Biography
Charlotte Brown is an American television writer, producer and director. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she began her career as a writer on series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Partridge Family, Love, American Style and The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1974).
She joined the staff of the Mary Tyler Moore Show spin-off Rhoda as a writer and rose to become its executive producer in 1977, making her the first woman showrunner of a primetime network series. Brown also directed episodes of Rhoda and one episode of Cagney & Lacey (1985).
Her other credits include producing and writing the 1977 television film Bumpers, and later work as a writer and executive producer on series such as The Powers That Be and CBS Summer Playhouse.
