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born: "1 June 1948"
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# Jerry Leichtling

Writer. Born 1 June 1948 in Queens, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 June 1948, Queens, New York, USA

## Biography

Jerry Leichtling is an American screenwriter and journalist. Born on 1 June 1948 in Queens, New York, he worked as a journalist for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone and Harper’s Magazine before entering screenwriting.

He frequently collaborates with his wife, Arlene Sarner. Their screenplay for *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was released by Tri-Star Pictures. Leichtling wrote the screenplay for *Blue Sky* (1994) and the television film *Switched at Birth* (1999), on which he also served as co-executive producer. With Sarner he adapted the film into a musical that opened in London’s West End in 2001.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Fi1m 79, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)

## Also known for

- *Blue Sky* (1994), Screenplay

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