Ann Marcus
Ann Marcus (born August 22, 1921[citation needed]) is an American television writer, producer and playwright. 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.
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[edit] TV Credits and Positions Held
Lassie, The Hathaways, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, The Debbie Reynolds Show, Gentle Ben, Peyton Place, General Hospital (Head Writer), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Search for Tomorrow, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (on the request of Norman Lear), Fernwood 2-Nite, All That Glitters, Julie Farr, M.D., Days of our Lives, Love of Life, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, Flamingo Road, and L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts.
Marcus was elected to the Board of Directors of the WGAe seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992 - 1994. She published her memoir, Whistling Girl in 1999.
Her sister was actress and acting teacher Tracy Roberts, and her brother was writer Ray Goldstone. In 2007, she executive produced her screenplay as an independent feature, 'For Heaven's Sake, produced and directed by Nat Christian. Her husband, Ellis Marcus was also a television writer.[1] Her grandson, Kevin Marcus, graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography in 2004 with a dual B.A. in film production and commercial photography and founded the independent production company Pirate Dog Pictures.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys, and Primetime Primetime Emmys. Her first Daytime Emmy nomination, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in 1978.
She was presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000.
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| Preceded by Pat Falken Smith |
Head Writer of Days of our Lives 1977 - 1979 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Harrower |
| Preceded by Jean Halloway |
Head Writer of Love Of Life 1979 -1980 |
Succeeded by series ended |
