Millee Taggart (born September 2, 1940,

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) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her role as Janet Bergman Collins on ''

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''. She portrayed the character from 1971 to 1982. Her other acting roles on soaps include Gerry McGrath Pollock #3 on ''

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'' and Millie Parks on '' One Life to Live''. She is also known for writing both comedic and dramatic series, which first started when the executives at ''Search for Tomorrow'' hired her as a writer in 1980, while she was still playing the role of Janet. From there, she wrote

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s such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was co-creator and

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of ''The Thornes'', which starred Tony Roberts, who had played her husband, Lee Pollock, in the 1960s on the soap opera ''The Edge of Night'' (in which played Gerry McGrath Pollock). She briefly wrote for '' Santa Barbara'' in 1984. She then joined ''

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'' from 1984 - 1985. She served as head writer of '' Ryan's Hope'' from 1985 - 1987. She later served on the '' All My Children'' writing team from 1996 - 1997. Her most famous writing achievements have been a three-year stint on '' Loving'' from 1988–1991 and a recent stint for '' Guiding Light'' from 2002 - 2003. Taggart was a co-executive producer of the reality TV series, '' Starting Over''. She is also sometimes credited as Millee Taggart-Ratcliffe. Taggart and novelist

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wrote a "bible" for a new daytime serial which was titled, ''Saints And Sinners''. Ms Taggart-Ratcliffe is currently Co-Executive Producer of Emmy Award winning series, ''Born This Way'', on A&E.

Positions held

'' All My Children'' * Co-head writer: 1996–1997 ''

'' *Head Writer: 1984–1985 '' The City'' *Writer: 1995–1996 '' Guiding Light'' *Co-Head Writer: 1994 - November 1994, 2002–2003 '' Loving'' *Script writer: 1994–1995 *Head writer: 1988–1991, 1992–1993 '' Ryan's Hope'' *Head writer: 1985–1987 '' Santa Barbara'' *Writer: 1980s ''

'' *Writer: 1980–1981 '' Starting Over'' * Executive Producer: 2004–2006

Awards and nominations

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WINS *(1997; Best Writing; ''All My Children'') *(2005; Outstanding Special Class Series; ''Starting Over'') NOMINATIONS *(2003; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'') *(2006 & 2007; Outstanding Special Class Series; ''Starting Over'') Writers Guild of America Award WINS *(1987 season; ''Ryan's Hope'') *(1994 season; ''Loving'') *(1997 season; ''All My Children'') NOMINATIONS *(1993 season; ''Santa Barbara'') *(1995 & 2003 seasons; ''Guiding Light'') *(1998 season; ''All My Children'')

Head writing tenure

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taggart, Millee 1940 births Actresses from Illinois American soap opera actresses American soap opera writers American women television writers Living people Daytime Emmy Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners Women soap opera writers 21st-century American women