Margaret DePriest
| Margaret DePriest | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 19, 1931 |
| Occupation | Actress/Writer |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Price |
Margaret DePriest (born April 19, 1931) [1] is an American actress and daytime serial writer. She was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Award awards for her writing and in 1965 won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance.
Life and career
She began her career as an actress both onstage and on television. Her acting credits include a contract role as Abby Cameron #1 on The Edge of Night from 1965-1966. She also played social worker Mrs. Berger on the NBC serial The Doctors.
In the mid-1960s, she began writing The Edge of Night. In 1969, she co-created and was Co-Head Writer of CBS Daytime's Where the Heart Is.
She has served as Head Writer for several serials, including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and Sunset Beach.
She is married to writer Paul Price.[2]
Positions held
- Head Writer: 1974 - 1975
- Head Writer: 1989
- Head Writer: March 1986 - January 1988, May 1996 - January 1997
- Associate Head Writer: October 21, 1981 - April 19, 1982
- Head Writer: April 20, 1982 - September 21, 1984
- Co-Head Writer (with Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina): September 24 - October 25, 1984
- Co-Head Writer (with Pat Falken Smith): 1979 - 1981
- Co-Head Writer (with Lou Schofield): mid-1960s
- Associate Head Writer: 1990 - 1991
- Co-Head Writer with Christopher Whitesell: August 1998 - December 1999
- Co-Creator (with Lou Schofield)
- Co-Head Writer (with Lou Schofield): 1969 - 1970
Awards and nominations
- Nomination, 1992, Best Writing, One Life to Live
- Nomination, 1990, Best Writing, All My Children
- Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
- Nomination, 1984, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
- Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, General Hospital
Writers Guild of America Award
- Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, Another World
References
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KJKN-ST2 Date of birth, familysearch.org; accessed June 13, 2014.
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19751029&id=m-QNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7486,3157347
External links
| Preceded by
Irving Vendig with
James Gentile |
Head Writer of The Edge of Night with Lou Scofield mid-1960s |
Succeeded by James Lipton |
| Preceded by
none
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Head Writer of Where the Heart Is with Lou Scofield 1969 - 1970 |
Succeeded by Pat Falken Smith |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of The Doctors 1974 - 1975 |
Succeeded by Douglas Marland |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of General Hospital with Pat Falken Smith 1979 - 1982 |
Succeeded by Robert J. Shaw |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Days of Our Lives (with Sheri Anderson) (with Thom Racina: September 24 – October 25, 1984) April 19, 1982 - October 25, 1984 |
Succeeded by Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Another World 1986 - 1988 |
Succeeded by Sheri Anderson |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of All My Children 1989 |
Succeeded by Agnes Nixon |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Another World 1996 - 1997 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Page, Tom King and Craig Carlson |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Sunset Beach with Christopher Whitesell 1998 - 1999 |
Succeeded by none |
