Roger Gimbel
Roger Gimbel | |
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Born |
Roger Gimbel March 11, 1925 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died |
April 26, 2011 (age 86) Los Angeles, California |
Cause of death | pneumonia |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.A. Yale University |
Spouse(s) |
Spouse1 (divorced) Nancy Straus Gimbel (predeceased) Jennifer Warren (until death) |
Children |
Jeff Gimbel Steven Gimbel Sam Gimbel Liza Gimbel |
Parent(s) |
Julia de Fernex Millhiser Gimbel Richard Gimbel |
Family | Adam Gimbel (great-grandfather) |
Roger Gimbel (March 11, 1925 – April 26, 2011) was an American television producer who specialized in television movies. Many of Gimbel's television films dealt with real-life events, including Chernobyl: The Final Warning, S.O.S. Titanic, The Amazing Howard Hughes and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.[1] Often, Gimbel's films also focused on serious societal problems, including mental illness, war and domestic abuse.[1] Gimbel produced more than 50 television films and specials, which earned eighteen Emmy Awards.[2]
Biography
Gimbel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1925, into the family who owned the Gimbels department store.[1] His parents were Julia (née de Fernex Millhiser) and the Col. Richard Gimbel, U.S.A.F.[3][4] He enrolled at Yale University, where he studied economics.[1] Gimbel served as a member of the Army Air Forces in Italy during World War II.[1]
In 1973, Gimbel won an Emmy with George Schaefer for their work as the executive producers of A War of Children, which centered on Protestant and Catholic friends during the Northern Ireland conflict.[1] His other credits as producer include Queen of the Stardust Ballroom in 1975, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974, The Amazing Howard Hughes in 1977, Chernobyl: The Final Warning in 1991, The Glass House, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Shattered Dreams and Tell Me Where It Hurts.[1]
Personal life
Gimbel was married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce; his second wife, Nancy Straus Gimbel, died in 1972.[3] In 1976, Gimbel married his third wife, actress Jennifer Warren.[3] Roger Gimbel died from pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on April 26, 2011, at the age of 86.[2] He was survived by three children with his second wife[1] Jeff, Stephen Martin (predeceased), Sam and Liza;[5] and a son, Barney, with Warren.[6][7]
At one time when he lived in an 18th-floor Sutton Place apartment overlooking the East River, he liked to catch fish from his apartment window.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences". Los Angeles Times. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- 1 2 "Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren". Associated Press. Newser. 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- 1 2 3 New York Times: "Miss Warren Wed To Roger Gimbel" June 7, 1976
- ↑ New York Times: "Col. Richard Gimbel Dies at 71; Flier Was Yale Library Curator" May 28, 1970
- ↑ New York Times: "Mrs. Richard Gimbel" April 18, 1972
- ↑ New York Observer: "Fortune’s Barney Gimbel Leaves Magazine Amid Plagiarism Charge" by John Koblin February 26, 2009
- ↑ New York Times: "Lauren Winfield, Barney Gimbel - Weddings" November 4, 2012
- ↑ New York Times: "Sutton Place Man Catches Eels From His 18th-Story Window" May 12, 1960, page 37
External links
- Roger Gimbel on IMDb