Margaret DePriest

Margaret DePriest
Born April 19, 1931
Occupation Actress/Writer
Years active 1955–present
Spouse(s) Paul Price

Margaret DePriest (born April 19, 1931) [1] is an American actress and daytime serial writer. She was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Award awards for her writing and in 1965 won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance.

Life and career

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.

She is married to writer Paul Price.[2]

Positions held

The Doctors

All My Children

Another World

Days of Our Lives

General Hospital

The Edge of Night

One Life to Live

Sunset Beach

Where the Heart Is

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award

References

External links

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