Merrill Markoe (born August 13, 1952) is an author, an Emmy Award-winning television writer and a sometime
standup comedienne.
Career
Markoe attended the
University of California, Berkeley, receiving a B.A. in Art in 1970 and an M.A. in 1972.
Her first job after leaving the university was teaching art at the
University of Southern California After auditing
scriptwriting classes, and doing research for the head writer of
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Markoe was hired as writer for the 1977 revival of
Laugh-In, joining a team that included Robin Williams.
