A native New Yorker, Lois Joan Geiger attended Hofstra University and did postgraduate studies at Sorbonne. In the late 1940s, she worked for pioneering publisher Ian Ballantine as a translator and editor in the exploding paperback industry.
She moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and joined the story department at CBS Television, where she discovered and helped develop "The Untouchables." She served as one of the producers of "Shirley Temple Storybook," a series of sixteen ABC specials and worked as a story editor and consultant for TV producers Desi Arnaz, William Asher, Quinn Martin and Rod Amateau, working on several shows, including "The Fugitive", "The Invaders" and "Quincy, M.E."
She married comedian Henry Gibson at Los Angeles on April 6, 1966. A member of the Actors Studio Playwrights group and the Dramatists Guild of America, she wrote the book for the musical "Nobody's Heart," based on the life and lyrics of Lorenz Hart. Gibson also worked as a journalist, serving as the television critic for the Los Angeles Free Press in the '70s. In the mid-'80s, she wrote the popular "Hidden Treasures" column of the "Around Home" section of the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
A lifetime animal rights activist, Gibson rescued and placed hundreds of small dogs over a three-decade period. She was survived by her husband, sons and grandchildren.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Boston Terrier Rescue Fund.
She moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and joined the story department at CBS Television, where she discovered and helped develop "The Untouchables." She served as one of the producers of "Shirley Temple Storybook," a series of sixteen ABC specials and worked as a story editor and consultant for TV producers Desi Arnaz, William Asher, Quinn Martin and Rod Amateau, working on several shows, including "The Fugitive", "The Invaders" and "Quincy, M.E."
She married comedian Henry Gibson at Los Angeles on April 6, 1966. A member of the Actors Studio Playwrights group and the Dramatists Guild of America, she wrote the book for the musical "Nobody's Heart," based on the life and lyrics of Lorenz Hart. Gibson also worked as a journalist, serving as the television critic for the Los Angeles Free Press in the '70s. In the mid-'80s, she wrote the popular "Hidden Treasures" column of the "Around Home" section of the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
A lifetime animal rights activist, Gibson rescued and placed hundreds of small dogs over a three-decade period. She was survived by her husband, sons and grandchildren.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Boston Terrier Rescue Fund.
A native New Yorker, Lois Joan Geiger attended Hofstra University and did postgraduate studies at Sorbonne. In the late 1940s, she worked for pioneering publisher Ian Ballantine as a translator and editor in the exploding paperback industry.
She moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and joined the story department at CBS Television, where she discovered and helped develop "The Untouchables." She served as one of the producers of "Shirley Temple Storybook," a series of sixteen ABC specials and worked as a story editor and consultant for TV producers Desi Arnaz, William Asher, Quinn Martin and Rod Amateau, working on several shows, including "The Fugitive", "The Invaders" and "Quincy, M.E."
She married comedian Henry Gibson at Los Angeles on April 6, 1966. A member of the Actors Studio Playwrights group and the Dramatists Guild of America, she wrote the book for the musical "Nobody's Heart," based on the life and lyrics of Lorenz Hart. Gibson also worked as a journalist, serving as the television critic for the Los Angeles Free Press in the '70s. In the mid-'80s, she wrote the popular "Hidden Treasures" column of the "Around Home" section of the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
A lifetime animal rights activist, Gibson rescued and placed hundreds of small dogs over a three-decade period. She was survived by her husband, sons and grandchildren.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Boston Terrier Rescue Fund.
She moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and joined the story department at CBS Television, where she discovered and helped develop "The Untouchables." She served as one of the producers of "Shirley Temple Storybook," a series of sixteen ABC specials and worked as a story editor and consultant for TV producers Desi Arnaz, William Asher, Quinn Martin and Rod Amateau, working on several shows, including "The Fugitive", "The Invaders" and "Quincy, M.E."
She married comedian Henry Gibson at Los Angeles on April 6, 1966. A member of the Actors Studio Playwrights group and the Dramatists Guild of America, she wrote the book for the musical "Nobody's Heart," based on the life and lyrics of Lorenz Hart. Gibson also worked as a journalist, serving as the television critic for the Los Angeles Free Press in the '70s. In the mid-'80s, she wrote the popular "Hidden Treasures" column of the "Around Home" section of the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
A lifetime animal rights activist, Gibson rescued and placed hundreds of small dogs over a three-decade period. She was survived by her husband, sons and grandchildren.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Boston Terrier Rescue Fund.
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