Ann Marcus

Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an Emmy Award-winning American television writer 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. 2Television 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 2Other Marcus was elected to the Board of Directors of the WGAe seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992-94. She published her memoir, Whistling Girl in 1999. 2Family She and her husband, Ellis Marcus, also a television writer, had three children. 2Death On December 3, 2014, Ann Marcus died in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 93, from bladder cancer. 2Awards and nominations Nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys and 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 200