Ann Marcus
American screenwriter
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Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an American television writer and film producer.
August 22, 1921
Ann Marcus | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy Ann Goldstone August 22, 1921 |
| Died | December 3, 2014 (aged 93) Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Spouse | Ellis Marcus (11 June 1944 – 23 June 1990; 3 children) |
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
- Lassie
- The Hathaways
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies
- The Debbie Reynolds Show
- Gentle Ben
- Peyton Place
- General Hospital
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Search for Tomorrow
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Fernwood 2-Nite
- All That Glitters
- Julie Farr, M.D.
- Days of Our Lives
- Love of Life
- One Life to Live
- Falcon Crest
- Knots Landing
- Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
- Flamingo Road
- L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts
Other
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]