Anecdotes

Received a screenwriting Academy Award for Deux soeurs vivaient en paix... (1947).

Received his mother, Natalie Leeb, to make her acting debut on Jeannie de mes rêves (1965) when she was age 70.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6739 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 9, 1988.

Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) on a scholarship.

Had one daughter with Jorja Curtright: novelist Mary Sheldon. Also had two grandchildren.

Received two Tony Awards for "Redhead" (1959): as, with three collaborators, Best Authors (Musical) and as one of the book writers for the Best Musical winner.

Attended and graduated from Denver East High School in Denver, Colorado.

He was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on February 25, 1994.

Following his death, his remains were cremated and interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He passed away on January 30, 2007, less than two weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday on February 11.

Was friends with Warren Cowan, who was also his publicist.

He wrote a roman-a-clef on Groucho Marx and Erin Fleming titled "A Stranger in the Mirror". The 1976 novel was later adapted into the TV movie A Stranger in the Mirror (1993) starring Perry King as a stand-in for Marx, and Lori Loughlin for Fleming.