Biography
Treva Silverman is an American television writer. Born on 20 May 1936, she was raised in Cedarhurst, Long Island, and graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1959.
She began writing for television in the 1960s, contributing scripts to series including The Monkees (1966–1967) and That Girl (1967). Silverman joined The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970 as a writer and later served as executive story consultant, contributing to 16 episodes between 1970 and 1974. She also wrote for Room 222, The Bill Cosby Show and other series through the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1974 she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "The Lou and Edie Story": Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Writer of the Year – Series. Her television writing career spanned from 1964 to 1994.
