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name: "Peter Lefcourt"
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born: "1 January 1941"
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# Peter Lefcourt

Writer. Born 1 January 1941.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1941

## Biography

Peter Lefcourt is an American television writer, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote episodes of series including *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), for which he also served as producer, *Remington Steele* (1982), *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), *Eight Is Enough* (1977) and *Due South* (1994). He created and wrote for *Beggars and Choosers* (1999) and contributed to *Desperate Housewives* (2004).

Lefcourt won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for *Cagney & Lacey* in 1985, after a nomination the previous year. He has also written television films such as *Monte Carlo* (1986) and *Danielle Steel's Fine Things* (1990). Beginning in the 1990s he published novels including *The Deal* (1991), which was adapted into a feature film that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, *The Dreyfus Affair* (1992) and *Di & I* (1994). He has written for the stage and lives in California with his wife Terri.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)

## Also known for

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Writer
- *Remington Steele* (1982), Writer
- *Due South* (1994), Writer
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), Writer
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), Writer

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