American screenwriter
Ann Marcus |
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| Born | Dorothy Ann Goldstone
(1921-08-22)August 22, 1921
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| Died | December 3, 2014(2014-12-03) (aged 93)
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| Spouse | Ellis Marcus (11 June 1944 – 23 June 1990; 3 children) |
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Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an American television writer and film producer.
She graduated from Western College for Women, worked for the New York Daily News and Life, where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt. In 2007, she was executive producer of the independent feature film, For Heaven's Sake.[1]
Television writing credits
Other
Marcus was elected to the board of directors of the WGAe seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992 to 1994. She published her memoir, Whistling Girl in 1999.[2]
Family
She and her husband, Ellis Marcus, also a television writer, had three children.[2]
Death
On December 3, 2014, Ann Marcus died in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 93, from bladder cancer.[2]
Awards and nominations
Nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys and Primetime Emmys. Her first Daytime Emmy nomination was in 1978 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.[3] Marcus was also presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000.[2]
Head Writing Tenure
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Head Writer of Search for Tomorrow
November 1974 - April 1975
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Succeeded by Peggy O’Shea
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Head Writer of Days of Our Lives
April 20, 1977 - February 26, 1979
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Succeeded by
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| Preceded by Jean Halloway
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Head Writer of Love of Life
1979 - February 1, 1980
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Succeeded by series ended
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Head Writer of General Hospital (with Norma Monty)
January 1987- August 1988
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Succeeded by
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Head Writer of General Hospital (with Norma Monty)
August 1988 - December 1988
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Succeeded by
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