Harding Lemay
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Harding Lemay (March 16, 1922 – May 26, 2018), also known as Pete Lemay, was an American screenwriter and playwright. He was best known as head writer of the soap opera Another World.[1]
Career
Lemay was head writer of the soap opera Another World,
Lemay co-created Lovers and Friends with Paul Rauch, later retooled and referred to as For Richer, For Poorer. Lemay was also a playwright, whose works have been produced both off-Broadway and on Broadway. He was also a friend and mentor to Douglas Marland, who was his subwriter on Another World and later became one of daytime TV's most prolific writers as head writer for Guiding Light, General Hospital and As the World Turns.
Personal life
Lemay was born on March 16, 1922,
From September 1947 to 1953, he was married to Priscilla Amidon. He married his second wife, Dorothy Shaw on September 19, 1953;[2] she died in 1994. His third wife was Gloria Gardner. Lemay died on May 26, 2018, at the age of 96.[4]
Positions held
- