The Patty Duke Show, and I did something on television that no one else had ever did. I wrote almost every single episode of the series for seven years."

Sheldon introduced Helen Keller, Duke's appearance in The Miracle Worker (1962), as the two sitcom leads, Patty and Cathy Lane, based on Duke's appearance.

Sheldon, a 1965 writer, created, produced, and wrote I Dream of Jeannie, starring Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman. He wrote only two dozen scripts in five years, many of which used three pseudonyms (Mark Rowane, Allan Devon, and Christopher Golato) when simultaneously composing scripts for The Patty Duke Exhibition. He later said he did this because his name was appearing too often in the credits as the creator, producer, copyright owner, and writer of this story.

After five seasons, I Dream of Jeannie's production ceased in 1970. "I decided to try a novel during the last year of I Dream of Jeannie," he wrote in 1982. "I had a secretary at the studio take all calls from 9 to noon every morning." I mean every single call. Every morning, I wrote — or rather, dictated — and then I went to the television company, and then I began to write.

Sheldon wrote all 17 episodes of Nancy's short-lived series.

Sheldon created and wrote for the film Hart to Hart, which starred Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers, in 1979. The show premiered on ABC and lasted for five seasons.

Sheldon wrote his first book, The Naked Face, in 1969, earning him a nomination in the category of Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. His latest book, The Other Side of Midnight, soared to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, as well as several pending books, some of which were also made into motion pictures or TV miniseries. His books often featured vivacious women who thrive in a hostile world run by hostile males. To keep the reader interested, the novels were packed with suspense and gadgets: suspense and gadgets:

The bulk of his followers were women. "I like to write about women who are gifted and able, but most important, maintain their femininity," he explained. Women have a lot of power — their femininity — because men can't do without it. Sheldon's favorite medium was books. "I love writing books," he said. "Movies are a collaborative medium, and everybody is second-guessing you." When you do a novel, you're on your own. It's a freedom that isn't present in any other medium." He was the author of 18 books, which have sold over 300 million copies.

Sheldon "Mr. Blockbuster" and "prince of potboilers" three years before his death, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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