Addie Walsh
American television soap opera writer (born 1953)
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Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television soap opera writer. She last wrote for All My Children. She now writes independently.
Life
Walsh graduated from Smith College where she was a student of Len Berkman.[1][better source needed]
Her one-woman show, That's All I Got, received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New York City.[2]
In 2020, she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63,000,000 of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The soap writers recruited included Walsh, Janet Iacobuzio, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante.[3]
Walsh is also an actor, and has acted in the play "Three Tall Women".[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Texas | Breakdown writer | ||
| 1983–1986 | Guiding Light | Associate head writer | Hired by Pamela K. Long | |
| 1986 | Search for Tomorrow | Co-head writer | [5] | |
| 1987–1991 | One Life to Live | Associate head writer | ||
| 1990–91 | Riviera | Creator | [6] | |
| 1991–92 | Loving | Head writer | Resigned in 1992 after dispute with executive producer Haidee Granger[citation needed] | [7] |
| 1993 | Guiding Light | Associate head writer | ||
| 1994 | Loving | Co-head writer | Rehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy | [8] |
| 1995–99 | As the World Turns | Associate head writer | [9] | |
| 1997 | As the World Turns | Co-head writer | ||
| 2000–11 | All My Children | Associate head writer | Position held April 2000 – April 2002; July 2003 – January 14, 2008 (hired by Megan McTavish); and March 19, 2008 – September 23, 2011 | |
| 1999 – 2000 | Days of Our Lives | Associate head writer | November 7, 1999 – 2000 (hired by Sally Sussman Morina) | |
| 2002–2003 | Days of Our Lives | Associate head writer |