Rita Lakin

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24. januar 1930 — 23. marts 2023 (93 år)
Rita Lakin is an American screenwriter, with 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. She is also a novelist and author of "The Only Woman In The Room," a memoire of her life as one of the first female show runners and one of the first women in television (released October 2015, Applause publishing). In fiction, Lakin created the Gladdy Gold Mystery seven-book series (published by Bantam Books), including Getting Old Is Murder, Getting Old Is The Best Revenge, and Getting Old Can Kill You.

Lakin began writing regularly during the early 1960s for such television shows as The Doctors, Dr. Kildare and Peyton Place. In 1968, she began working as story editor and head writer of The Mod Squad. In 1972, she created The Rookies. In 1977, she served as executive producer of the CBS TV adaptation of the 1954 film Executive Suite. She wrote numerous "Movies of the Week" including Women in Chains, and such miniseries as Strong Medicine and Voices of the Heart. In 1981, she developed the TV series adaptation and served as show-runner of Flamingo Road. In 1989, she co-created the medical drama Nightingales. She also wrote or co-authored two original theatrical plays, No Language But a Cry and Saturday Night at Grossinger's.

Kendt for

  • Dollars
    Dollars9 sæsoner
  • The Rookies
    The Rookies4 sæsoner
  • Family Affair
    Family Affair5 sæsoner
  • Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone6 sæsoner
  • The Mod Squad
    The Mod Squad5 sæsoner
  • Peyton Place
    Peyton Place5 sæsoner
  • Women in Chains
    Women in Chains1972
  • A Sensitive, Passionate Man
    A Sensitive, Passionate Man1977
  • Message to My Daughter
    Message to My Daughter1973
  • The Invaders
    The Invaders2 sæsoner
  • Barbara Taylor Bradford's: Voice of the Heart
    Barbara Taylor Bradford's: Voice of the Heart1989
  • The Virginian
    The Virginian9 sæsoner
  • Strong Medicine
    Strong Medicine1986

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