Jerry Joseph Sterner (15 September 1938 – 11 June 2001) was an American businessman and playwright,[1] best known for the play, Other People's Money: The Ultimate Seduction, later, adapted as the 1991 romantic-comedy-drama film.
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Jerry Sterner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jerry Joseph Sterner |
| Notable work | Other People's Money |
Early life
Jerry Sterner was born in the Bronx. Sterner attended City College of New York.[2]
Career
Sterner sold tokens for the New York City Transit Authority,[2] on the night shift, where, in nearly six years, he wrote seven plays in the booth.[2]
In 1984, at the age of 46, he left a real estate business, as president of David C. Gold & Company,[2] to become a writer full-time. His early plays include Tit for Tat[3] and Be Happy for Me.[2][4]
His first success was Other People's Money,[5] which opened at the Minetta Lane Theater in 1989, and ran for several years. A play for 3 males and 2 females,[5] It starred Kevin Conway, Mercedes Ruehl, James Murtaugh, Arch Johnson, and Scotty Bloch.
He worked on several musicals, including one with Jerry Bock, called 1040.[6]
Sterner was a regular contributor to the business section of the New York Times and Fortune magazine.[7]
Plays
- Off Broadway play starring David Groh, Philip Bosco and Priscilla Lopez.
Personal life
In 1966 he married Jean Sterner. They have two daughters, Emily James and the writer, Kate Shaffar.[2]
He is buried behind his old building in Brooklyn, in Washington Cemetery with a headstone sardonically inscribed: "Finally, a plot."[15]
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