Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an

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-winning American television writer and film producer. She graduated from

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, worked for the ''

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'' and ''

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'', where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt. In 2007, she was executive producer of the independent feature film, '' For Heaven's Sake''.

Television writing credits

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The Hathaways ''The Hathaways'' is a 26-episode situation comedy, which aired on ABC from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban Los Angeles "parents" to a trio of performing chimpanzees. Weston portrayed Walter H ...

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Please Don't Eat the Daisies ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' (New York: Doubleday, 1957) is a best-selling collection of humorous essays by American humorist and playwright Jean Kerr about suburban living and raising four boys. The essays do not have a plot or through-sto ...

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The Debbie Reynolds Show ''The Debbie Reynolds Show'' is an American sitcom which aired on the NBC television network during the 1969–70 television season. The series was produced by Filmways. Synopsis Debbie Reynolds portrayed Debbie Thompson, a housewife married ...

'' *''Gentle Ben'' *'' Peyton Place'' *''

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'' *'' Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'' *''

Search for Tomorrow ''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show fo ...

'' *'' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' *'' Fernwood 2-Nite'' *''

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'' *'' Julie Farr, M.D.'' *''

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Love of Life ''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation ''Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''Th ...

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Falcon Crest ''Falcon Crest'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the California ...

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Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives ...

'' *'' Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac'' *'' Flamingo Road'' *'' L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts''

Other

Marcus was elected to the board of directors of the

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seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992 to 1994. She published her memoir, ''Whistling Girl'' in 1999.

Family

She and her husband,

Ellis Marcus Ellis Marcus (May 6, 1918 – June 23, 1990), was an American television writer whose career spanned four decades. He contributed episodes to over fifty television programs from 1949 through 1984. His wife, Ann (1921-2014), was a writer and prod ...

, also a television writer, had three children.

Death

On December 3, 2014, Ann Marcus died in

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at the age of 93, from bladder cancer.Notice of death of Ann Marcus
deadline.com; accessed December 8, 2014.

Awards and nominations

Nominated for multiple

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s and

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. Her first Daytime Emmy nomination was in 1978 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Marcus was also presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000.

Head Writing Tenure

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References

Sources

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The Caucus

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External links

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