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{{Short description|American writer (1917–2007)}}
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| birth_name = Sidney Schechtel
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|2|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|1|30|1917|2|11|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Novelist|screenwriter|television producer|playwright}}
| alma_mater = [[Northwestern University]]
| period = 1941–2007
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'''Sidney Sheldon''' (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy ''[[The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer]]'' (1947), which earned him an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] in 1948.<ref name="NYT Obit" /> He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]'' (1963–66), ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' (1965–70), and ''[[Hart to Hart]]'' (1979–84).<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitgang |first=Herbert |date=1978-02-26 |title=Behind the Best Sellers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/26/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-sidney-sheldon.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-05-07 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as ''[[The Other Side of Midnight]]'' (1973), ''[[Master of the Game (novel)|Master of the Game]]'' (1982),  and ''[[Rage of Angels]]'' (1980). 

Sheldon's novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Stern |first1=Jane |last2=Stern |first2=Michael |date=2006-01-01 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/books/review/master-of-the-game.html |title=Master of the Game |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> He is consistently cited as one of the top 10 [[List of best-selling fiction authors|best-selling fiction writers]] of all time.<ref name="ranker.com">{{Cite web |title=The Best Selling Fiction Authors of All Time |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-selling-fiction-authors-of-all-time/walter-graves |website=Ranker |language=en |access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sheldon was born Sidney Schechtel in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. His parents, of Ukrainian [[Jewish]] ancestry, were Ascher "Otto" Schechtel (1894–1967), manager of a jewelry store, and Natalie Marcus. At age 10, Sidney made his first sale, $5 for a poem. During the [[Great Depression]], he worked at a variety of jobs, and after graduating from [[East High School (Denver)|East High School]] in [[Denver, Colorado]], he attended [[Northwestern University]] on a scholarship, and contributed short plays to drama groups. He had to drop out after six months to help support his family.<ref name="CNN07131999">[http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/sidney.sheldon.html "Sidney Sheldon: A chat with the best-selling author Sidney Sheldon about his book Tell Me Your Dreams"], ''[[CNN]]'', July 13, 1999</ref> Sheldon enlisted in the military during [[World War II]] as a pilot in the [[War Training Service]], a branch of the [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]].<ref name="Sheldon Bio" /> His unit was disbanded, but he was discharged because of a recurring slipped disc before he was deployed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Obituaries |title=Sidney Sheldon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sidney-sheldon-434541.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=1 February 2007}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1937, Sheldon moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]],  where he reviewed scripts and collaborated on a number of [[B movie]]s.<ref name="Sheldon Bio"/>

=== Broadway ===
Sheldon began writing [[musical theatre|musicals]] for the Broadway stage while continuing to write screenplays for both [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]. He earned a reputation as a prolific writer; for example, at one time, [[Ben Roberts (writer)|Ben Roberts]] and he had three musicals on Broadway - a rewritten ''[[The Merry Widow]]'', ''[[Jackpot (musical)|Jackpot]]'', and ''Dream with Music''.<ref name="AP Obit" /> Sheldon received a [[Tony Award]] in 1959 for his musical ''[[Redhead (musical)|Redhead]]'', starring [[Gwen Verdon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtishows.com/people/sidney-sheldon|title=Sidney Sheldon|website=Music Theatre International|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> His other stage plays include ''Alice in Arms'', ''The King of New York'', ''The Judge'', and ''Roman Candle''. Only ''Roman Candle'' has been published as a book. The play ''Gomes'' was performed only in London and not on Broadway.

