Martin Manulis

Martin Ellyot Manulis was an American television, film, and theatre producer. Manulis was best known for his work in the 1950s producing the CBS Television programs Suspense, Studio One Summer Theatre, Climax, The Best of Broadway and Playhouse 90. He was the sole producer of the awardwinning drama series, Playhouse 90, during its first two seasons from 1956 to 1958.

Manulis was born and raised in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. His father, Abraham Gus Manulis, immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1897, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1911, and operated a drug store in Park Slope. His mother, Anna, was born in New York, the daughter of Russian immigrants. His older brother, Frederick, became a doctor and moved to Palm Beach, Florida.

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