Howard Teichmann

 ( 1916 Births ) 

Teichmann wrote the 1953 hit play The Solid Gold Cadillac with George S. Kaufman, which was later adapted to film. Other plays he wrote included Miss Lonelyhearts (1957) (adapted from the 1933 novel) and The Girls in 509 (1958). He also wrote a number of biographies, including of Kaufman (1972), Alexander Woollcott (1976), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1979), and Henry Fonda (1981). He was also a professor at Barnard College.(9 July 1987). Howards M. Teichmann, Playwright, Dies at 71, The New York Times, p. A25(9 July 1987). Playwright Dies of Lou Gehrig's Disease, Associated PressRotbert, Mitchell (22 January 1980). Literary Life of Barnard Prof, Columbia Daily Spectator(June 1948). A New Course, Barnard College Alumnae Magazine, p. 9-10

Teichmann died of ALS on July 7, 1987, survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren.