(Cynthia Littleton’s article appeared in Variety, 9/28; via Pam Green.)
Agnes Nixon, known as the grande dame of daytime drama for creating, writing, and producing soap operas including “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “Search for Tomorrow,” died Wednesday in Rosemont, Pa. She was 93.
Nixon had been suffering complications from Parkinson’s disease, the New York Times reported.
The prolific producer was highly regarded as a pioneer for women in television who transformed the traditional soap opera by weaving real-world issues into her shows. Nixon famously modeled the fictional Pine Valley setting of “All My Children” on the suburban region where she lived outside Philadelphia. She kept her home base there even as the TV production company she ran with her husband, Robert Nixon, expanded.
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/agnes-nixon-dead-dies-all-my-children-one-life-to-live-1201873095/