Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1927 July 4 | Born Marvin Neil Simon to Irving and Mamie Levy Simon in Bronx, New York |
| 1944 | Graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School |
| 1945 | Enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps Reserves |
| 1948 | Received first television writing credit for The Arrow Show starring Phil Silvers |
| 1950-1954 | Writer on the television program Your Show of Shows starring Sid Caesar |
| 1953 | Married Joan Baim |
| 1955 September 6 | Catch a Star! opened featuring sketches by Simon and marking his Broadway debut |
| 1957 | Daughter Ellen Simon born |
| 1961 February 22 | First full-length work, Come Blow Your Horn, opened on Broadway |
| 1962 | Daughter Nancy Simon born |
| 1963-2001 | Premiered 26 full-length plays and five musicals on Broadway stages |
| 1965 | Won first of four Tony Awards, Best Author (Play) for The Odd Couple |
| 1966 | First motion picture released, After the Fox, co-written with Cesare Zavattini |
| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park opened in movie theaters, the first time Simon adapted his own work for the big screen |
| 1969-2001 | Wrote screenplays for 29 major motion picture and television movie releases |
| 1973 | Death of Joan Baim Married Marsha Mason (divorced 1983) |
| 1983 June 23 | Alvin Theatre on Broadway renamed Neil Simon Theatre |
| 1987 | Married Diane Lander (divorced 1988) |
| 1990 | Married Diane Lander (divorced 1998) and adopted Diane's daughter Bryn Lander Simon |
| 1991 | Won Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Lost in Yonkers |
| 1996 | Rewrites memoir published |
| 1997 | Honored at the William Inge Center for the Arts |
| 1998 | Final major motion picture released, The Odd Couple II |
| 1999 | Second memoir, The Play Goes On, published |
| 1999 September | Married Elaine Joyce |
| 2003 December 18 | Final play premiered, Rose's Dilemma, at Manhattan Theatre Club |
| 2004 | Received kidney transplant |
| 2005 July 26 | Death of brother and early writing partner Danny Simon |
| 2006 | Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 2018 August 26 | Died, New York City |