# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saul-turteltaub
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:12:28.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saul-turteltaub"
name: "Saul Turteltaub"
slug: "saul-turteltaub"
description: "Saul Turteltaub was an American comedy writer and producer. He was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1964 and 1965 as part of the writing team for That Was the Week that Was, and in 1968 for The Carol Burnett Show. Most commonly working with collaborator Bernie Orenstein, he wrote and produced That Girl, Sanford and Son, What's Happening!!, Baby Talk, and Kate & Allie, among others."
tagline: "American television writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-05-05"
deathDate: "2020-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.242156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878125/"
    handle:    "nm0878125"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Turteltaub"
    title: "Saul Turteltaub"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60792978"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157241"
    title: "Saul Turteltaub"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations