Monica Johnson

Monica Johnson ( born February 21, 1946 in Colorado; † November 1, 2010 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American screenwriter.

Life

As Monica Lenore Belson born in the state of Colorado, Johnson grew up in El Centro, California. Her brother Jerry Belson them engaged for the 1972 television series The Odd Couple to retype screenplays. When he realized that she occasionally jokes added by you, which pleased the producers, he encouraged them to partner with Marilyn Suzanne Miller to form a writing team. Together with her Johnson wrote three episodes for the sitcom Mary Tyler Moore. The first she wrote under her name Monica Mcgowan, the second after she was newly married with Monica Mcgowan Johnson and from the third, and by the end of her career, only under the name Monica Johson. Both separated again in 1974 and in 1975 one of the first authors for the comedy show Saturday Night Live. During the first season, Albert Brooks directed several short films. Together with she wrote later, from true to life the first of six films together.

Mgowan Monica Johnson died as a result of their esophageal cancer at Cedars -Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

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