Director

Agnes Nixon

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1220772

IMDb ID: nm0633202

Known for: Writing

Born: December 10, 1922

Died: September 28, 2016

Age: 93

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1951 - 2020

Years active: 70

Average TMDB rating: 6.35

Wikidata: Q394607

Also known as

Agnes Eckhardt • Agnes Eckhardt Nixon

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Writer (5)Creator (3)Producer (2)

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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.

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