Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television
soap opera
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writer. She last wrote for ''
All My Children''. She now writes independently. Her one-woman show, ''That's All I Got'', received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New York City.
Life
In 2020, she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63,000,000 of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The soap writers recruited included Walsh,
Janet Iacobuzio,
Lisa Connor Lisa Connor is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director. She is a writer on the ABC Daytime and The Online Network serial drama '' All My Children''.
In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m o ...
,
Leah Laiman
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Career
Laiman got her start on daytime television during the early 1980s at General Hospital. Laiman succeeded former Head Writer, ...
, and
Jean Passanante
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.
Positions held
''
All My Children''
*Associate head writer: April 2000 – April 2002; July 2003 – January 14, 2008 (hired by
Megan McTavish
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Early career
Before becoming a writer, McTavish was a Chica ...
); March 19, 2008 – September 23, 2011
''
As the World Turns
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''
*
Co-head writer: 1997
*Associate head writer: 1995–1999
''
Days of Our Lives''
*Associate head writer: November 7, 1999 – 2000 (hired
Sally Sussman Morina), 2002–2003
''
Guiding Light'' (hired by
Pamela K. Long)
*Associate head writer: 1983–1986, 1993
''
Loving''
*
Head writer: 1991–1992 (resigned in 1992 after dispute with
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Early life and career
Born in South Africa and raised both there and in London, Granger studied art and worked for a time as an animation artist. Gran ...
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*
Co-head writer: 1994 (rehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy)
''Riviera''
*Creator: 1990-1991
''
One Life to Live''
*Associate head writer: 1987–1991
''
Search for Tomorrow
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Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show fo ...
''
*Co-head writer: 1986
''
Texas
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''
*Breakdown Writer: 1982
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
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WINS
*(1986; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1985; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1990; Best Writing; ''One Life to Live'')
*(1996 & 2000; Best Writing; ''As the World Turns'')
*(2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 & 2012; Best Writing; ''All My Children'')
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
*(1994 season; ''Loving'')
*(2001, 2002 & 2004 seasons; ''All My Children'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1985 & 1986 seasons; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1998 & 1999 seasons; ''As the World Turns'')
*(2007, 2008, 2010 & 2012 seasons; ''All My Children'')
Head writing tenure
References
External links
ABC: All My Children*
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1953 births
Living people
American soap opera writers
Daytime Emmy Award winners
American women television writers
Writers Guild of America Award winners
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women soap opera writers
21st-century American women