=== Film ===
Sheldon's success on Broadway brought him back to Hollywood, where his first assignment was ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'', which earned him the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20070131/sidney-sheldon-top-novelist-won-oscar-tony-and-emmy|title=Sidney Sheldon, top novelist, won Oscar, Tony and Emmy|date=2007-01-31|website=Daily News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> He was one of the writers on the screenplay for the 1948 [[musical film]] ''[[Easter Parade (film)|Easter Parade]]'' and sole writer for the 1950 musical film ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'', both of which featured the songs of [[Irving Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-27-ca-42619-story.html|title=The Return of 'Annie Get Your Gun'|date=2000-10-27|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-05-22|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> Some of his other writing credits include ''[[South of Panama (1941 film)|South of Panama]]''; ''[[Gambling Daughters]]''; ''Dangerous Lady''; ''[[Borrowed Hero]]''; ''[[Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case]]''; ''[[Fly-by-Night (film)|Fly-by-Night]]''; ''[[She's in the Army]]''; ''[[Nancy Goes to Rio]]''; ''[[Three Guys Named Mike]]''; ''[[No Questions Asked (film)|No questions asked]]''; ''[[Rich, Young and Pretty]]''; ''[[Just This Once (film)|Just This Once]]''; ''[[Remains to Be Seen (film)|Remains to be Seen]]''; ''[[Dream Wife]]'' (directed as well); ''[[You're Never Too Young]]''; ''[[The Birds and the Bees (film)|The Birds and the Bees]]''; ''[[Anything Goes (1956 film)|Anything Goes]]''; ''Pardners''; ''[[The Buster Keaton Story]]'' (directed as well); ''[[All in a Night's Work (film)|All in a Night's Work]]''; and ''[[Billy Rose's Jumbo]]''.

=== Television ===
When television became the new popular medium, Sheldon decided to try his hand in it. "I suppose I needed money," he remembered. "I met [[Patty Duke]] one day at lunch. So I produced ''The Patty Duke Show'', and I did something nobody else in TV ever did. For seven years, I wrote almost every single episode of the series."<ref name="AP Obit" />

After seeing Duke's performance as [[Helen Keller]] in ''[[The Miracle Worker (1962 film)|The Miracle Worker]]'' (1962), Sheldon cast the actress as the two sitcom leads, identical cousins, Patty and Cathy Lane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/patty-duke-show|title=Patty Duke Show, The|date=2017-10-22|website=Television Academy Interviews|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> Following the show's success, Sheldon had signed an agreement with [[Screen Gems]] to handle the development of various television series.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-06-15 |title=Fates & Fortunes |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/64-OCR/1964-06-15-BC-OCR-Page-0093.pdf |access-date=2021-10-30}}</ref>

In 1965, Sheldon created, produced, and wrote ''I Dream of Jeannie'' starring [[Barbara Eden]] and [[Larry Hagman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/news/i-dream-of-jeannie-facts|title=Unbottling Jeannie: Magic and Mischief on the Set of a Sitcom Favorite|last=Cashill|first=Robert|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> He wrote all but two dozen scripts in five years, sometimes using three pseudonyms (Mark Rowane, Allan Devon, and Christopher Golato), while simultaneously writing scripts for ''The Patty Duke Show''. He later said that he did this because he felt his name was appearing too often in the credits as creator, producer, copyright owner, and writer of these series.<ref>Marsha Ann Tate & Earl Houser, ''What America Watched: Television Favorites from the Cornfields to the Cosmos'', McFarland, 2022, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cD1ZEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mark+Rowane%22+%22Allan+Devon%22+%22Christopher+Golato%22&pg=PA99 p. 99]</ref>

Production for ''I Dream of Jeannie'' ended in 1970 after five seasons.  "During the last year of ''I Dream of Jeannie'', I decided to try a novel," he said in 1982. "Each morning from 9 until noon, I had a secretary at the studio take all calls. I mean every single call. I wrote each morning — or rather, dictated — and then I faced the TV business."<ref name="AP Obit" />

In 1970, Sheldon wrote all 17 episodes of the short-lived series ''[[Nancy (TV series)|Nancy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/nancy/|title=Nancy|website=Television Obscurities|date=August 14, 2009 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>

In 1979, Sheldon created and wrote for the series ''[[Hart to Hart]]'' starring [[Robert Wagner]] and [[Stefanie Powers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/2010-fall-hart-to-hart-reunion|title=One from the Hart: A Hart to Hart Reunion|website=The Paley Center for Media|date=September 14, 2010|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> The show aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and ran for five seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hart-to-hart-gay-remake_n_55f9cee9e4b08820d9171e6c|title=There's A Gay Remake In Store For This Iconic TV Series|last=Wong|first=Curtis M.|date=2015-09-18|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>

