Corinne Marshall (born January 6, 1980) is an American television writer. She is the creator of the Disney television series ''
K.C. Undercover'' starring
Zendaya
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She has written for FOX's ''
Surviving Jack'', ABC's ''
Suburgatory
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'', Adult Swim's ''
NTSF:SD:SUV'', the ''
Comedy Central Roasts
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'', the
MTV Movie Awards
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and FXX's ''
Stone Quackers''. Marshall has written pilots for TV Land, MTV, CBS Studio and Disney. She was the Executive Producer/Showrunner of ''Forever 31'', an ABCdigital original comedy series created by and starring
Iliza Shlesinger
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and the head writer for
Freeform late night sketch show, Truth & Iliza. Marshall is currently writing a pilot for
FX with her husband,
BJ Porter.
Biography
Marshall was born in
New York City
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, January 6, 1980.
Marshall began her career writing for ''
Playgirl
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'' magazine while she was attending
Columbia University
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. After graduation, she worked as a DGA Production Associate for the
CBS Evening News
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. Her writing has been featured in magazines and online publications including Jane Magazine, Vitals Magazine, Dame Magazine and on the front page of the Huffington Post where she was a featured blogger. Her book,
''The Q Guide to Will & Grace''was published in 2008.
When Marshall moved to
Los Angeles
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, she wrote and performed sketch comedy on the house "Maude" teams at the
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
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Prior t ...
.
She is married to writer
B. J. Porter
B. J. Porter (born May 12, 1970, in Dallas, Texas) is an actor, writer and comedian. Porter began his career writing and performing on the HBO sketch comedy program, '' Mr. Show.'' Porter, along with the rest of the ''Mr. Show'' writing staff, was ...
.
References
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UCB Theatre
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1980 births
American television writers
Columbia University alumni
Showrunners
Living people
American women television writers
21st-century American women