Jess Oppenheimer

Screenwriter

Birthday November 11, 1913

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE Dec 27, 1988 (75)

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About

Emmy Award-winning American screenwriter, director, and producer who is known best for his work as the head writer and producer on the sitcom I Love Lucy.

Before Fame

He attended Stanford University and later made his broadcast debut on radio performing a comedy sketch he he had written on KFRC in San Francisco.

Trivia

He was also known as an inventor and invented the in-the-lens teleprompter.

Family Life

He married Estelle Weiss in 1947, and they had two children.

Associated With

He created and produced the sitcom Glynis starring Glynis Johns in 1963.