=== Novels ===
In 1969, Sheldon wrote his first novel, ''[[The Naked Face]]'', which earned him a nomination for the [[Edgar Allan Poe Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] in the category of Best First Novel. His next novel, ''[[The Other Side of Midnight]]'', climbed to number one on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]], as did several ensuing novels, a number of which were also made into motion pictures or TV miniseries. His novels often featured determined women who persevere in a tough world run by hostile men.<ref name="AP Obit">[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070131/ap_en_ot/obit_sheldon "Author Sidney Sheldon dies at 89"], Associated Press, January 30, 2007. [http://bachlab.balbach.net/coolreading/SidneySheldon.txt Archive copy].</ref> The novels contained  suspense and devices to keep the reader turning the page:<ref name="AP Obit"/>

{{blockquote|"I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down," he explained in a 1982 interview. "I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of it, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial - leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter."}}

Most of his readers were women.<ref name="AP Obit"/> Asked why this was the case, he said: "I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it."<ref name="AP Obit"/> Books were Sheldon's favorite medium. "I love writing books," he commented. "Movies are a collaborative medium, and everyone is second-guessing you. When you do a novel, you're on your own. It's a freedom that doesn't exist in any other medium."<ref name="AP Obit"/> He was the author of 18 novels, which have sold over 300 million copies.

Three years before his death, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called Sheldon "Mr. Blockbuster" and "prince of [[potboiler]]s".<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-25-et-levine25-story.html "Mr. Blockbuster"], ''The Los Angeles Times'', September 25, 2004.</ref>

==Personal life==
Sheldon was first married to Jane Kaufman Harding (1945–1946). Later, he wrote, "Regretfully, in less than a month, Jane and I realized we had made a mistake. We spent the next nine months trying in vain to make the marriage work."<ref>Sheldon, Sidney, The Other Side of Me, Warner Vision Books, 2005</ref>

He was married for 30 years to [[Jorja Curtright]], a stage and film actress, who later became an interior designer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193591/bio|title=Jorja Curtright|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> She played Suzanne in the 1955 film, ''[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]'', and appeared as Madame Zolta in season one of ''I Dream of Jeannie''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jorja-curtright/credits/247477|title=Jorja Curtright {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> in episode 25, "Bigger Than a Bread Box".<ref>''Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion'', edited by Tom Hill, © 1996 by [[Viacom International]], p. 191</ref> Curtright died of a heart attack in 1985. Their daughter, Mary Sheldon, became a novelist, as well.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-mary-sheldon-beverly-hills-20160309-story.html Los Angeles Times: "Author Mary Sheldon, daughter of Sidney Sheldon, sells in Beverly Hills" by Neal J. Leitereg] March 19, 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/sidney-sheldon-and-his-novelist-daughter-mary-explore-their-literary-bloodlines-vol-16-no-23/|title=Sidney Sheldon and His Novelist Daughter Mary Explore Their Literary Bloodlines|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>

Sheldon married Alexandra Joyce Kostoff, a former child actress,<ref>Alexandra Sheldon herself received a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]] {{cite book |last=Frenzel |first=Gerhard G. |title=Portrait of the Stars |year=1999 |publisher=Palm Springs Walk of Stars |location=Palm Springs, CA |page=99 |lccn=98093956 |oclc=41260876 }}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202035148/http://www.thesunrunner.com/Interviews/Sidney_Sheldon/sidney_sheldon.html Sidney Sheldon<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref> in Las Vegas in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-09-vw-1372-story.html|title=The Newly Married Sidney Sheldons Honored at Party|date=1989-11-09|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>

Sheldon struggled with [[bipolar disorder]] for years; he contemplated suicide at 17 (talked out of it by his father, who found him with a bottle of whiskey and several bottles of sleeping pills), as detailed in his autobiography published in 2005, ''[[The Other Side of Me (book)|The Other Side of Me]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Other Side of Me |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59483-096-9 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref>

