Sidney Sheldon was an Academy Award-winning American writer. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show , I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart , but he became most famous after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game , The Other Side of Midnight and Rage of Angels . He is the sixth best selling writer of all time. Sheldon was born Sidney Schechtel in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, of Russian Jewish ancestry, were Ascher "Otto" Schechtel , manager of a jewelry store, and Natalie Marcus. At 10, Sidney made his first... sale, $5 for a poem. During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs, and after graduating from Denver East High School, he attended Northwestern University and contributed short plays to drama groups. He is the author of 18 novels , over 200 television scripts, 25 major motion pictures and 6 Broadway plays. In 1937 Sheldon moved to Hollywood, California, where he reviewed scripts and collaborated on a number of B movies.
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| Birthdate: | February 11, 1917 |
| Birthplace: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of death: | January 30, 2007 |
| Education: | Northwestern University |
| Religion: | Judaism |
| Also known as: | Sidney Schechtel, Allan Devon, Mark Rowane |