My Life to Live
How I Became the Queen of Soaps when Men Ruled the Airwaves
New York : Crown Archetype, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
In this memoir, Agnes Nixon--the television pioneer who wrote and produced the award-winning soap operas All my children and One life to live--outlines her own dramatic life and how she broke network taboos about controversial issues and began a long line of female showrunners.
Contents:
Paper dolls -- The problem with perfection -- Guiding lights -- The mills of God -- The promise of a kiss -- The eighth child -- Lieutenant Priester -- Freedom of opportunity -- New frontiers -- Search for tomorrow -- Best man -- Settling down -- The tie that binds -- Pine Valley dreams -- One life to live -- Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em wait -- The power of the pencil -- The ratings speak -- Actors and me -- Time and tide.
Subjects:
Nixon, Agnes, 1922-2016.
All my children (Television program)
One life to live (Television program)
Women television writers -- United States -- Biography.
Women television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Nixon, Agnes, 1922-2016.
All my children (Television program)
One life to live (Television program)
Women television writers -- United States -- Biography.
Women television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780451498236
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Nixon, Agnes | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |