Margaret DePriest (born April 19, 1931) is a retired American actress and daytime serial writer. She was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Award awards for her writing and in 1965 won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance.
Life and career
She began her career as an actress both onstage and on television. Her acting credits include a contract role as Abby Cameron #1 on The Edge of Night from 1965-1966. She also played social worker Mrs. Berger on the NBC serial The Doctors.
In the mid-1960s, she began writing The Edge of Night. In 1969, she co-created and was co-head writer of CBS Daytime's Where the Heart Is.
She has served as head writer for several serials, including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and Sunset Beach.
She is married to writer Paul Price.
The Doctors
Head writer: 1974 - 1975
All My Children
Head writer: 1989
Another World
Head writer: March 1986 - January 1988, May 1996 - January 1997
Days of Our Lives
Associate head writer: October 21, 1981 - April 19, 1982
Head writer: April 20, 1982 - September 21, 1984
Co-head writer (with Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina): September 24 - October 25, 1984
General Hospital
Co-head writer (with Pat Falken Smith): 1980 - 1981
The Edge of Night
Co-head writer (with Lou Schofield): mid-1960s
One Life to Live
Associate head writer: 1990 - 1991
Sunset Beach
Co-head writer with Christopher Whitesell: August 1998 - December 1999
Where the Heart Is
Co-Creator (with Lou Schofield)
Co-head writer (with Lou Schofield): 1969 - 1970
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Award
Nomination, 1992, Best Writing, One Life to Live
Nomination, 1990, Best Writing, All My Children
Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
Nomination, 1984, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, General Hospital
Writers Guild of America Award
Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, Another World
Writer
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Sunset Beach (TV Series) (15 episodes, 1999) (head writer - 2 episodes, 1999)
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Another World (TV Series) (80 episodes, 1986 - 1997) (head writer - 25 episodes, 1986 - 1997)
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One Life to Live (TV Series) (head writer - 1 episode, 1990) (associate head writer - 1 episode, 1990) - Episode dated 24 December 1990 (1990) - (head writer)
- Episode dated 3 August 1990 (1990) - (associate head writer)
1989
All My Children (TV Series) (head writer - 3 episodes) - Episode #1.5187 (1990) - (head writer)
- Episode dated 11 August 1989 (1989) - (head writer)
- Episode #1.5042 (1989) - (head writer)
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Days of Our Lives (TV Series) (649 episodes, 1982 - 1984) (head writer - 2 episodes, 1982 - 1984) (writer - 1 episode, 1981)
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General Hospital (TV Series) (1 episode, 1981) (head writer - 1 episode, 1983) (written by - 1 episode, 1981) - Episode #1.5343 (1983) - (head writer)
- Episode #1.4715 (1981) - (as Margaret De Priest)
- Episode #1.4598 (1981) - (written by)
1976
The Doctors (TV Series) (150 episodes)
1975
Love of Life (TV Series) (head writer - 223 episodes)
1975
How to Survive a Marriage (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode) - Episode #1.325 (1975) - (written by)
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Where the Heart Is (TV Series) (1 episode, 1969) (co-creator - 899 episodes, 1969 - 1973) (co-head writer - 899 episodes, 1969 - 1973)
Miscellaneous
1979
General Hospital (TV Series) (assistant to the producer - 391 episodes)
Actress
1968
N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) as
1st Nurse
- Encounter on a Rooftop (1968) - 1st Nurse
1967
The Doctors (TV Series) as
Mrs. Berger
1956
The Edge of Night (TV Series) as
Abby Cameron #1 (1965-1966)
