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Agnes Nixon
Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the AB…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; 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, and Loving. Nixon's work as producer and writer introduced a number of new storylines to American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, the first on-screen lesbian kiss and the first on-screen abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010 received a 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.
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2020
The Story of Soaps
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Soap Life
Movie Self
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2009
Serial Killers
TV show Writer
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1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Movie Creator
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1997
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Movie Writer
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1995
The City
TV show Creator
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1993
Intimate Portrait
TV show Self
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1987
Biography
TV show Creator
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1983
Loving
TV show Creator
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1983
Loving
Movie Writer
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1981
The Manions of America
TV show Writer
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1970
All My Children
TV show Producer
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1968
One Life to Live
TV show Producer
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1952
Forgotten Children
Movie Writer
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1951
Search for Tomorrow
TV show Writer
