Marilyn Suzanne Miller
| Marilyn Suzanne Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 3, 1950 |
| Occupation | Television writer, producer |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.A. 1972) |
| Notable works | Saturday Night Live |
| Notable awards | Three Emmy Awards |
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (born January 3, 1950) is an American television writer and producer. She was one of only three female writers on the original staff of Saturday Night Live and was also a writer for such 1970s sitcoms as The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Maude, and Barney Miller.
Miller was born in Neptune, New Jersey, the oldest of four daughters to Dr. Norman R. Miller, a psychologist, and Shirley M. Miller, a writer and editor. Her family moved to Monroeville, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, where she attended Gateway High School, graduating in 1967.
As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, she pursued a degree in playwriting, graduating in 1972. She was accepted into the University of Iowa's writer's workshop, but she deferred enrollment in the Master of Fine Arts program there for financial reasons.
After college, Miller worked as a fashion copy writer for a Pittsburgh department store. During that time she wrote the draft of a script for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and, having seen the name of executive producer James L. Brooks in the show's credits, called Brooks at CBS to pitch the script. Soon after sending Brooks the script, she was flown to Hollywood by Garry Marshall to be a junior writer for The Odd Couple. For Brooks, she wrote for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spinoff Rhoda. She also went on to write for Maude, Barney Miller, and Welcome Back, Kotter.
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