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name: "Lee Kalcheim"
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born: "27 June 1938"
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# Lee Kalcheim

Writer. Born 27 June 1938 in Philadelphia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 June 1938, Philadelphia

## Biography

Lee Kalcheim is an American screenwriter born on 27 June 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began his television writing career in the mid-1960s and has contributed episodes to series including *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1965), *N.Y.P.D.* (1967–69), *All in the Family* (1971–72), *Sanford and Son* (1972), and *The Paper Chase* (1983–85).

Kalcheim received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy for the *All in the Family* episode 'The Bunkers and the Swingers' (1972). He created the sitcom *Something Wilder* (1994–95) and wrote the feature film *Let's Scare Jessica to Death* (1971). He has also written numerous plays and was educated at Trinity College and the Yale School of Drama.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All in the Family* (1971), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)

## Also known for

- *Let's Scare Jessica to Death* (1971), Author
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Writer
- *The Odd Couple* (1970), Writer

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