Ann Marcus

Ann Marcus (born August 22 1921 Fact|date=March 2008) ia an American television writer, producer and playwright. She graduated from Western College, worked for the New York Daily News and Life Magazine where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt.

TV Credits and Positions Held

"Lassie", "The Hathaways", "Please Don't Eat the Daisies", , "The Debbie Reynolds Show", "Gentle Ben", "Peyton Place", "General Hospital" (Head Writer), "Love is s Many Splendored Thing", "Search for Tomorrow", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (on the request of Norman Lear), "Fernwood 2-Nite", "All That Glitters", "Julie Farr, MD", "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 Tracey Roberts, and her brother was writer Ray Goldstone. In 2005, she completed production on her first feature film, "For Heaven's Sake". Her cousin, Ellis Marcus was also a television writer. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546100/] 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".

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.

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