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Esther Shapiro Biography (1934-)

Full name, Esther June Shapiro; born June 6, 1934, in Brooklyn, NY; daughterof Jack and Flora (Salmoni) Mayesh; married Richard Shapiro (a producer and screenwriter), December 4, 1960; children: Florie Sonya, Eden Jacqueline. Addresses: OFFICE--Shapiro Entertainment Corporation, 335 N. Maple Drive,Beverly Hills, CA 90046.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

June 6, 1934

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; TELEVISION WORK; SERIES
• Executive story consultant, Love Story, NBC, 1973-74.
• creator (with Richard Shapiro) and executive producer (with Richard Shapiro, Douglas S. Cramer, and Aaron Spelling), Dynasty, ABC, 1981- 89.
• creator (with Richard Shapiro) and executive producer (with Richard Shapiro and Michael Filerman), Emerald Point, N.A.S., CBS, 1983-84.
• Credits; creator and executive producer (with Richard Shapiro), Dynasty II
• The Colbys (also known as The Colbys), ABC, 1985-87.
• executive producer, HeartBeat, ABC, 1988.
• Credits; PILOTS
• Executive producer (with Richard Shapiro), When We Were Young, NBC, 1989.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Producer (with Richard Shapiro), Intimate Strangers, ABC, 1977.
• executive producer (with Spelling and Cramer), The Three Kings, ABC, 1987.
• executive producer (with Spelling and Cramer), Cracked Up, ABC, 1987.
• Writings;TELEVISION; EPISODIC
• Love of Life, CBS, 1969-70.
• Love Story, NBC, 1973.
• Dynasty, ABC, 1981-89.
• Emerald Point, N.A.S., CBS, 1983-84.
• The Colbys, ABC, 1985-86.
• HeartBeat, ABC, 1988.
• Writings;PILOTS
• (With Richard Shapiro) When We Were Young, NBC, 1989.
• Writings;MOVIES
• (With Richard Shapiro) Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, NBC, 1975.
• (with Richard Shapiro) Minstrel Man, CBS, 1977.
• (with Richard Shapiro) Intimate Strangers, ABC, 1977.