Pat Falken Smith
Pat Falken Smith
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Patricia Falken Smith (January 21, 1926 – May 19, 2001) was a television writer, best known for her stints as head writer of several soap operas, including General Hospital and Days of Our Lives.
Contents
1 Positions Held
2 Career
3 Awards and nominations
4 Notes and references
5 External links
Positions Held[edit]
Days of Our Lives
- Head Writer: May 1975 - April 19, 1977, October 21, 1981 - April 16, 1982
- Script Writer: 1966, 1968-1971, 1972-1975
- Story Consultant: 1987-1988
General Hospital
- Head Writer: 1979-1981, 1985-1986, 1988-1989
Guiding Light
- Head Writer: 1982-1983
Ryan's Hope
- Co-Head Writer: 1983-1985
Career[edit]
Smith served as the Head Writer for Days of our Lives from 1975 - 1977, where she earned a salary of $285,000 a year, considered very high for that time, which included $35,000 just for "thinking creatively."[1] She won the "Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy Award for Days of our Lives in 1976 and 1977. She returned to Days of our Lives in 1981 where she introduced the Brady and DiMera families.
Smith was hired by Gloria Monty to head write ABC Daytime's General Hospital from 1979 - 1981 and she is credited with taking the show to the top of the soap ratings. Smith was reported to be the highest paid writer in broadcasting history when she left General Hospital in 1981, at $1 million per year.[2]
Then Smith went to Guiding Light in 1982, where she served as Head Writer for less than 13 weeks.[3] She went on to serve as Head Writer of Ryan's Hope before returning as Head Writer of General Hospital two more times in the 1980s. (1985-1986, 1988-1989).
She died in Los Angeles, on May 19, 2001, aged 75.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Daytime Emmy Awards
WINS
- (1976; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
NOMINATIONS
- (1975, 1977 & 1978; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
- (1981 & 1986; Best Writing; General Hospital)
Writers Guild of America Award
NOMINATIONS
- (1975, 1976, 1977 & 1978 seasons; Days of Our Lives)
Notes and references[edit]
^ TIME, Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon, January 12, 1976.
^ Allen, Robert C. (1985). Speaking of Soap Operas, p.49, UNC Press, ISBN 0-8078-4129-3
^ Allen, Robert C. (1985). Speaking of Soap Operas, p.53, UNC Press, ISBN 0-8078-4129-3
External links[edit]
Patricia Falken Smith on IMDb- Obituary for Pat Falken Smith on SoapCentral
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| Preceded by William J. Bell | Head Writer of Days of Our Lives 1975 - 1977 | Succeeded by Ann Marcus |
| Preceded by Douglas Marland | Head Writer of General Hospital 1979 - 1981 1985 - 1986 1988 - 1989 | Succeeded by Robert J. Shaw |
| Preceded by Gary Tomlin Michelle Poteet Lisanti | Head Writer of Days of Our Lives 1981 - 1982 | Succeeded by Margaret DePriest Sheri Anderson |
| Preceded by Douglas Marland | Head Writer of Guiding Light 1982 | Succeeded by L. Virginia Browne Gene Palumbo |
| Preceded by Claire Labine Paul Avila Mayer | Head Writer of Ryan's Hope (with James E. Reilly) December 1983 - February 1985 | Succeeded by Millee Taggart Tom King |
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Categories:
- American soap opera writers
- 1926 births
- 2001 deaths
- American television writers
- Women television writers
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- Women soap opera writers
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