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Paul Avila Mayer

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Paul Avila Mayer
Born(1928-05-28)May 28, 1928
Los Angeles, California, US
DiedJuly 10, 2009(2009-07-10) (aged 81)
Occupation(s)TV writer and producer
Years active1928-2009

Paul Avila Mayer (May 28, 1928 – July 10, 2009) was an American television writer and producer.

Personal life

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Mayer was born May 28, 1928, in Los Angeles, the son of Edwin Justus Mayer and Frances O'Neill.[1][2] He was married to actress and comedian Sasha Von Scherler, born Alexandra-Xenia Elizabeth Anne Marie Fiesola von Schoeler,[3] who died in 2000 of lung disease,[4] the daughter[5] of a flapper,[6] disciple of David Belasco,[3] and actress, Ruth Hooper (née Dayton) von Schoeler Litscher, and a Prussian baron, Walram-Voystingus Albert Alexander von Schoeler.[4] Paul and Sasha had three daughters together, Rachael, Ruth, and Daisy.[7]

Positions held

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Awards and nominations

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Mayer was nominated for ten Daytime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, for his work on Ryan's Hope. He was nominated annually except for 1982, from 1977 to 1984, and won eight times in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, and 1984. His first win was shared with Claire Labine and Mary Ryan Munisteri, and his first nomination was shared with Labine and Robert Costello.

After Ryan's Hope

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According to an interview with co-creator Claire Labine, after the show's cancellation in 1989, Mayer went back to school at the age of 56. He earned a Master of Social Work degree and then studied at a psychoanalytic institute, launching a successful career as a psychoanalyst. Mayer died on July 10, 2009, of a brain tumor.[8]

Career as head writer

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Preceded by Where the Heart Is
(with Claire Labine)

mid 1970 – March 1973
Succeeded by
Show Ended
Preceded by Love of Life
(with Claire Labine)

March 1973 – July 1975
Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
Ryan's Hope
(with Claire Labine)

July 1975 – February 1982
Succeeded by
Mary Ryan Munisteri
Preceded by Ryan's Hope
(with Claire Labine)

January 1983 – December 1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Caroline Franz & Jeanne Glynn
Search for Tomorrow
(with Stephanie Braxton)

March 1985 – October 1985
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "RYAN'S HOPE Co-Creator Paul Avila Mayer Has Passed". 2009-07-22. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-F2PH  : 18 January 2018), Paul Avila Mayer, 28 May 1928; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
  3. ^ a b "Sasha Von Scherler, Actress, Is Dead at 65". playbill.com. April 17, 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b McKinley, Jesse (16 April 2000). "Sasha Von Scherler, 65, Actress Who Enlivened Dozens of Plays". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Marriage of Dayton / Voystingus von Schoeler". Chattanooga Daily Times. 5 December 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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  7. ^ "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP1-42XX  : 17 March 2018), Paul Avila Mayer in entry for Sasha Von Scherler, 2000; citing, Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 7,597,950.
  8. ^ Jacobs, Damon L. (2009-11-03). "Soap's Hope: The Claire Labine Interview, Part Two". We Love Soaps. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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