Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an American television writer and film producer. She graduated from

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, worked for the ''

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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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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-s ...

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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 ...

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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 f ...

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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' is an American satirical soap opera broadcast on weeknights from January 1976 to July 1977. The syndicated series follows the eponymous Mary Hartman, a small-town Ohio housewife attempting to cope with various bi ...

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'' *'' All That Glitters'' *'' Julie Farr, M.D.'' *''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

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Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American primetime television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas (TV series), Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially cente ...

'' *'' 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, 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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External links

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