LOS ANGELES, June 7 — Marilyn Hall, an Emmy-winning TV writer-producer, philanthropist and wife of the legendary Let’s Make a Deal host Monty Hall, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 90.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children Joanna Gleason, the Tony Award-winning actress and the wife of actor Chris Sarandon; Sharon Hall, president of Endemol Shine Studios and the wife of TV producer Todd Ellis Kessler; and Emmy-winning producer Richard Hall, as well as her grandchildren Aaron (and his wife Stacey), Mikka (Mark), Maggie (Adam), Jack and Levi and her sister, Peggy (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Hall got her start in entertainment starring and writing radio dramas for the CBC, and went on to write for such TV shows as Love, American Style and the 1975 ABC special Lights, Camera, Monty! — the latter which was the first variety show to be hosted by her husband. The two were married in September 1947.
In addition to her well-known philanthropic pursuits, she also went on to write for a number of TV shows and got into producing, and eventually went on to win two Emmy awards — for the 1982 TV movie A Woman Called Golda starring Ingrid Bergman and Leonard Nimoy (as associate producer), and 1985’s Do You Remember Love?. — AFP-Relaxnews
