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Anne Beatts, Saturday Night Live Writer and Creator of Square Pegs, Dies at 74
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The writer-producer also wrote for Committed and The Stephanie Miller Show and produced A Different World from 1987 to 1988.
Anne Beatts, the creator of CBS sitcom
Square Pegs and an original writer of
Saturday Night Live, has died. She was 74.
Beatts died on Wednesday, Laraine Newman, an original castmember of
SNL, wrote in a tweet Thursday. Our Anne an OG SNL writer passed away yesterday, Newman wrote. Anne was a pioneer she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular who may not have had their shot if Anne hadn t come before them but overall, she was my friend my heart is completely broken, film producer Rona Edwards, a colleague of Beatts at Chapman University and a friend, added in a statement. She was one of a kind and no one can ever replace her wit, her wisdom, and her talent, but to me, nothing can ever replace her friendship and humanity.
Saturday Night Live and the creator of the 1982 sitcom
Square Pegs, has died at age 74. The announcement came from Laraine Newman, an
SNL original cast member, though no further details have been confirmed.
Beatts began her comedy writing career as the first female editor of the
National Lampoon magazine, a spinoff from the
Harvard Lampoon. It was there that she met Michael O’Donoghue, with whom she would closely collaborate as they developed Lorne Michaels brainchild that ultimately became
SNL.
With writing partner Rosie Shuster, she created some of the show s most memorable characters, including Todd and Lisa (played by Bill Murray and Gilda Radner), Uncle Roy (Buck Henry), Irwin Mainway and Fred Garvin (Dan Aykroyd). Finding herself once again as one of the few women in the room, Beatts frequently stood up for her pieces and purposefully hired a mostly female writing team when she launched
Anne Beatts, Original SNL Writer, Dead at 74
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