Ann Marcus Biography

Fast Facts

• Was recognized as one of the women who helped to shape the history of media by The Paley Center of Media in 2006
• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Daytime Serials for "Search for Tomorrow" in 1975
• Won the Writers Guild of America, West's Morgan Cox Award in recognition of her service to the guild in 2000
• Graduated from Western College for Women in Ohio in 1943
• Got her first job at the New York Daily News as one of the industry's first female "copy boys," and was promoted to reporter within a few weeks
• Began writing for television after her first play, "A Woman's Place," premiered in Los Angeles in 1960
• Quote: "[I'd like to be remembered] as one of the few women who back forty years ago was able to start a career and maintain it․․․Lot of ups and downs․ Made a lot of money, made a lot of friends, had a marvelously good time, and enjoyed what I did․"
• Served on the board of the Writers Guild of America, West, on the steering committee of the Caucus for Writers, Producers, and Directors, and as a Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• Best known as a television writer who worked on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "Days of Our Lives," and "Knots Landing․"
• Published a memoir titled "Whistling Girl" in 1999