Anne Howard Bailey
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Anne Howard Bailey(July 26, 1924 – November 23, 2006) was an American writer known particularly for her work as a screenwriter and operalibrettist.
Life and career
[edit]Born and raised inMemphis,Bailey attendedRhodes College,where she graduated in 1945 with a bachelor's degree in creative writing. After college she moved to New York City, where she began writing for theatre and television. She was a regular contributor to theArmstrong Circle TheatreandAppointment with Adventureduring the 1950s and was one of the major writers forNational Velvetduring the 1960s. Her most successful work as a screenwriter was working as ahead writeron several different soap operas during the 1980s, includingABC Daytime'sGeneral Hospital(1983–1986) andNBC Daytime'sDays of Our Lives(1989–1990). She also created the short-lived 1970s soap operaHow to Survive a Marriage.[1]After being fired fromDays of Our Livesin 1990,Al Rabinwas quoted as saying:
[Bailey is] a wonderful writer before she got here. She was a wonderful writer here and she will be a wonderful writer in her next project. It's just that the emphasis shifted slightly from romance to adventure. Since we preferred the audience that we had, we will be shifting back.
ForGeneral Hospital,Bailey notably created such characters asFrisco Jones,Dr. Tony Jones,andFelicia Jones.She was the head writer for NBC'sSanta Barbarabetween 1987 and 1989, for which she won aDaytime Emmy Awardin her final year with the program. Bailey also wrote for prime-time television including work forBonanza,Moment of Truth,Beacon Hill,and87th Precinct.She also worked as a story editor forThe Adams Chronicles.[citation needed]
As an opera librettist, Bailey wrote librettos for four works. Her first libretto was forLeonard Kastle'sDeseret,which is about the life ofBrigham Young.The opera was commissioned for television by theNBC Opera Theatreand was first broadcast in 1961. This was followed by a second opera for television,Thomas Pasatieri'sThe Trial of Mary Lincoln,which was first broadcast onPBSin 1972. For this work Bailey won anEmmy Award.[1]
She collaborated with Pasatieri again for his first full-length operaThe Penitentes,which premiered at theAspen Music Festivalin 1974. Her final libretto was forKenton Coe'sRachel,an opera about United States PresidentAndrew Jacksonand his wife,Rachel Donelson Robards,which premiered atKnoxville Operain 1989.[citation needed]
Death
[edit]Bailey died of congestive heart failure inRancho Mirage, California,aged 82.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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1959 | The Bloody Brood | Screenplay By | |
1961 | Aus Gründen der Sicherheit | Story By |
Television
[edit]Year | TV Series | Credit | Notes |
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1951-55 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Writer | 12 Episodes |
1951-57 | Lux Video Theatre | Writer | 11 Episodes |
1955 | Appointment with Adventure | Writer | 4 Episodes |
Justice | Writer | 4 Episodes | |
On Camera | Writer | 1 Episode | |
Star Tonight | Writer | 1 Episode | |
1956 | Rheingold Theater | Writer | 3 Episodes |
1959 | The Unforeseen | Writer | 1 Episode |
1960-61 | Surfside 6 | Writer | 4 Episodes |
1960-62 | National Velvet | Writer | 15 Episodes |
1961 | NBC Opera Theatre | Writer | 1 Episode |
87th Precinct | Writer | 1 Episode | |
1963 | Bonanza | Writer | 1 Episode |
1972 | NET Opera Theater | Librettist | 1 Episode |
1974-75 | How to Survive a Marriage | Writer, Creator | |
1976 | The Adams Chronicles | Writer, Story Editor | 6 Episodes |
The Doctors | Writer | 23 Episodes | |
1977 | Family | Writer | 1 Episode |
1982-86 | General Hospital | Head Writer | |
1987-89 | Santa Barbara | Head Writer | 177 Episodes |
1989 | Days of Our Lives | Head Writer |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Daytime Emmy Award
[edit]Wins
[edit]- (1989; Best Writing;Santa Barbara)
Nominations
[edit]- (1983 & 1984; Best Writing;General Hospital)
- (1988; Best Writing;Santa Barbara)
Primetime Emmy Awards
[edit]Wins
[edit]- (1972; Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music;The Trial of Mary Lincoln)
Christopher Award
[edit]Wins
[edit]- (1955;Armstrong Circle Theatre)
Head writing tenure
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abc"Writer Bailey dies at 82: TV writer, opera librettist remembered as head writer for 'Days of Our Lives'".Variety.December 1, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon November 12, 2012.RetrievedJune 18,2009.
External links
[edit]- 1924 births
- 2006 deaths
- Rhodes College alumni
- American soap opera writers
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- American opera librettists
- Writers from Memphis, Tennessee
- Women opera librettists
- 20th-century American women writers
- American women soap opera writers
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- Screenwriters from Tennessee
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American women writers