Barney Rosenzweig (born December 23, 1937) is an American television producer.

Biography

Rosenzweig was born to a

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family in

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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

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although he soon became a publicist, a position he disliked. With the aid of his father-in-law,

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, 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 ...

'' 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

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. He also produced the 1960s series ''

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'', as well as a dozen episodes of ''

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''. 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

; they had three daughters—Erika (born 1960), Allyn (born 1962), and Torrie (born 1964) -- before divorcing in 1978. In 1979, Rosenzweig married

, 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

, 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.

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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 {{US-tv-producer-stub