Agnes Nixon (néeEckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children, as well as Loving and its spin-off The City.
Nixon's work as producer and writer expanded storylines for American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, as well as both the first televised lesbian kiss and abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Nixon was often referred to as the "Queen of The Modern American Soap Opera".
AgnesNixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas...
29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. Created by AgnesNixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictional suburb...
protagonists by series creator AgnesNixon, and first cast to Gillian Spencer on the pilot aired July 15, 1968. Nixon later recast her with Slezak, who...
the mid-19th century. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and created by AgnesNixon, creator of the now-defunct All My Children, a hit daytime TV soap opera...
included her in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. AgnesNixon created Erica Kane in the 1960s as part of the story bible for All My...
God. This, before acquiring the role of Jesse. All My Children creator AgnesNixon was able to intrigue male and female audiences of all ages by focusing...
Phillips was transferred to As the World Turns during 1958, her protégé AgnesNixon became head writer of The Guiding Light. The first television producer...
several other pioneers of the American daytime soap opera, including AgnesNixon, William J. Bell and Ted Corday. Phillips was one of 10 children born...
An Officer and a Movie, Sajak admitted to botching President Richard Nixon's 1969 Christmas broadcast to the troops; he accidentally cut the feed off...
iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013. Created by AgnesNixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically...
a fantastic journey. I've loved playing Erica Kane and working with AgnesNixon and all the incredible people involved with All My Children. I'm looking...
of the golden statuette. This snub outraged then-Another World writer AgnesNixon, causing her to write in The New York Times, "...after viewing the recent...
at All My Children. McTavish was mentored by All My Children creator AgnesNixon and her 1992 ascension to head writer was reported in the press as a...
Nader, previously famed for his role on Dynasty. Former head writers AgnesNixon and Lorraine Broderick created the character in 1991, designing him as...
that no one should be nominated. This snub outraged soap opera writer AgnesNixon, causing her to write in The New York Times, "...after viewing the recent...
In the 1950s, she befriended soap opera executives Irna Phillips and AgnesNixon. Warrick became a cast member on the soap opera The Guiding Light, playing...
been a fan of the soap opera All My Children and realized a dream when AgnesNixon created the role of Verla Grubbs for her in 1983. Burnett played the...
creator AgnesNixon to take the reins in the 1980s while she focused on other endeavors. From 1981-83, he shared head writing duties with Nixon, and from...
(2001–2002) Frank Valentini (2003–2012) Jennifer Pepperman (2013) Head writers AgnesNixon (creator) Lorraine Broderick Ron Carlivati Craig Carlson John William...
Broadcasting Company launched its new soap opera All My Children, created by AgnesNixon. Fickett was an original cast member playing Ruth Parker Brent, a nurse...
heavy network-imposed censorship at that time, but writer and producer AgnesNixon introduced these storylines slowly but surely, first in 1962 when the...
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