Dorothy Ann Purser

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Dorothy Ann Purser
BornHammond, Louisiana
Notable worksDays of Our Lives, Guiding Light

Dorothy Ann Purser is a screenwriter who was born in

Daytime Emmy
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Works

Purser wrote episodes for the television series

Daytime Emmy nominations and two awards for episodes she wrote. She also wrote for the series One Life to Live.[2]

Awards and recognition

As a television writer, Purser won two major awards and was nominated for seven others.

WGA Award in the category of "Daytime Serials" for a 1999 episode of Days of our Lives, which she helped to write.[2] She was unsuccessfully nominated for six Daytime Emmys for "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team": a 1990 nomination of a 1968 episode of One Life to Live, a 1992 nomination for an episode of The Guiding Light, and nominations in the years 1994, 1997, 1998, and 1999 Days of our Lives episodes from the 1965 season. Purser was also nominated for the 2002 WGA Award for a 1965 episode of Days of our Lives.[2]

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

  • (1993; Best Writing; Guiding Light)

NOMINATIONS

  • (1990; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
  • (1992; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
  • (1994, 1997, 1998 & 1999; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)

Writers Guild of America Award

WINS

  • (1987 season; Ryan's Hope)
  • (2000 season; Days of Our Lives)

NOMINATIONS

  • (1994 & 2002 seasons; Days of Our Lives)

Positions held

Another World

  • Head writer: 1983 - June 1984
  • Co-head writer: 1983 (with Robert Soderberg)
  • Story Consultant: 1982
  • Writer: 1979 - 1980

Days of Our Lives

  • Writer: 1960s, 1988–1991, 1994–2001

Guiding Light

  • Writer: 1992 - 1994

One Life to Live

  • Writer: 1968

The Doctors

  • Writer: 1980 - 1982

Ryan's Hope

  • Writer: 1985 - 1987

As the World Turns

  • Writer: 1970's

Head writing tenure

Preceded by
Corinne Jacker
 Head writer of Another World
(with Robert Soderberg: November 1982 – December 1983)
November 1982 – February 1984 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Dorothy Ann Purser". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Awards for Dorothy Ann Purser". IMDB.com, Inc. 1990–2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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