{{Short description|American film producer (1919–1992)}} {{Infobox person | name = Oscar Lerman | image = Oscar Lerman.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = September 7, 1919 | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|3|2|1919|9|7}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Nightclub impresario and gallery owner, film producer | known_for = Co-founder of Tramp | spouse = {{marriage|Jackie Collins|1965}} | children = 2 }}
'''Oscar S. Lerman''' (September 7, 1919 – March 2, 1992) was an American nightclub impresario, theatre and film producer, and the second husband of British novelist Jackie Collins, from 1965 until his death in 1992, whom he persuaded to write. In 1969, he co-founded the famously exclusive members-only nightclub Tramp in London. In 1978–79, he was a producer of the films ''The Stud'', ''The World Is Full of Married Men'', and ''The Bitch'', all based on his wife's books.
==Early life== Lerman was born on September 7, 1919, in Philadelphia.<ref name="Ellenberger2001">{{cite book|author=Allan R. Ellenberger|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA217|access-date=22 May 2017|date=1 May 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0983-9|page=217}}</ref>
==Career== In the 1950s, Lerman was a Broadway theatre producer in New York.<ref name="Company1954">{{cite journal|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|journal=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nr8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62|access-date=22 May 2017|date=19 August 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|page=62|issn=0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="Ball2010">{{cite book|author=Edward Ball|title=Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7aKU_KJzUQQC&pg=PA129|access-date=22 May 2017|date=15 June 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4516-0371-2|page=129}}</ref>
In 1968, he persuaded his wife Jackie Collins to write her first novel, ''The World Is Full of Married Men''.<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11877895/Jackie-Collins-author-obituary.html |title=Jackie Collins, author – obituary |date=19 September 2015 |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>
In 1969, Lerman opened the members-only nightclub Tramp in London's Jermyn Street which he co-owned with Johnny Gold and Bill Ofner.<ref name="independent1">{{cite news|author=Deborah Ross Feature Writer of the Year |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-prince-of-darkness-1110115.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-prince-of-darkness-1110115.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The prince of darkness |work=The Independent |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jermynstreet.net/shop/tramp/ |title=Tramp – Jerymn StreetJerymn Street |publisher=Jermynstreet.net |date=2014-07-23 |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> The opening night was attended by Joan and Jackie Collins, Michael Caine, Roger Moore, and Natalie Wood.<ref name="independent1"/>
In the late 1970s he moved into films, producing ''The Stud'' (1978),<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|author=Born: PhiladelphiaDied: 2 March 1992 |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac15935d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712141856/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac15935d |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |title=Oscar S. Lerman |publisher=BFI |date=1992-03-02 |access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> ''The World Is Full of Married Men'' (1979),<ref name="McFarlane2016">{{cite book|author=Brian McFarlane|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1925|access-date=5 June 2017|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-1196-8|page=1926}}</ref> ''The Bitch'' (1979),<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="JonesKantonen2011">{{cite book|author1=Alan Jones|author2=Jussi Kantonen|title=Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVyiFDGKyG0C&pg=PT145|access-date=5 June 2017|date=17 June 2011|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=978-1-907195-91-4|page=145}}</ref> and ''Yesterday's Hero'' (1979),<ref name="autogenerated1"/> all based on his wife's novels apart from ''Yesterday's Hero'', for which she wrote the script.<ref name="EdgingtonErskine2010">{{cite book|author1=K Edgington|author2=Thomas Erskine|author3=James M. Welsh|title=Encyclopedia of Sports Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3xBVtMpDYaoC&pg=PA494|access-date=5 June 2017|date=29 December 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7653-8|page=494}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 1965, Lerman married the British novelist Jackie Collins, 18 years his junior, whom he had met on a blind date.<ref name="telegraph2"/><ref name="telegraph1"/> They had two daughters together, Tiffany (born 1967) and Rory (born 1969).<ref name="telegraph1"/>
==Death== Lerman died from prostate cancer in Los Angeles on 2 March 1992.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|author=Helena de Bertodano |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9571806/Jackie-Collins-Marlon-Brando-He-was-just-a-schoolgirl-crush.-But-he-was-fun....html |title=Jackie Collins: Marlon Brando? He was just a schoolgirl crush. But he was fun... |date=4 October 2012 |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref name="Ellenberger2001"/>
==Selected filmography (as producer)== *''The Stud'' (1978)<ref name="autogenerated1"/> *''The World Is Full of Married Men'' (1979)<ref name="McFarlane2016"/> *''The Bitch'' (1979)<ref name="JonesKantonen2011"/><ref name="autogenerated1"/> *''Yesterday's Hero'' (1979)<ref name="EdgingtonErskine2010"/><ref name="autogenerated1"/>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0503571}}
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