Name Courtney Simon Role Actress | Children Kate Hall | |
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Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, WGA Award for Best Daytime Drama - Television Similar People Peter Simon, Patrick Mulcahey, Lorraine Broderick, Douglas Marland, Agnes Nixon | ||
Courtney Simon - A Simple Song of Love
Courtney Simon (born June 23, 1946) is an American writer and actress. Simon is sometimes credited as "Courtney Sherman" or "Courtney Sherman Simon".
Contents
- Courtney Simon A Simple Song of Love
- 2017 Writers Guild Awards Courtney Simon accepts the Richard B Jablow Award
- Acting roles
- Writing work
- Positions held
- Awards and nominations
- Personal life
- References
2017 Writers Guild Awards: Courtney Simon accepts the Richard B. Jablow Award
Acting roles
Simon is best known for having created the role of Kathy Phillips on the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow.
She has also played roles on Guiding Light (Dinah Buckley), All My Children, and Another World. Her more recent acting work has been on a recurring basis. As a featured actress, she is best known for playing Dr. Lynn Michaels on As the World Turns.
Writing work
Simon began to contribute to shows as a writer while she was still a cast member at Search for Tomorrow. She has worked steadily as a breakdown script writer ever since. With recurring, part-time acting roles, she has occasionally worked at a show as a writer and as an actor; she has also worked on one show as a writer while appearing on another program as an actor.
Positions held
All My Children (hired by Lorraine Broderick)
As the World Turns (hired by Leah Laiman)
Guiding Light (hired by Nancy Curlee)
Santa Barbara
Search for Tomorrow
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
WINS
NOMINATIONS
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
NOMINATIONS
Personal life
Simon's first marriage, to Ed Easton, ended in divorce. She met actor Peter Simon while they were both part of the cast on Search for Tomorrow. The couple married in 1975 and have raised five children (some from previous marriages, as well as one born to the couple, Kate Hall, who is also a daytime soap writer).