Emily Squires
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Emily Squires (born Emily Hull Squires August 23, 1941 – November 21, 2012) was an American
Life and career
After attending Randolph-Macon Woman's College, from which she later received an award as an outstanding alumna, Emily Squires graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1962. She moved to New York later that year and began working for CBS News. In 1967, when public television was in its infancy, she began working for the Public Broadcast Laboratory. Two years later, she began working as a production assistant at Sesame Street during its first year on the air.[2]
In 1982, Squires joined a team of Sesame Street directors that included
In addition to becoming the first woman director of Sesame Street, Squires helped break other barriers as well. "She wanted to work on the show because it was making changes in racial stereotypes in America," Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on the show, told The New York Times.[2]
Squires co-produced "Sesame Street's" 25th anniversary special show, "All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever!"[2]
Squires also wrote for daytime television serials including
Positions held
- Scriptwriter of Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow, The Secret Storm and As the World Turns.
- Co-producer on Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!; 1994
- Stage Manager on Sesame Street and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
- Director on A Walking Tour of Sesame Street, Big Bag, Sesame Street: A is for Asthma, Elmo's Musical Adventure and Visions of Perfect Worlds.
Awards and nominations
Squires won six daytime Emmy Awards for her directing Sesame Street. She also wrote and directed Between the Lions, another PBS series, and was nominated for three Writers Guild of America awards in the Daytime Serials category for her work on Guiding Light and Search for Tomorrow. She won one of two nominations in 1985 and was again nominated in 1986.
She received an
She has also been nominated for fifteen
Squires died on November 21, 2012, aged 71.[1][2]
References
- ^ Huffington Post. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
External links
- Emily Squires at IMDb