Murray Schisgal, whose writing brought a 1964 Tony Award nomination for the Broadway play Luv and a 1982 Oscar nomination for the hit Dustin Hoffman comedy Tootsie, died Oct. 1 at a nursing home in…
, was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and for Best Author of a Play. Directed by Mike Nichols,, starring Jack Lemmon, Elaine May and Peter Falk, directed by Clive Donner, was largely ignored, as was 1967’sstarring Wallach and Jackson, directed by Arthur Hiller., starring Hoffman as a struggling New York actor who pretends to be a woman in order to land a big soap opera role.
Schisgal is survived by son Zach, daughter Jane Schisgal; a sister and four grandchildren. His wife died in 2017.
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