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name: "Sybil Adelman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sybil-adelman"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 March 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T21:11:30.308137+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."
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# Sybil Adelman

Writer. Born 15 March 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 March 1942, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011849/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1260465

## Biography

Sybil Adelman, also known as Sybil Adelman Sage, is a Canadian television writer and producer. Born on 15 March 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she began her career in Hollywood as secretary to Jerry Lewis before moving into comedy writing.

Her credits include episodes of *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1973), *Maude* (1974–1975), *The Bob Newhart Show* (1974), *Magnum, P.I.* (1985), *Growing Pains* (1985–1987), *Anything But Love* (1989) and *Northern Exposure* (1991). She received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for the 1975 special *Lily*. She has frequently collaborated with her husband Martin Sage.

*Sources: imdb.com, forward.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Also known for

- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Writer
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), Writer

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