Agnes Nixon
Agnes Nixon (born Eckhardt ; born December 10, 1922 in Chicago , Illinois , † September 28, 2016 in Haverford , Delaware County , Pennsylvania ) was an American screenwriter and film director .
Life
Agnes Eckhardt studied at Northwestern University . She became known in the United States as the scriptwriter and film director of the soap opera All My Children . She worked as a television director for the television series Love, Lies, and Passion from 1968 to 1975 and for the television series All My Children from 1970 to 1981. After that she wrote only as a screenwriter for All My Children , until 1983 together with Wisner Washam , then 1988-1992 with him and Lorraine Broderick . Because of her many years of work and her great success in the United States, she is dubbed the " Queen of the Modern American Soap Opera ".
She was married to Robert Nixon and has four children.
Prizes and awards (selection)
- 2010: Daytime Emmy for her life's work
Web links
- Official website of Agnes Nixon ( Memento of April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Agnes Nixon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erin Moran: Agnes Nixon, creator of the Main Line-set 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live,' dies at 88 . Philly.com , September 28, 2016, accessed October 2, 2016.
- ↑ Michael Fairman: Agnes Nixon to receive honor “Queen of the Modern Soap Opera” . ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Michaelfairmansoaps.com, September 28, 2010, accessed October 2, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nixon, Agnes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eckhardt, Agnes (maiden name); Aggie; Queen of the Modern American Soap Opera (nicknames) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American television director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 2016 |
| Place of death | Haverford , Pennsylvania, United States |