Ann Marcus
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Ann Marcus ia an American television writer, producer and playwright
. She graduated from Western College for Women
, worked for the New York Daily News
and Life, where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt.
, The Hathaways, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, The Debbie Reynolds Show
, Gentle Ben, Peyton Place
, General Hospital
(Head Writer
), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Search for Tomorrow
, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
(on the request of Norman Lear
), Fernwood 2-Nite, All That Glitters, Julie Farr, M.D.
, Days of our Lives
, Love of Life
, Falcon Crest
, Knots Landing
, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, Flamingo Road, and L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts
.
Marcus was elected to the Board of Directors of the WGAe
seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992 - 1994. She published her memoir, Whistling Girl in 1999.
Her sister was actress and acting teacher Tracy Roberts, and her brother was writer Ray Goldstone. In 2007, she executive produced her screenplay as an independent feature, 'For Heaven's Sake
, produced and directed by Nat Christian
. Her husband, Ellis Marcus was also a television writer. Her grandson, Kevin Marcus, graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography
in 2004 with a dual B.A. in film production and commercial photography and founded the independent production company Pirate Dog Pictures.
She was presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. She graduated from Western College for Women
Western College for Women
Western College for Women was a women's college in Oxford, Ohio between 1855 and 1974.-History:Western College was founded in 1853 as Western Female Seminary. It was a daughter school of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Its first principal Helen Peabody and most of the early...
, worked for the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
and Life, where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt.
TV Credits and Positions Held
LassieLassie
Lassie is a fictional collie dog character created by Eric Knight in a short story expanded to novel length called Lassie Come-Home. Published in 1940, the novel was filmed by MGM in 1943 as Lassie Come Home with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six...
, The Hathaways, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, The Debbie Reynolds Show
The Debbie Reynolds Show
The Debbie Reynolds Show is an American situation comedy which aired on the NBC television network during the 1969-70 television season. The series was produced by Filmways, but the distribution rights are currently owned by Universal Media Studios through its ownership of NBC Productions...
, Gentle Ben, Peyton Place
Peyton Place (TV series)
Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969.Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in...
, General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
(Head Writer
Head writer
A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...
), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the...
, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is an American soap opera parody that aired in daily syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and starred Louise Lasser...
(on the request of Norman Lear
Norman Lear
Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude...
), Fernwood 2-Nite, All That Glitters, Julie Farr, M.D.
Julie Farr, M.D.
Julie Farr, M.D. was a short-lived American television show that aired on the ABC network in 1978. It followed three television movies called Having Babies which aired from 1976-78, and was not renewed after its initial run of episodes aired in March-April 1978...
, Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
, Love of Life
Love of Life
Love of Life is an American soap opera which aired on CBS Daytime from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love of Life, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years...
, Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced....
, Knots Landing
Knots Landing
Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...
, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, Flamingo Road, and L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts
The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts, a.k.a. L.A.T.E.R., was a syndicated television sitcom about a college professor and his family...
.
Marcus was elected to the Board of Directors of the WGAe
Writers Guild of America, west
Writers Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...
seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992 - 1994. She published her memoir, Whistling Girl in 1999.
Her sister was actress and acting teacher Tracy Roberts, and her brother was writer Ray Goldstone. In 2007, she executive produced her screenplay as an independent feature, 'For Heaven's Sake
For Heaven's Sake (2008 film)
For Heaven's Sake is a comedy written by former Emmy Award winner, Ann Marcus. The film was directed and produced by Nat Christian. It stars Florence Henderson, Allison Lange, David Paetkau, Yaani King, Kathryn Gordon, Stephanie Patton, Joseph Campanella and Skyler Gisondo.The film was released...
, produced and directed by Nat Christian
Nat Christian
-Personal life:Christian surfed, wrote poetry and started college, where he engulfed himself in cinema studies. He studied with some of the top acting coaches in the industry, received critical acclaim in local plays and got running roles on TV...
. Her husband, Ellis Marcus was also a television writer. Her grandson, Kevin Marcus, graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography
Brooks Institute of Photography
Brooks Institute is a system of two for-profit private arts colleges based in Santa Barbara, California and Ventura, California, owned by Career Education Corporation. Formally known as "Brooks Institute of Photography," Brooks Institute offers four majors, two certificate programs and two...
in 2004 with a dual B.A. in film production and commercial photography and founded the independent production company Pirate Dog Pictures.
Awards and nominations
Nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys, and Primetime Primetime Emmys. Her first Daytime Emmy nomination, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in 1978.She was presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000.