She later served as head writer for One Life to Live from 1979 to 1983, Capitol from 1983 to 1984, and again for One Life to Live from 1984 to 1987. She also wrote for Peyton Place. She and her husband Lou wrote the script of "The Pearl Necklace" (with Hazel Court and Edward Truex), for a 1961 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She won a Writers Guild of America Award and a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on One Life to Live. She was also nominated for a total of four Writers Guild of America Awards and five Daytime Emmy Awards.[1][2]
While writing for One Life to Live, O'Shea lived in New York City, and she later moved to Los Angeles. On May 1, 2014, she died of complications from a stroke. She was 91. She was survived by a son from her marriage to Shaw.[1][2]
peggy, shea, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2014, learn, w. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Peggy O Shea news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Mary Margaret Peggy O Shea October 3 1922 May 1 2014 was an American screenwriter She wrote primarily for daytime soap operas Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards and nominations 3 Head writing tenure 4 References 5 External linksBiography editBorn in Niagara Falls New York O Shea began writing for television with her former husband Lou Shaw for such series as Dr Kildare Ben Casey and Have Gun Will Travel She later served as head writer for One Life to Live from 1979 to 1983 Capitol from 1983 to 1984 and again for One Life to Live from 1984 to 1987 She also wrote for Peyton Place She and her husband Lou wrote the script of The Pearl Necklace with Hazel Court and Edward Truex for a 1961 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents She won a Writers Guild of America Award and a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on One Life to Live She was also nominated for a total of four Writers Guild of America Awards and five Daytime Emmy Awards 1 2 While writing for One Life to Live O Shea lived in New York City and she later moved to Los Angeles On May 1 2014 she died of complications from a stroke She was 91 She was survived by a son from her marriage to Shaw 1 2 Awards and nominations editDaytime Emmy AwardsWINS 1987 Best Writing One Life to Live NOMINATIONS 1980 1981 1982 amp 1983 Best Writing One Life to Live Writers Guild of America AwardWINS 1986 season One Life to Live NOMINATIONS 1979 amp 1987 seasons One Life to Live 1984 season Capitol Head writing tenure editPreceded byGordon RussellSam Hall Head Writer of One Life to Live with Sam Hall March 1980 May 1982 Succeeded bySam HallHenry Slesar Preceded byJohn William CorringtonJoyce Hooper Corrington Head Writer of Capitol1983 1984 Succeeded byHenry Slesar Preceded byJohn William CorringtonJoyce Hooper Corrington Head Writer of One Life to Live with Sam Hall December 1983 June 1984 December 1983 June 1987 Succeeded byS Michael SchnesselReferences edit a b Newcomb Roger May 12 2014 Peggy O Shea Dead at 91 welovesoaps net a b Peggy O Shea Head Writer for One Life to Live Dies at 91External links editPeggy O Shea at IMDb nbsp This article about a television writer from the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peggy O 27Shea amp oldid 1217643537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