==Death==
A resident of Palm Springs, California,<ref>{{cite book|last=Johns|first=Howard|title=Palm Springs Confidential: Playground of the Stars!|year=2004|publisher=Barricade Books|location=Fort Lee, NJ|isbn=9781569802694|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781569802694/page/55 55, 86]|oclc=54392060|lccn=2004041116|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781569802694/page/55}}{{LCC|PN2285 .J56 2004}}</ref> Sheldon died on January 30, 2007, of pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, 12 days before his 90th birthday.<ref name="Sheldon Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/sidneysheldon/sheldon_bio.html|title=Welcome to SidneySheldon.com: The Official Website of the World's Master Storyteller|work=hachettebookgroup.com}}</ref><ref name="NYT Obit">[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/obituaries/01sheldon.html?ex=1185944400&en=6926e71f21afa7d5&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNsidneysheldon "Sidney Sheldon, Author of Steamy Novels, Dies at 89"], ''The New York Times,'' January 31, 2007.</ref> His remains were cremated; the ashes were interred in [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]].

==Awards==
Sheldon won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay]] (1947) for ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' and a Tony Award (1959) for his musical ''Redhead'', and was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his work on ''I Dream of Jeannie'', an NBC sitcom. Sheldon was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/sidney-sheldon|title=Sidney Sheldon {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=www.walkoffame.com|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> had a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]] dedicated to him in 1994.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121208224143/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars%20by%20date/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars: By Date Dedicated]}}</ref> In 1990, Sheldon received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Novel series===

====Midnight====
# ''[[The Other Side of Midnight]]'' (1973)
# ''[[Memories of Midnight]]'' (1990)

====Ambitious Women====
# ''[[The Stars Shine Down]]'' (1992)
# ''[[The Best Laid Plans (novel)|The Best Laid Plans]]'' (1997)
# ''[[The Sky Is Falling (2001 novel)|The Sky Is Falling]]'' (2001)

===Novels not in series===

* ''[[The Naked Face]]'' (1970)
* ''[[A Stranger in the Mirror]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Bloodline (Sheldon novel)|Bloodline]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Rage of Angels]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Master of the Game (novel)|Master of the Game]]'' (1982)
* ''[[If Tomorrow Comes (novel)|If Tomorrow Comes]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Windmills of the Gods]]'' (1987)
* ''[[The Sands of Time (Sheldon novel)|The Sands of Time]]'' (1988)
* ''[[The Doomsday Conspiracy]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Nothing Lasts Forever (Sheldon novel)|Nothing Lasts Forever]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Morning, Noon, and Night (novel)|Morning, Noon, and Night]] '' (1995)
* ''[[Tell Me Your Dreams]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark? (novel)|Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' (2004)

===Autobiography===
* ''[[The Other Side Of Me (book)|The Other Side of Me]]'' (2005)

===Broadway plays===
* ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (1943)
* ''Jackpot'' (1944)
* ''Dream with Music'' (1944)
* ''Alice in Arms'' (1945)
* ''[[Redhead (musical)|Redhead]]'' (1959)
* ''Roman Candle'' (1960)
* ''The King of New York'' (1961)
* ''The Judge'' (1962)

===London plays===
* ''Gomes''

===Children's books and young-adult works===

* ''The Adventures of Drippy the Runaway Raindrop''

These books were published to introduce English-language novels in Japan. Some of the books have also been translated to Spanish, German, and Portuguese. The English versions of these books are not available outside of Japan.

* ''Man on the Run''
* ''The Dictator''
* ''The Revenge!''
* ''The Twelve Commandments''
* ''We Are Not Married''
* ''The Money Tree''
* ''The Adventure of a Quarter''
* ''The Chase''
* ''Ghost Story''
* ''The Strangler''
* ''The Million Dollar Lottery''

===Short story and poetry===
* "Need to Know" (1986) is an unpublished short story that was adapted by Mary Sheldon as a teleplay for ''The Twilight Zone'' by the same name. 
* "The Eagle" (2001) is a poem written in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

===Sidney Sheldon books by [[Tilly Bagshawe]] ===
*''[[Mistress of the Game]]'' (2009), a sequel to ''Master of the Game''
*''After the Darkness'' (2010)
*''Angel of the Dark'' (2012)
*''The Tides of Memory'' (2013)
*''Chasing Tomorrow'' (2014), sequel to ''If Tomorrow Comes''
*''Reckless'' (2015), second sequel to ''If Tomorrow Comes''
*''The Silent Widow'' (2018)
*''The Phoenix'' (2019)

