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{{Shortshort description|American screenwriter, author and playwright}}
{{Distinguish|Simon Mayo}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mayo Simon
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| death_place birth_place= [[United States]]▼
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| occupation = [[Screenwriter]], [[author]], [[playwright]]▼
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| years_active = 1963–20241963–present▼
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| children = 4, including [[Francesca Simon|Francesca]] and [[Anne Simon|Anne]]▼
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|05|02|mf=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|10|06|1928|05|02|mf=y}}
▲| death_place = [[United States]]
▲| occupation = [[Screenwriter]], [[author]], [[playwright]]
▲| years_active = 1963–2024
▲| children = 4, including [[Francesca Simon|Francesca]] and [[Anne Simon|Anne]]
}}
'''Mayo Simon''' (May 2, 1928 – October 6, 2024) was an American screenwriter, author and playwright.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Marooned (1969) The Screen: 'Marooned,' Space Film, Opens the New Ziegfeld:Story Built on Perils of Planetary Trips|first=Howard|last=Thompson|date=December 19, 1969|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E5DC1131EE3BBC4152DFB4678382679EDE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/164947/Mayo-Simon/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114222734/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/164947/Mayo-Simon/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-14|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|title=Mayo Smith}}</ref><ref name="WashPostAug9-201" />▼
▲'''Mayo Simon''' (May 2, 1928 – October 6, 2024) wasis an American screenwriter, author and playwright.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Marooned (1969) The Screen: 'Marooned,' Space Film, Opens the New Ziegfeld:Story Built on Perils of Planetary Trips|first=Howard|last=Thompson|date=December 19, 1969|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E5DC1131EE3BBC4152DFB4678382679EDE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/164947/Mayo-Simon/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114222734/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/164947/Mayo-Simon/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-14|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|title=Mayo Smith}}</ref><ref name="WashPostAug9-201" />
He was the father of the author [[Francesca Simon]]<ref>{{cite news |author=McCrum, Robert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/francesca-simon-books-interview |title=Francesca Simon: 'When I started out, people would ask: "When will you write for adults?"' |work=[[theguardian.com]] |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |quote=Her father, Mayo Simon, was an American screenwriter who graduated from educational public television (KETC) programmes to Hollywood during the early 1960s. Simon, who says she is 'very obviously the eldest' of four, was brought up in a nomadic, hand-to-mouth but happily chaotic Jewish American family home. . . . By the time she went to college, she had lived in California, England and France, but considers herself to be very much a West Coaster.}}</ref> and biologist-''[[X-Files]]'' science advisor [[Anne Simon]].<ref name="WashPostAug9-201">{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/meet-the-scientist-behind-the-return-of-the-x-files-to-television/2015/08/09/e983fc40-3bba-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html |title = Meet the scientist behind the return of 'The X-Files' to television |last = McCoy |first = Terrence |date = August 9, 2015 |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |access-date = August 11, 2015 |quote = Her dad, Mayo Simon, was a Hollywood scriptwriter. He penned some prominent sci-fi offerings — 'Marooned,' 'Futureworld' and 'Man from Atlantis' — when she was a child living in Southern California.}}</ref> He died on October 6, 2024, aged 96.▼
▲He wasis the father of the author [[Francesca Simon]]<ref>{{cite news |author=McCrum, Robert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/francesca-simon-books-interview |title=Francesca Simon: 'When I started out, people would ask: "When will you write for adults?"' |work=[[theguardian.com]] |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |quote=Her father, Mayo Simon, was an American screenwriter who graduated from educational public television (KETC) programmes to Hollywood during the early 1960s. Simon, who says she is 'very obviously the eldest' of four, was brought up in a nomadic, hand-to-mouth but happily chaotic Jewish American family home. . . . By the time she went to college, she had lived in California, England and France, but considers herself to be very much a West Coaster.}}</ref> and biologist-''[[X-Files]]'' science advisor [[Anne Simon]].<ref name="WashPostAug9-201">{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/meet-the-scientist-behind-the-return-of-the-x-files-to-television/2015/08/09/e983fc40-3bba-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html |title = Meet the scientist behind the return of 'The X-Files' to television |last = McCoy |first = Terrence |date = August 9, 2015 |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |access-date = August 11, 2015 |quote = Her dad, Mayo Simon, was a Hollywood scriptwriter. He penned some prominent sci-fi offerings — 'Marooned,' 'Futureworld' and 'Man from Atlantis' — when she was a child living in Southern California.}}</ref> He died on October 6, 2024, aged 96.
==Select filmography==
* ''[[Man from Atlantis]]'' (1977) (pilot episode)
* ''[[Futureworld]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Phase IV (1974 film)|Phase IV]]'' (1974) (original screenplay)
* ''[[Marooned (1969 film)|Marooned]]'' (1969) (screenplay)
* ''[[Why Man Creates]]'' (1968) (conceived and written with [[Saul Bass]])
* ''[[I Could Go On Singing]]'' (1963) (screenplay)
==Select plays==
* ''Happiness'' - Lincoln Center
* ''L.A. Under Siege'' (1970) - Mark Taper Forrum
* ''Elaine's Daughter'' - Actors Theatre of Louisville
* ''The Twilight Romance'' (2003) - Falcon Theatre
* ''Greek Holiday'' (2003) - Payright's theatre
* ''The Old lady's Guide to Survival'' - Actors Theatre of Louisville
* ''These Men'' (1980) - Bush theatre
* ''Walking to Waldheim'' - Lincoln Center
* ''A Rich Full Life'' (1985) - L.A. Theatre Center
* ''Going West'' (2010) - Shooting Star Theatre
==Books==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0800294}}
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