DOL of Fame - March 31, 2003

DOL of Fame



Biography: Born - December 27, 1927 Chicago, Illinois Achievements: 2003 - Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 2002 - Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 2002 - Won WGA Award (TV) Daytime Serials for All My Children 2001 - Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 2001 - Won WGA Award (TV) Daytime Serials for All My Children 2000 - Nominated WGA Award (TV) Daytime Serials for All My Children 1999 - Won WGA Award (TV) Daytime Serials for All My Children 1998 - Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 1998 - Nominated WGA Award (TV) Daytime Serials for All My Children 1997 - Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 1997 - Won WGA Award (TV) Daytime Serials for All My Children 1996 - Receives Soap Opera Digest Editor's Award 1994 - inducted into the Soap Opera Hall of Fame 1993 - Inducted into the TV Hall of Fame 1988 - Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 1985 - Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for All My Children 1984 - American Women In Radio and TV Communicator Award 1983 - Loving debuts (co-creator) 1981 - National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Trustees Award 1970 - All My Children debuts (creator) 1968 - One Life to Live debuts (creator) 1944 - Graduted from Northwestern University


In her own words -- On the power of television: "When I proposed this topic it was met with great resistance. But I had friends who died because they did not go to the doctor. Bert [Bauer, Guiding Light] was every woman, and if she could get a Pap smear, I knew she would help educate women about early detection and cancer prevention."

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