About Jerry Sterner
Lived 1938 – 2001 (aged 62). Jerry Sterner was an American playwright, actor and author.
Jerry Joseph Sterner (15 September 1938 – 11 June 2001) was an American businessman and playwright, best known for the play, Other People's Money: The Ultimate Seduction, later, adapted as the 1991 romantic-comedy-drama film.
Early life Jerry Sterner was born in the Bronx. Sterner attended City College of New York.
Career Sterner sold tokens for the New York City Transit Authority, which opened at the Minetta Lane Theater in 1989, and ran for several years. A play for 3 males and 2 females,
Sterner was a regular contributor to the business section of the New York Times and Fortune magazine.
Plays Top 40 (?) Tit for Tat (?) (Off Broadway play starring David Groh, Philip Bosco and Priscilla Lopez.)
Other People's Money: The Ultimate Seduction (1989) Topper (1997) 1040 (1998) Crossing the Double White Line (2005)
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Who was Jerry Sterner?
American actor (1938–2001)
When was Jerry Sterner born?
Jerry Sterner was born on 15 September 1938.
When did Jerry Sterner die?
Jerry Sterner died on 11 June 2001 in New York City.
What was Jerry Sterner's occupation?
Jerry Sterner was a playwright, actor and author.
What nationality was Jerry Sterner?
Jerry Sterner was American.
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