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Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

4

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-12-10

Deathday

2016-09-28 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

  • Agnes Eckhardt
  • Agnes Eckhardt Nixon

Agnes Nixon

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
5.1%

The Mike Douglas Show

Dec 11, 1961

Intimate Portrait
4.5%

Intimate Portrait

Nov 14, 1993

The Story of Soaps
9.5%

The Story of Soaps

May 19, 2020

Soap Life
2.0%

Soap Life

Mar 11, 2013

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Acting

2020
The Story of Soaps as Self (archive footage)
2013
Soap Life as Self
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self

Creator

1995
The City as Creator
1983
Loving as Creator
1970
All My Children as Creator
1968
One Life to Live as Creator
1951
Search for Tomorrow as Creator

Production

1970
All My Children as Producer
1968
One Life to Live as Producer

Writing

2009
Serial Killers as Writer
1997
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man as Writer
1983
Loving as Writer
1981
The Manions of America as Writer
1970
All My Children as Writer
1952
Forgotten Children as Writer
1951
Search for Tomorrow as Writer
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Agnes Nixon