Agnes Nixon
Actor, Producer, Writer
December 10, 1922 — September 28, 2016 (93 years)
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Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children, and Loving.
Nixon's work as producer and writer introduced a number of new storylines to American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, the first on-screen lesbian kiss and the first on-screen abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Nixon was often referred to as the "Queen" of the modern American soap opera.
Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children, and Loving.
Nixon's work as producer and writer introduced a number of new storylines to American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, the first on-screen lesbian kiss and the first on-screen abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Nixon was often referred to as the "Queen" of the modern American soap opera.
Filmography
| 2020 | The Story of Soaps · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2010 | The 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1997 | The View · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography · as Self |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder · as Self |
| 1969 | To Tell the Truth · as Self - Contestant |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1970 | All My Children · as Aggie |
| 1968 | One Life to Live · as Agnes Eckhardt |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 |
| 2013 | All My Children · as Creator |
| 1995 | The City · as Creator |
| 1994 | All About Erica · as Characters |
| 1987 | Biography · as Creator |
| 1983 | Loving · as Created By |
| 1968 | One Life to Live · as Creator |
| 1964 | Another World · as Written By |
| 1956 | As The World Turns · as Written By |
| 1952 | Guiding Light · as Creator |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Written By |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents · as Adaptation |