Renée Adorée Taylor (née Wexler; born March , ) is an American
actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. Taylor was
nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for the
film Lovers and Other Strangers (). She also played Sylvia Fine on the
television sitcom The Nanny (â€").Taylor was born in The Bronx, New
York City, to Charles and Frieda (née Silverstein) Wexler.[citation
needed] She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts.Taylor acted
with improv groups in the s. She worked as a comedian in the early s
at the New York City nightclub Bon Soir. Her opening act was a
then-unknown Barbra Streisand. In , Taylor played an actress
portraying Eva Braun in Mel Brooks' feature film The Producers, a role
she got while performing the play Luv with Gene Wilder, whom Brooks
decided to cast as protagonist Leo Bloom.Taylor and her husband,
Joseph Bologna, co-wrote the Broadway hit comedy Lovers and Other
Strangers, and received Oscar nominations for having written the film
adaptation. In , the couple co-wrote and starred in the film Made for
Each Other. Their screenplay received a nomination for the Writers
Guild of America Award for Best Comedy. Taylor played Arlene Sherwood,
co-producer of a television show along with Jerry Orbach and John
Candy in the film Delirious.[better source needed]
actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. Taylor was
nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for the
film Lovers and Other Strangers (). She also played Sylvia Fine on the
television sitcom The Nanny (â€").Taylor was born in The Bronx, New
York City, to Charles and Frieda (née Silverstein) Wexler.[citation
needed] She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts.Taylor acted
with improv groups in the s. She worked as a comedian in the early s
at the New York City nightclub Bon Soir. Her opening act was a
then-unknown Barbra Streisand. In , Taylor played an actress
portraying Eva Braun in Mel Brooks' feature film The Producers, a role
she got while performing the play Luv with Gene Wilder, whom Brooks
decided to cast as protagonist Leo Bloom.Taylor and her husband,
Joseph Bologna, co-wrote the Broadway hit comedy Lovers and Other
Strangers, and received Oscar nominations for having written the film
adaptation. In , the couple co-wrote and starred in the film Made for
Each Other. Their screenplay received a nomination for the Writers
Guild of America Award for Best Comedy. Taylor played Arlene Sherwood,
co-producer of a television show along with Jerry Orbach and John
Candy in the film Delirious.[better source needed]
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