Gladys "Gee" Nicholl, a longtime benefactor of media-related activities and the widow of TV writer-producer Don Nicholl, died Jan. 6 in Santa Barbara after a short illness. She was 86.
Nicholl is best known for her support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Program.
Nicholl danced in the Indian Ballet Company in London and acted on stage and modeled on occasion. In the 1950s, she wrote a gossip column for the London-based pop music tabloid Record Mirror and drew upon that experience in writing the story upon which her husband based his screenplay for the 1958 rock 'n' roll musical feature "The Golden Disc."
When Don Nicholl was hired by Norman Lear to join the staff of "All in the Family," the Nicholls relocated from London to Los Angeles.
After her husband's death in 1980, Gee Nicholl, knowing that Don had long spoken of helping new writers get started,...
Nicholl is best known for her support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Program.
Nicholl danced in the Indian Ballet Company in London and acted on stage and modeled on occasion. In the 1950s, she wrote a gossip column for the London-based pop music tabloid Record Mirror and drew upon that experience in writing the story upon which her husband based his screenplay for the 1958 rock 'n' roll musical feature "The Golden Disc."
When Don Nicholl was hired by Norman Lear to join the staff of "All in the Family," the Nicholls relocated from London to Los Angeles.
After her husband's death in 1980, Gee Nicholl, knowing that Don had long spoken of helping new writers get started,...
- 1/14/2009
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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