# Alvin Cooperman

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{{Short description|American television producer}}
'''Alvin Cooperman''' (July 24, 1923 – August 11, 2006) was a [television producer](/source/television_producer) and entertainment executive.

==Biography==
Born in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), Cooperman began his work as an office boy at the age of 16 for the [Shubert Organization](/source/The_Shubert_Organization). In 1951 he got a job with [NBC](/source/NBC) as a [production manager](/source/Unit_production_manager), for which network he would produce several successful television series in the 1960s, including ''Shirley Temple's Fairy Tales'' and [''The Untouchables''](/source/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series)). He is also known as the producer of the ''[Family Album, U.S.A.](/source/Family_Album%2C_U.S.A.)'' educational television series and the 1986 TV movie ''[My Two Loves](/source/My_Two_Loves_(1986_film))''.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0178467}}
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/arts/12cooperman.html ''New York Times'' obituary]

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Category:Television producers from New York City
Category:1923 births
Category:2006 deaths
Category:Mass media people from Brooklyn

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