Robert Harling (writer)
| Robert Harling | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 60-61) Natchitoches, Louisiana |
| Years active | 1989-present |
Robert Harling (born in 1951) is an American writer, producer and film director.
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Biography [edit]
Early life [edit]
He was born in 1951 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[1][2][3] He graduated from Northwestern State University in his hometown and graduated the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana.[2][3][4] While in law school, he sang in a band which performed in New Orleans on weekends.[3]
Career [edit]
He moved to New York City in 1978 and worked at Kentucky Fried Chicken and sold tickets on Broadway to support himself.[2][3] He auditioned for acting jobs and shot television commercials about flashlights.[2][3]
After the death of his younger sister due to diabetes, he wrote a short story and adapted it into a play, Steel Magnolas, which is still played worldwide to this day.[2][3][4][5][6] It has been translated in seventeen languages, including Japanese, Chinese, French, Swedish, Spanish, Italian.[3] Shortly after, he went on to adapt the screenplay for the film version of the play that was produced in 1989 starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.[1][7][8][9] He played a small role in the film as a minister.[1]
He went on to write more screeplays, Soapdish (1991), The First Wives Club (1996), and Laws of Attraction (2004), and more recently served as writer and producer of the TV show GCB.[1][4][9] He also wrote and directed the sequel to Terms of Endearment titled The Evening Star (1996).[1][4][10]
He is currently adapting Soapdish into a musical and producing GBC for ABC.[4][11]
Personal life [edit]
He is Presbyterian and openly gay.[6][11] He owns the Oak Lawn mansion in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[12]
Filmography [edit]
Writer [edit]
- 1989 Steel Magnolias.[1]
- 1990 Steel Magnolias (TV pilot).[1]
- 1991 Soapdish.[1]
- 1992 Coiffure pour dames.[1]
- 1996 The First Wives Club.[1]
- 1996 The Evening Star.[1]
- 2004 Laws of Attraction.[1]
- 2012 GCB (ABC TV series).[1]
Producer [edit]
- 1997 A Smile Like Yours.[1]
- 2012 GCB (ABC TV series).[1]
Director [edit]
- 1996 The Evening Star.[1]
- 1996 The Rule of love.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q imdb
- ^ a b c d e Kim Hubbard, Robert Harling, Author of a Hit Comedy Based on a Family Tragedy, People, Vol. 29, No. 3, January 25, 1988
- ^ a b c d e f g Julia Reed, The Interview: Robert Harling, Garden & Gun, December 2012-January 2013
- ^ a b c d e Brooks Barnes, Sweet Tea and Tart Women, The New York Times, February 29, 2012
- ^ Anne McCracken, Mary Semel, A broken heart still beats: after your child dies, Hazelden Publishing, 2000, p. 87 [1]
- ^ a b Jeremy Kinser, Steel Magnolias Back In Bloom, The Advocate, October 25, 2012
- ^ Karen Hollinger, In the company of women: contemporary female friendship films, Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1998, p. 75 [2]
- ^ Tara McPherson, Reconstructing Dixie: Race, Gender, and Nostalgia in the Imagined South, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2003, p. 159 [3]
- ^ a b Tanner Transky, Robert Harling: The Man Who Loves Women, Entertainment Weekly, April 13, 2012
- ^ Peter C. Rollins, The Columbia companion to American history on film, New York, New York: Columbia University Press, 2007 p. 494 [4]
- ^ a b Lisa Rosen, Robert Harling, Darren Star breathe life into 'GCB', The Los Angeles Times, January 08, 2012
- ^ Natchitoches, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, p. 44[5]
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