Margaret DePriest

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Margaret DePriest is an American daytime serial writer.

She began her career as an actress both onstage and on television. Her acting credits include a contract role as the first Abby Cameron on The Edge of Night from 1965-1966.

In the mid-1960s, she began writing The Edge of Night. In 1969, she co-created and was Co-Head Writer of CBS Daytime's Where the Heart Is.

She has served as Head Writer for several serials, including General Hospital, Days of our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and Sunset Beach.

Positions held

The Doctors

Head Writer: 1974 - 1975

All My Children

Head Writer: 1989

Another World

Head Writer: March 1986 - January 1988, May 1996 - January 1997

Days of our Lives

Co-Head Writer (with Pat Falken Smith): October 21, 1981 - April 19, 1982
Head Writer April 20, 1982 - September 21, 1984
Co-Head Writer (with Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina): September 24 - October 25, 1984

General Hospital

Co-Head Writer (with Pat Falken Smith): 1979 - 1981

The Edge of Night

Co-Head Writer (with Lou Schofield): mid-1960s

One Life to Live

Associate Head Writer: 1990 - 1991

Sunset Beach

Co-Head Writer with Christopher Whitesell: August 1998 - December 1999

Where the Heart Is

Co-Creator (with Lou Schofield)
Co-Head Writer (with Lou Schofield): 1969 - 1970

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

Nomination, 1992, Best Writing, One Life to Live
Nomination, 1990, Best Writing, All My Children
Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
Nomination, 1984, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, General Hospital

Writers Guild of America Award

Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, Another World

External links

Margaret DePriest at IMDB

Preceded by Irving Vendig with James Gentile	Head Writer of The Edge of Night with Lou Scofield mid-1960s	Succeeded by James Lipton
Preceded by none	Head Writer of Where the Heart Is with Lou Scofield 1969 - 1970	Succeeded by Pat Falken Smith
Preceded by Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock	Head Writer of The Doctors 1974 - 1975	Succeeded by Douglas Marland
Preceded by Douglas Marland	Head Writer of General Hospital with Pat Falken Smith 1979 - 1982	Succeeded by Robert J. Shaw
Preceded by Pat Falken Smith	Head Writer of Days of our Lives with Sheri Anderson (1982 - 1984) with Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina (1984) 1982 - 1984	Succeeded by Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina
Preceded by Sam Hall and Gillian Spencer	Head Writer of Another World 1986 - 1988	Succeeded by Sheri Anderson
Preceded by Lorraine Broderick	Head Writer of All My Children 1989	Succeeded by Agnes Nixon
Preceded by Tom King and Craig Carlson	Head Writer of Another World 1996 - 1997	Succeeded by Elizabeth Page, Tom King and Craig Carlson
Preceded by Meg Bennett and Christopher Whitesell	Head Writer of Sunset Beach with Christopher Whitesell 1998 - 1999	Succeeded by none

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