Bernard Slade Newbound was a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
11 Facts About Bernard Slade
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Bernard Slade received a Tony Award nomination for Same Time, Next Year, and an Oscar nomination for the screen adaptation.
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Bernard Slade moved to England with his family at age five.
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Bernard Slade began his career as an actor in repertory theatre in England.
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Bernard Slade acted with the Garden Center Theatre in Vineland, Ontario.
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Bernard Slade wrote the script to the 1972 Columbia Pictures film Stand Up and Be Counted, directed by Jackie Cooper and starring Jacqueline Bisset, in which the Helen Reddy song "I Am Woman" was first introduced.
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Bernard Slade received the Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play.
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Bernard Slade wrote the screenplays for the film versions of all three plays, and was nominated for an Oscar for his screen adaptation of Same Time, Next Year.
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Bernard Slade wrote an autobiography, Shared Laughter, published by Key Porter Books.
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Bernard Slade was married to actress Jill Foster from July 25,1953 until her death on March 24,2017.
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Bernard Slade died from Lewy body dementia at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on October 30,2019, at the age of 89.