---
name: "Marjorie Gross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marjorie-gross"
fi1m_id: "marjorie-gross"
imdb_id: "nm0343440"
tmdb_id: 95480
wikidata_id: "Q6766270"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 April 1956"
died: "7 June 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:28:29.815179+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marjorie Gross

## Identity

Marjorie Gross

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marjorie-gross
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marjorie-gross
- **IMDb ID:** nm0343440
- **TMDB ID:** 95480
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6766270
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Gross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6766270, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95480

Writer. Born 18 April 1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 7 June 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 April 1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 7 June 1996
- **Active:** 1989–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Carol Leifer](https://film.one/person/carol-leifer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 1990s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Gross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6766270, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95480

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Larry Sanders Show*](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) (91)
- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marjorie Gross was a Canadian television writer, producer and comedian. She began her career in stand-up comedy in Toronto clubs before moving to New York, where she performed at venues including Catch a Rising Star and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. She started writing for television in 1981 on the sitcom Square Pegs.

Gross wrote for series including Newhart, ALF, Get a Life and The Larry Sanders Show, on which she also served as supervising producer. She joined Seinfeld as a writer and producer in 1994, contributing four episodes: 'The Fusilli Jerry', 'The Understudy', 'The Shower Head' and 'The Secretary'. She received an Emmy nomination for her work on the series.

Gross died of ovarian cancer on 7 June 1996 in Los Angeles at the age of 40. The Seinfeld season eight premiere, 'The Foundation', was dedicated to her memory. Shortly before her death she wrote the article 'Cancer Becomes Me' for The New Yorker.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Producer, In Memory Of, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, Writer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *Get a Life* (1990), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Woman In Bette Midler Entourage · Writer, Producer, In Memory Of — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Anything But Love* (1989), series, Writer
- *Back to the Beach* (1987), as Airline Hostess
- *ALF* (1986), series, Writer
- *The Funny Farm* (1983), as Traci Striver
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Writer
- *Square Pegs* (1982), series, Writer

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