Irma May Kalish (née Ginsberg; October 6, 1924 – September 3, 2021) was an American television producer and screenwriter who held a pioneering role as a woman in the TV industry.
Kalish produced and wrote for television programs, including Too Close for Comfort, All in the Family, The Facts of Life, Good Times, The Hogan Family, Maude, I Dream of Jeannie, F Troop and Family Affair.
Starting with the radio show, The Martin and Lewis Show, that featured Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Kalish often wrote with her husband Rocky, her writing partner.
Kalish also executive produced 227, a sitcom about a working-class African-American family in Washington, D.C.[4] Kalish also wrote under the pseudonym Cady Kalian with co-writer Naomi Gurian.
[6][7] Kalish died on September 3, 2021, at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 96 from complications of pneumonia.