Background
Miller was born in Neptune, New Jersey, the oldest of four daughters to Doctor Norman R. Miller, a psychologist, and Shirley M. Miller, a writer and editors
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Marilyn Suzanne Miller
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Marilyn Suzanne Miller, American writer, producer, playwright. Recipient 2 Emmy awards, 1977, 78, 5 Emmy nominations 1976-1979 National Academy television Arts and Sciences. Alternate delegate Democratic Convention, San Francisco, 1984; worker Mark Green campaign, New York City, 1986-1987. Member Writers Guild of America West (2 Writers Guild awards, 4 nominations), American Federation of television and Radio Artists.
Education
Her family moved to Monroeville, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, where she attended Gateway High School, graduating in 1967.
Career
She was one of only three female writers on the original staff of Saturday Night Live and was also a writer for such 1970s sitcoms as The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Maude, and Barney Miller. As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, she pursued a degree in playwriting, graduating in 1972. She was accepted into the University of Iowa"s writer"s workshop, but she deferred enrollment in the Master of Fine Arts program there for financial reasons.
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Alternate delegate Democratic Convention, San Francisco, 1984. Worker Mark Green campaign, New York City, 1986-1987. Member Writers Guild of America West (2 Writers Guild awards, 4 nominations), American Federation of television and Radio Artists.
