Lucille Kallen (May 28, 1922, Los Angeles, California – January 18, 1999, Ardsley, New York)[1][2] was an American writer, screenwriter,[3] playwright,[4] composer, and lyricist.
She also worked extensively on Broadway, was a long-time writing partner of Mel Tolkin,[5] and published six novels, including a series of mysteries featuring the character C.B.
[6] The Mystery Fancier discussed and reviewed her books,[7][8] and one was quoted in English Historical Syntax and Morphology.
[9] Sid Caesar's writer's room has been fictionally recreated many times.
Neil Simon, one of the writers, memorialized it in his play Laughter on the 23rd Floor; it formed the centerpiece of the 1982 film My Favorite Year, and most famously, it was the office in which Rob Petrie worked in The Dick Van Dyke Show.