Barney Rosenzweig (born December 23, 1937) is an American television producer.
Biography
Rosenzweig was born to a
Jewish
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family in
Los Angeles
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[People: "Cagney & Lacey Creators Barbara Corday and Barney Rosenzweig Mix Cops, Controversy and Marriage" by Jane Hall]
November 25, 1985 and graduated from
Montebello High School
Founded in 1909, Montebello High School is a public high school which is part of the Montebello Unified School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 2,600 students in grades 9-12. Its campus is located in Montebello, California, a subur ...
in 1955. His father was a schoolteacher and his mother a civil servant.
Rosenzweig graduated from
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...
.
His first job was in the mailroom at
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...
although he soon became a publicist, a position he disliked.
With the aid of his father-in-law,
Aaron Rosenberg
Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (August 26, 1912 – September 1, 1979) was a two-time " All-American" college football player, and a film and television producer with more than 60 credits.Robert Slater (2000)''Great Jews in Sports''/ref> He received a ...
, he secured a position as a producer.
He produced the 1980s television series ''
Cagney & Lacey
''Cagney & Lacey'' is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982, to May 16, 1988. The show is about two New York City police detectives who lead very dif ...
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written by his then wife
Barbara Corday
Barbara Corday (born October 15, 1944) is an American television executive, writer and producer known for co-creating the television series ''Cagney & Lacey''.
Early life and education
Corday was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York Ci ...
and
Barbara Avedon
Barbara Avedon (June 14, 1925 – August 31, 1994) was an American Screenwriting#Television writing, television writer, political Activism, activist, and Feminism, feminist. She founded the anti-war organization Another Mother for Peace.
Bio ...
. He also produced the 1960s series ''
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the we ...
'', as well as a dozen episodes of ''
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...
''. He subsequently created and produced ''
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' is an American drama television series which aired on CBS from September 17, 1990 to May 30, 1992. The show stars Sharon Gless as Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill, a lawyer working in the public defender's office for th ...
'', which starred his third wife
Sharon Gless
Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress and author, who is known for her television roles as Maggie Philbin on ''Switch'' (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series ''Cagney & Lacey'' (198 ...
and ran for two seasons in the early 1990s.
In 1985, he set up The Rosenzweig Company to launch their first TV project ''
Fortune Dane'', and received a three-year distribution deal with Columbia Pictures Television.
Personal life
While a senior in college, he married JoAnne Lang, the stepdaughter of producer
Aaron Rosenberg
Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (August 26, 1912 – September 1, 1979) was a two-time " All-American" college football player, and a film and television producer with more than 60 credits.Robert Slater (2000)''Great Jews in Sports''/ref> He received a ...
; they had three daughters—Erika (born 1960), Allyn (born 1962), and Torrie (born 1964) -- before divorcing in 1978.
In 1979, Rosenzweig married
Barbara Corday
Barbara Corday (born October 15, 1944) is an American television executive, writer and producer known for co-creating the television series ''Cagney & Lacey''.
Early life and education
Corday was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York Ci ...
, a producer and writer for ''Cagney & Lacey''; they divorced in 1990.
["Sharon Gless: My family values - The actor, best known for her role as Cagney in Cagney & Lacey, talks about her family"]
theguardian.com, October 8, 2011.
In 1991, he married actress
Sharon Gless
Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress and author, who is known for her television roles as Maggie Philbin on ''Switch'' (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series ''Cagney & Lacey'' (198 ...
, star of ''Cagney & Lacey''.
[Special Access: Insider’s Guide to the Entertainment Industry; April 26, 2007, 6-9 p.m.]
University of Southern California; accessed September 27, 2021.
References
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Television producers from California
20th-century American Jews
1937 births
Living people
University of Southern California alumni
People from Montebello, California
21st-century American Jews
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