Norman Lear
| Norman Lear | |
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Lear at the 2014 Texas Book Festival.
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| Born |
Norman Milton Lear July 27, 1922 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Years active | 1950–present |
| Known for |
All in the Family The Jeffersons Sanford and Son Good Times Maude Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman One Day at a Time |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Lear (1943–?; divorced) Frances Lear (1956–1986; divorced) Lyn Lear (1987–present) |
| Children | 6 |
| Website | normanlear |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1942–45 |
| Rank |
 Private first class
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Norman Milton Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude. As a political activist, he founded the advocacy organization People for the American Way in 1981 and has supported First Amendment rights and progressive causes.
Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Enie/Jeanette (née Sokolovsky) and Hyman "Herman" Lear, a traveling salesman. He had a younger sister, Claire Lear Brown (1925-2015). Lear grew up in a Jewish home and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. His mother was born in Elizabethgrad in Kherson Gubernia in Ukraine, while his father was born in Connecticut, to Russian-born parents.
When Lear was 9 years old, his father went to prison for selling fake bonds. Lear thought of his father as a "rascal" and said that the character of Archie Bunker (whom Lear depicted as white Protestant on the show) was in part inspired by his father, while the character of Edith Bunker was in part inspired by his mother.
Lear graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1940 and subsequently attended Emerson College in Boston, but dropped out in 1942 to join the United States Army Air Forces.
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