Howard Miles Teichmann (January 22, 1916 - July 7, 1987) was a Broadway playwright and biographer.

Biography

Teichmann was born in

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in 1916 and graduated from the

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in 1938. He first went to work for

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on his

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. He worked in the

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during

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and returned to writing for radio after the war. For television, he was a co-writer for ''

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'' (1953). Teichmann wrote the 1953 hit play ''The Solid Gold Cadillac'' with George S. Kaufman, which was later adapted to film. Other plays he wrote included ''Miss Lonelyhearts'' (1957) (adapted from the 1933

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) and '' The Girls in 509'' (1958). He also wrote a number of biographies, including of Kaufman (1972),

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(1976),

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(1979), and

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(1981). He was also a professor at

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.(9 July 1987)
Howards M. Teichmann, Playwright, Dies at 71
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'', p. A25(9 July 1987)
Playwright Dies of Lou Gehrig's Disease
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''Rotbert, Mitchell (22 January 1980)
Literary Life of Barnard Prof
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''(June 1948)
A New Course
''Barnard College Alumnae Magazine'', p. 9-10 Teichmann died of

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on July 7, 1987, survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren.

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