===Films as writer===
* ''[[Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case]]'' (1941)
* ''[[She's in the Army]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Easter Parade (film)|Easter Parade]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Barkleys of Broadway]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Nancy Goes to Rio]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Three Guys Named Mike]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Rich, Young and Pretty]]'' (1951)
* ''[[No Questions Asked (film)|No Questions Asked]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Just This Once (film)|Just This Once]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Dream Wife]]'' (1953) (also director)
* ''[[Remains to Be Seen (film)|Remains to be Seen]]'' (1953)
* ''[[You're Never Too Young]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Pardners]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Anything Goes (1956 film)|Anything Goes]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Birds and the Bees (film)|The Birds and the Bees]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Buster Keaton Story]]'' (1957)
* ''[[All in a Night's Work (film)|All in a Night's Work]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Billy Rose's Jumbo (film)|Billy Rose's Jumbo]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Other Side of Midnight (film)|The Other Side of Midnight]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Bloodline (1979 film)|Bloodline]]'' (1979)

===Television===
* ''[[Colgate Theatre (1958 TV series)|Colgate Theatre]]'' (episode  "Adventures of a Model," 1958)
* ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]''
* ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''
* ''[[Nancy (TV series)|Nancy]]''
* ''[[List of Hart to Hart episodes#Pilot: 1979|Hart to Hart]]'' (co-wrote pilot, 1979) 
* ''[[Rage of Angels (miniseries)|Rage of Angels]]'' (1983 miniseries, based on his book)
* ''[[Rage of Angels (miniseries)|Rage of Angels]]: The Story Continues'' (1986 miniseries, based on his book, a sequel to ''Rage of Angels'')
* ''[[Master of the Game (miniseries)|Master of the Game]]'' (1984 miniseries, based on his book)
* ''[[If Tomorrow Comes (miniseries)|If Tomorrow Comes]]'' (1986 miniseries, based on his book)
* ''[[Windmills of the Gods (miniseries)|Windmills of the Gods]]'' (1988 miniseries, based on his book)
* ''[[Memories of Midnight (miniseries)|Memories of Midnight]]'' (1991 miniseries, based on his book)
* ''A Stranger in the Mirror'' (1993 made-for-TV movie)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Abbott, Alana Joli (2009). "Sheldon, Sidney." ''Newsmakers 2008 Cumulation''. Gale. 

==External links==
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/features/sidneysheldon/meet_ss.html  |title=Sidney Sheldon: Meet Sidney Sheldon (Former official site)|publisher=HachetteBookGroupUSA.com ([[Internet Archive]]) |access-date=January 5, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070105141616/http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/features/sidneysheldon/meet_ss.html |archive-date = January 5, 2007}}
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/features/sidneysheldon/timeline.html  |title=Sidney Sheldon: Timeline |publisher=HachetteBookGroupUSA.com (Internet Archive) |access-date=December 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210220728/http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/features/sidneysheldon/timeline.html |archive-date=December 10, 2007}}
* {{cite web|url=http://arcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1042/|title=Sidney Sheldon Papers|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131209201540/http://arcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1042/|date=2013|archive-date=December 9, 2013|location=[[Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research]]}}
* {{EmmyTVLegends name|sidney-sheldon}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060226204413/http://wiredforbooks.org/sidneysheldon/ 1987 audio interview with Sidney Sheldon at Wired for Books.org]}} by Don Swaim
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070222022812/http://www.sidewalkstv.com/webclips/s/sidneysheldon.html Two Sidney Sheldon Interviews] on ''[[Sidewalks Entertainment]]''
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/obituaries/01sheldon.html?ex=1185944400&en=6926e71f21afa7d5&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNsidneysheldon Sheldon's obituary at NYTimes.com]
* {{Find a Grave|17759833}}
* Roy, Pinaki. "Sidney Sheldon: Reviewing his Oeuvre". ''The Atlantic Critical Review Quarterly'' 12(3), July–September 2013 (ISSN 0972-6373, {{ISBN|978-81-269-1902-4}}): 1-14.

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