Agnes Nixon

Agnes Nixon

Deceased · Born: Dec 10, 1922 · Died: Sep 28, 2016

Personal Details

Born Dec 10, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children, and Loving. Nixon's work as producer and writer introduced a number of new storylines to American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, the first on-screen lesbian kiss and the first on-screen abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Nixon was often referred to as the "Queen" of the modern American soap opera.

Career

1983
Loving
Loving as Writer
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1981
The Manions of America
The Manions of America as Writer
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1983
Loving
Loving as Creator
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1970
All My Children
All My Children as Creator
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1968
One Life to Live
One Life to Live as Creator
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1951
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow as Creator
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