About Norman Lear
Born in 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear attended Emerson College before flying 52 combat missions over Europe during World War II.
Upon his return, Norman began a successful career writing and producing programs like The Colgate Comedy Hour, and The Martha Raye Show — ultimately leading to Lear captivating 120 million viewers per week with his iconic shows of the 1970s and ‘80s — All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Lear put his television career on hold in 1980 to found People For The American Way. Today, the organization is over one million members and activists strong and remains committed to defending constitutional values like free expression, religious liberty, equal justice under the law, and the right to meaningfully participate in our democracy.
One of the few surviving original copies of the Declaration of Independence was purchased by Lyn and Norman Lear in 2001, and during the decade that followed, they shared it with the American people by touring it to all 50 states through their Declaration of Independence Road Trip.
Lear launched Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan youth voter initiative that registered over four million new, young voters in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections.
Lear is a six-time Emmy winner, a Kennedy Center Honoree, a recipient of the Peabody Lifetime Achievement Award, and a proud member of the inaugural group of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
When President Clinton bestowed the National Medal of Arts on Lear in 1999, he noted that “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it.”
About Norman Lear
Born in 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear attended Emerson College before flying 52 combat missions over Europe during World War II.
Upon his return, Norman began a successful career writing and producing programs like The Colgate Comedy Hour, and The Martha Raye Show — ultimately leading to Lear captivating 120 million viewers per week with his iconic shows of the 1970s and ‘80s — All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Lear put his television career on hold in 1980 to found People For The American Way. Today, the organization is over one million members and activists strong and remains committed to defending constitutional values like free expression, religious liberty, equal justice under the law, and the right to meaningfully participate in our democracy.
One of the few surviving original copies of the Declaration of Independence was purchased by Lyn and Norman Lear in 2001, and during the decade that followed, they shared it with the American people by touring it to all 50 states through their Declaration of Independence Road Trip.
Lear launched Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan youth voter initiative that registered over four million new, young voters in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections.
Lear is a six-time Emmy winner, a Kennedy Center Honoree, a recipient of the Peabody Lifetime Achievement Award, and a proud member of the inaugural group of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
When President Clinton bestowed the National Medal of Arts on Lear in 1999, he noted that “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it.”
About Norman Lear
Born in 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear attended Emerson College before flying 52 combat missions over Europe during World War II.
Upon his return, Norman began a successful career writing and producing programs like The Colgate Comedy Hour, and The Martha Raye Show — ultimately leading to Lear captivating 120 million viewers per week with his iconic shows of the 1970s and ‘80s — All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Lear put his television career on hold in 1980 to found People For The American Way. Today, the organization is over one million members and activists strong and remains committed to defending constitutional values like free expression, religious liberty, equal justice under the law, and the right to meaningfully participate in our democracy.
One of the few surviving original copies of the Declaration of Independence was purchased by Lyn and Norman Lear in 2001, and during the decade that followed, they shared it with the American people by touring it to all 50 states through their Declaration of Independence Road Trip.
Lear launched Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan youth voter initiative that registered over four million new, young voters in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections.
Lear is a six-time Emmy winner, a Kennedy Center Honoree, a recipient of the Peabody Lifetime Achievement Award, and a proud member of the inaugural group of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
When President Clinton bestowed the National Medal of Arts on Lear in 1999, he noted that “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it.”