Sherry Coben (September 1953 – October 16, 2024) was an American writer who created the 1980s situation comedy Kate & Allie[2] and the webseries Little Women, Big Cars.[3]
Coben started her media career in the art department at KYW-TV. Her first TV writing work was on the 1979-1980 children's show Hot Hero Sandwich, for which she received an Emmy Award. She then wrote for Ryan's Hope before selling her first pilot script, which became the series Kate & Allie.[4]
Personal life and death
Coben married film editor Pat McMahon.[4] Their long-distance relationship inspired Coben's second pilot, Love Long Distance, about a couple divided between Philadelphia and New York City;[6] the pilot was shot but not picked up for a series.[4]
Coben died from cancer at her home in New Milford, New Jersey, on October 16, 2024, at the age of 71.[7]
