Francesca James
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| Francesca James | |
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| Born | January 23, 1949 |
| Occupation | Actress, writer, director, producer |
Francesca James is an American actress, writer, director, producer. She grew up in Michigan where she began her professional career in the theater at the age of sixteen. After studying theater at Carnegie-Mellon University, she moved to New York City where she worked in theater and, for several years, in daytime dramas including As the World Turns, One Life to Live and All My Children (for which she was awarded a Best Supporting Actress Emmy in 1980[1]).
James left the cast of All My Children in 1980 to pursue a career in directing. Her directing credits include All My Children and Loving. She then moved to Los Angeles as a producer, where she worked on General Hospital, Santa Barbara and Days of our Lives. While she was producing General Hospital in 1994-95, the show was twice awarded the Daytime Emmy as "Outstanding Drama Series."[2][3] In 1995, James returned to New York and All My Children, which earned its second "Outstanding Daytime Drama" with her as producer.[4]
In 1998, James left the All My Children production team, but stayed with ABC Daytime in a consulting position and as the head of their writer development program for the next year.
Awards and nominations [edit]
- WIN (2005; Best Special Class Series; Starting Over)
- WIN (1998; Best Drama Series; All My Children)
- WIN (1995, 1996; Best Drama Series; General Hospital)
- WIN (1980; Best Supporting Actress; All My Children)
- NOMINATION (1997, 1999; Best Drama Series; All My Children)
- NOMINATION (1983–1985, 1987; Best Directing; All My Children)
References [edit]
- ^ "The Seventh Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Daytime Emmy Archives. SoapCentral.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "The Twenty-Second Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Daytime Emmy Archives. SoapCentral.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "The Twenty-Third Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Daytime Emmy Archives. SoapCentral.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "The Twenty-Fifth Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Daytime Emmy Archives. SoapCentral.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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| Preceded by Felicia Minei Behr |
Executive Producer of All My Children April 1996-April 1998 |
Succeeded by Jean Dadario Burke |
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