Irma Kalish

Irma Kalish was an American television producer and screenwriter who held a pioneering role as a woman in the TV industry.

Kalish produced and wrote for television programs, including Too Close for Comfort, All in the Family, The Facts of Life, Good Times, The Hogan Family, Maude, I Dream of Jeannie, F Troop and Family Affair. She is known for writing the episode of Maude where Maude gets an abortion.

Kalish also executive produced 227, a sitcom about a working-class African-American family in Washington, D.C.

Kalish often teamed with her husband Austin "Rocky" Kalish on hundreds of television episodes.

A WGA West member since 1964, Kalish received the guild's Morgan Cox service award in 1993 and its Valentine Davies award in 2004.

She also was president of Women in Film — and given its Founders Award in 1997 — and served as a board member of the Motion Picture & Television Fund for 27 years.

Kalish died September 3, 2021 in Woodland Hills, California. She was 96.