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The Odd Couple (female Version) “The Odd Couple” (the Female Version) Marvin Neil Simon was born in the Bronx on July 4, 1927, and grew up near Manhattan. He attended New York University briefly (1944-45) and the University of Denver (1945-46) before joining the United States Army. Once in the Army, Simon began his writing career working for the Army camp newspaper. He later took a job in New York as a mailroom clerk for Warner Brother's East Coast office. Here he and his brother Danny began writing comedy revues and eventually found their way into radio and television where they worked with “stars” like Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Larry Gelbart. They began writing for The Phil Silvers Show and Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. Simon received several Emmy Award nominations for his television writing and then decided to move on to the stage where he quickly established himself as America's most successful commercial playwright. He created a string of Broadway hits beginning with Come Blow Your Horn, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity and The Star Spangled Girl. During the 1970-71 season, Broadway theatergoers had their choice of Plaza Suite, Last of the Red odd, couple, female, play, award, simon, divorce, new, began, 1980s, york, writing, fashion, during, critics, career, army, version, television, successful, society, shift, rate, playwright, one, olive, florence, family, each, circle, american, 80s, yet, year, won