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Brecher, Irving, 1914-2008

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Personal name headingBrecher, Irving, 1914-2008
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Variant(s)Brecher, Irv S., 1914-2008
Birth date1914-01-17
Death date2008-11-17
Place of birthBronx (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityMotion picture authorship
Profession or occupationScreenwriters
Found inAt the circus [MP] 1939: credits (screen play by Irving Brecher)
Halliwell's Filmgoer's companion, 1983 (Irving Brecher; b. 1914; American radio writer, received solo credit for two Marx Brothers scripts)
IMDb, Aug. 1, 2006 (Irving Brecher; b. Jan. 17, 1914, New York, N.Y.; sometimes credited as Irv S. Brecher, Irv Brecher)
Wicked wit of the West, 2008: ECIP t.p. (Irving Brecher) data view (b. Jan. 17, 1914; screenwriter for The Marx Bros. At the Circus, Go West, Meet Me In St. Louis, Bye Bye Birdie and creator of Life of Riley. Born in Bronx, NY. Currently in Westwood California)
New York times WWW site, Nov. 19, 2008 (Irving Brecher; b. Jan. 17, 1914, the Bronx; d. Monday [Nov. 17, 2008], Los Angeles, aged 94; wrote vaudeville sketches for Milton Berle, jokes for Henny Youngman, comedies for the Marx Brothers, a television series for Jackie Gleason, and screenplays for movie musicals including Meet me in St. Louis and Bye bye Birdie)