Pamela Norris
Pamela Norris | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Pamela Norris is an American screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1980–1984), and for co-writing the screenplay of the 1989 film Troop Beverly Hills.[1] She was executive producer of the sitcom Designing Women,[2] and The Huntress on USA Network.[3] She was a Jeopardy! champion in December 1985, winning three games.
Producer
- Designing Women (executive producer) 1991–1992
- Hearts Afire (co-executive producer) 1994–1995
- Mad About You (consulting producer) 1995–1996
- The Simple Life (executive producer) 1998
- The Huntress (executive producer) 2000–2001
- Emeril (consulting producer) 2000–2001
Writer
- Saturday Night Live (TV series) 1980–1984
- It's Your Move (TV series) 1984–1985
- Remington Steele (TV series) 1985
- Misfits of Science (TV series) 1985
- Wayside School (TV short) 1986
- Gimme a Break! (TV series) 1985–1986
- The Ellen Burstyn Show (TV series) 1986
- Miami Vice (TV series) 1987
- Troop Beverly Hills (screenplay) 1989
- Designing Women (TV series) 1989–1991
- Hearts Afire (TV series) 1995
- The Simple Life (TV series) 1998
- Rude Awakening (TV series) 1998
- The Huntress (TV series) 2000–2001
- Emeril (TV series) 2001
- The Designing Women Reunion (TV documentary) 2003
- Ghost Whisperer (TV series) 2010
References
- ^ (7 April 1989) 'Troop'strictly rank-and-vile, The Pantagraph. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
- ^ Meyers, Kate (11 October 1991). TV Sitcoms Take a Rear View, Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved November 17, 2010 ("'There's nothing funnier than someone's pants falling down,' explains Designing Women co-executive producer Pamela Norris. 'There must be something down deep in the human character — that infantile quality.')
- ^ Bianculli, David (26 July 2000).Quirky Picker-Uppers: Mom & daughter claim bounties in 'Huntress'[permanent dead link ], Daily News (New York), Retrieved November 17, 2010 ("Executive producer Pamela Norris once wrote for 'Designing Women,' and 'The Huntress' really does play like two of the characters from that show trying their best to act like 'Cagney & Lacey.'")