Paul Zindel(1936-2003)

Writer

Paul Zindel was born on 15 May 1936 in Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Runaway Train (1985), Up the Sandbox (1972) and Mame (1974). He was married to Bonnie Hildebrand. He died on 27 March 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Runaway Train

7.2

Writer

1985

Up the Sandbox

5.7

Writer

1972

Mame

5.9

Writer

1974

Maria's Lovers

6.5

Writer

1984

Credits

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Writer

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
4.5
TV Movie
- novel The Undertaker's Gone Bananas
- 2000
American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts
7.0
TV Series
- writer
- 1990
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
4.6
TV Movie
- teleplay
- 1989
Babes in Toyland
5.2
TV Movie
- teleplay by
- television story by
- 1986
Alice in Wonderland
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 1985
Runaway Train
7.2
- screenplay by
- 1985
Maria's Lovers
6.5
- screenplay
- 1984
Vliyaniye Gamma-luchey na bledno-zheltiye nogotki
5.2
TV Movie
- play "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"
- 1979
Mame
5.9
- screenplay by
- 1974
Up the Sandbox
5.7
- screenplay by
- 1972
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
7.4
- play
- 1972
Let Me Hear You Whisper
5.5
TV Movie
- play
- screenplay
- 1969
NET Playhouse
7.4
TV Series
- play
- screenplay
- 1969
New York Television Theatre
6.8
TV Series
- play
- 1966

Personal details

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Born
- May 15, 1936
- Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
Died
- March 27, 2003
- New York City, New York, USA(lung cancer)
Spouse
- Bonnie HildebrandOctober 25, 1973 - 1998 (divorced, 2 children)
Other works
His play, "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," was performed in a Classic Contemporary American Play production at the Pico Playhouse in Los Angeles, California with Veralyn Jones, Tracey A. Leigh, Jennifer Shelton, Charlie Brill, Marsha Kramer, Barbara Deutsch, and Cory Weiss-Price in the cast. Ernest Figueroa was director.
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- 1 Article

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Trivia
First son was born on December 23, 1974 and second son, David Zindel, born in 1978.

Quotes
Our home was a house of fear. Mother never trusted anybody, and ours wasn't the kind of house someone could get into by knocking on the front door. A knock at the door would send mother, sister and me running to a window to peek out.