Yvette Lee Bowser
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Yvette Lee Bowser | |
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| Born | Yvette Denise Lee (1965-06-09) June 9, 1965 United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Television producer, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Kyle Bowser |
Yvette Denise Lee Bowser (born June 9, 1965)[citation needed] is an American television writer and producer. She is perhaps best known for writing and producing Half & Half, Living Single, and A Different World. With Living Single, she became the first African-American woman to develop her own prime-time series.[1]
While still working as Yvette Denise Lee, Bowser started on A Different World in 1987 as one of a number of apprentices, rising in prominence in the production company over the years and eventually becoming producer by the 1991-92 season.[2] She left that show to take a position with Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.
Bowser created her own company, Sister Lee Productions, which produced or co-produced her later shows, Living Single and Half & Half. She has said in various interviews that she draws many of her characters and plots from personal experiences: "I just basically rip pages out of my diary to tell stories on TV."[citation needed] In the case of Half & Half, for example, the writer based the characters Mona and Dee-Dee on herself and an older half-sister, and plot ideas came from her experience as the youngest child in a blended family.[3]
Through Sister Lee Productions, Bowser is showrunner[4] for the critically acclaimed Netflix series Dear White People.
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Personal life
Yvette Lee Bowser married producer Kyle Bowser in 1994. The two worked together on Living Single, Half & Half, and For Your Love.[9] She graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1983 where she attended with Holly Robinson – who was a part of the Hangin' with Mr. Cooper cast and later starred in For Your Love[citation needed]. After high school she attended Stanford University where, in 1986, she pledged the Xi Beta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. [10]
References
^ Gregory, Deborah. "Yvette Lee Bowser: the sister who took 'Living Single' straight to the top! - African American television producer,"
Essence, Dec. 1994
^ Brown, Malaika. Sisterhood televised: Yvette Lee Bowser and the voices she listens to - creator and executive producer of the TV show, 'Living Single,' American Visions, April–May, 1995
^ Walker, Nicole. Two sisters, two different moms—TV's 'half & half' takes a fresh look at the blended black family (cover story), Jet, March 15, 2004
^ Young, Danielle (27 April 2017). "From A Different World to Dear White People: Meet the Black-TV-Series Whisperer, Yvette Lee Bowser". theroot.com. The Root. Retrieved 16 January 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Dear White People (2017)". Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ "Dear White People: Season 1 reviews". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
^ "Dear White People Season 2". Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^ "Dear White People: Season 2 reviews". Retrieved June 3, 2018.
^ Holmes, Kristin E.The Bible's fresh voice, Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 4, 2006
^ "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Xi Beta Chapter". web.stanford.edu. Stanford University. 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
External links
Yvette Lee Bowser on IMDb
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