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Agnes Nixon
Writing · 1922–2016 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known for

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

All My Children
Writer

Intimate Portrait
Self

The City
Creator

Search for Tomorrow
Writer

One Life to Live
Producer

The Manions of America
Writer

Serial Killers
Writer

Loving
Creator

The Story of Soaps
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2020The Story of SoapsSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Soap LifeSelf
- 2009Serial KillersWriter
- 1998Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the CenturyCreator
- 1997Lee Strasberg: The Method ManWriter
- 1995The CityCreator
- 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
- 1983LovingWriter
- 1983LovingCreator
- 1981The Manions of AmericaWriter
- 1970All My ChildrenWriter
- 1968One Life to LiveProducer
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1952Forgotten ChildrenWriter
- 1951Search for TomorrowWriter
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