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name: "Shelley List"
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born: "16 September 1930"
died: "22 May 1996"
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# Shelley List

Writer. Born 16 September 1930 in New York, USA. Died 22 May 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 September 1930, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 May 1996

## Biography

Shelley List was an American writer and producer. Born in New York in 1930, she studied at Reed College and Columbia University and worked as a reporter before moving into television and fiction.

She wrote and produced episodes of the series *Cagney & Lacey* (1986–1988), including a Humanitas Prize-nominated story about alcoholism. With her husband and collaborator Jonathan Estrin she also wrote for *Sisters* (winning a Writers Guild of America award) and produced the miniseries *Between Friends* (1983), which received an Ace Award. List published two novels, *Did You Love Daddy When I Was Born* and *Forgiving* (1982). She died in New York in 1996.

*Sources: latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

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