Margaret DePriest (born April 19, 1931)[1] is an American retired actress and daytime serial writer. She was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Award awards for her writing and in 1965 won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance.
Margaret DePriest | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 19, 1931 |
| Occupation | Actress/Writer |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse | Paul Price |
Life and career edit
DePriest began her career as an actress both onstage and on television. Her acting credits include a contract role as Abby Cameron #1 on The Edge of Night from 1965 to 1966. She also played social worker Mrs. Berger on the NBC serial The Doctors.
In the mid-1960s, she began writing The Edge of Night. In 1969, she co-created and was co-head writer of CBS Daytime's Where the Heart Is.
DePriest has served as head writer for several serials, including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and Sunset Beach.
DePriest is married to writer Paul Price.[2]
Positions held edit
- Head writer: February – September 1976
- Head writer: 1989
- Head writer: March 1986 - January 1988, May 1996 - January 1997
- Associate head writer: October 21, 1981 - April 19, 1982
- Head writer: April 20, 1982 - September 21, 1984
- Co-head writer (with Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina): September 24 - October 25, 1984
- Co-head writer (with Pat Falken Smith): 1980 - 1981
- Co-head writer (with Lou Scofield): mid-1960s
- Associate head writer: 1990
- Co-head writer (with Craig Carlson and Leah Laiman): 1990 - 1991
- Co-head writer with Christopher Whitesell: August 1998 - December 1999
- Co-Creator (with Lou Scofield)
- Co-head writer (with Lou Scofield): 1969 - 1970
Awards and nominations edit
- Nomination, 1992, Best Writing, One Life to Live
- Nomination, 1990, Best Writing, All My Children
- Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
- Nomination, 1984, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
- Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, General Hospital
Writers Guild of America Award
- Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, Another World
References edit
- ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KJKN-ST2 Date of birth, familysearch.org; accessed June 13, 2014.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved Jun 9, 2021.