Full Name Elizabeth Shay Died November 17, 1987 | Name Betty Corday Children Ken Corday Role Actress | |
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Born March 21, 1912 ( 1912-03-21 ) Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Similar People Ken Corday, Irna Phillips, Frances Reid, Macdonald Carey, Susan Seaforth Hayes | ||
Days - Betty Corday Tribute (December 1987)
Betty Corday (née Elizabeth Shay, March 21, 1912 — November 17, 1987) was a Broadway dramatic actress and long-time American television producer. She co-created and executive produced the long running NBC drama Days of Our Lives from 1966 until her death in 1987.
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22nd Annual Daytime Emmys (1995)
Stage
Betty Corday, mother of Ken Corday, had previously been a Broadway stage actress, starring in "one flop after another" before marrying her husband, a former lawyer and a then-recent migrant from Alberta, Canada. They were married from 1942 until his death in 1966.
Radio
Corday produced such radio soaps as Pepper Young's Family and Young Dr. Malone.
Television
Becoming executive producer after the death of her husband, Ted Corday (and being credited as Mrs. Ted Corday), she was the executive producer of Days of Our Lives from 1966 to 1985. She semi-retired in 1985, turning control over to her son, Ken. She kept the title of executive producer until her death in November 1987. In addition to her work on Days of our Lives, Corday was also a consultant for The Young and the Restless.