Marvin Neil Simon, better known as Neil Simon, is an American dramatist, screenwriter, and author. More than 30 plays were written by him. He also wrote a number of screenplays for films.

Net Worth of Neil Simon:

Neil Simon is an American author, his net worth is reported to be in the tens of millions of dollars.

Simon’s Early Life:

Marvin Neil Simon is Neil Simon’s real name. He was born in The Bronx, New York, on July 4, 1927. Irving Simon, his father, was a garment merchant, and Mamie Simon, his mother, was a housewife. Danny Simon, his older brother, is his father. His upbringing was rough. He completed high school and immediately enlisted in the Army Air Force Reserve at New York University. He went to the University of Denver for his education.

Simon’s Body Features:

Simon stands 1.85 meters tall. He has a well-balanced and healthy physique.

Simon’s Career:

• In the Warner Brothers offices in Manhattan, he worked as a mailroom clerk.
• He and his brother Danny Simon collaborated on a radio show called “The Robert Q. Lewis Show.”
• His brother and he were cast in the popular TV comedy series “Your Show of Shows.”
• He also used it in his play, “Laughter on the 23rd Floor.”
• ‘Come Blow Your Horn,’ his first Broadcast play, ran for 678 performances in 1961.
• In 1963, he appeared in the play “Barefoot in the Park,” and in 1965, he appeared in “The Odd Couple.”
• He penned the screenplays for almost a dozen films.

Simon’s Award:

• His ‘Your Show of Shows’ won an Emmy in 1954.
• Simon’s 1959 show “The Phil Silvers” won an Emmy.
• His novel ‘The Odd Couple’ won him a Tony Award in 1965.
• He won an Evening Standard Theatre Award for “Sweet Charity” in 1967.
• 1967 – 1968 Sam S. Shubert Award
  Writers Guild of America Award for ‘The Odd Couple’ in 1969.
• In 1970, he won the Writers Guild of America Award for “Red Hot Lovers.”
• In 1971, he won the Writers Guild of America Award for “The Out-of-Towners.”
• WGA Award for ‘The Trouble with People’ in 1972.Cue Entertainer of the Year 1972.
• In 1975, he was honored with a Special Tony Award.
• He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1975 for “Sunshine Boys.”
• In 1978, he won a Golden Globe for his screenplay for ‘The Goodbye Girl.’
• Writers Guild of America Screen Laurel Award 1979.
• In 1981, he received a Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra.
• 1983 – American Theater Hall of Fame inductee
  New York Drama Critics Circle Award for ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ in 1983.
• Brighton Beach Memoirs won him an Outer Critics Circle Award in 1983.
• ‘Biloxi Blues’ won him a Tony Award in 1985.
• New York Governor’s Award 1986.
• A Lifetime Achievement Award from American Comedy in 1989.
• He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play in 1991 for “Lost in Yonkers.”
  His play “Lost in Yonkers” won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
• In 1991, he won the Tony Award for Best Play for “Lost in Yonkers.”
  a Kennedy Center Honoree (1995).
• The Tulsa Library Trust’s Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award was given to him in 1996.
• He was honored by the William Inge Theatre Festival in 1996.
• 2007: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• He was a Jefferson Awards Board Selector.

Simon’s Personal Life:

• Relationship:

In 1953, Simon married Joan Baim, but the couple divorced in 1973. His marriage to Marsha Mason began in 1973 and terminated in 1983. In 1987, he married Diane Lander, but the couple divorced in 1988. He married Diane Lander again in 1990, but they divorced in 1998. He later married Elaine Joyce in 1999. Nancy Simon, Ellen Simon, and Bryn Simon are his three children. They’re still together, by the way.

• Death:

Simon had a kidney donation from Bill Evans, a long-time friend and publicist, in 2004. He passed away on August 26, 2018, while in a hospital for kidney failure. His death was caused by pneumonia complications. He died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City at the age of 91.

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