Quick Facts
Biography
Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an Emmy Award-winning American television writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) and film producer.
She graduated from Western College for Women, worked for the New York Daily News and Life, where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt. In 2007, she was executive producer of the independent feature film, For Heaven's Sake.
Television writing credits
- Lassie
- The Hathaways
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies
- The Debbie Reynolds Show
- Gentle Ben
- Peyton Place
- General Hospital
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Search for Tomorrow
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Fernwood 2-Nite
- All That Glitters
- Julie Farr, M.D.
- Days of Our Lives
- Love of Life
- Falcon Crest
- Knots Landing
- Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
- Flamingo Road
- L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts
Family
She and her husband, Ellis Marcus, also a television writer, had three children.
Death
On December 3, 2014, Ann Marcus died in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 93, from undisclosed causes.
Awards and nominations
Nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys, and Primetime Primetime Emmys. Her first Daytime Emmy nomination was in 1978 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Marcus was also presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000.
Executive Producing Tenure
| Preceded by Pat Falken Smith | Head Writer of Days of Our Lives April 20, 1977 - February 26, 1979 | Succeeded by Elizabeth Harrower |
| Preceded by Jean Halloway | Head Writer of Love of Life 1979 - February 1, 1980 | Succeeded by series ended |
| Preceded by Pat Falken Smith Norma Monty | Head Writer of General Hospital (with Norma Monty) January 1987-1988 | Succeeded by H. Wesley Kenney (WGA strike) |
| Preceded by H. Wesley Kenney (WGA strike) | Head Writer of General Hospital (with Norma Monty) 1988 - December 1988 | Succeeded by Gene Palumbo |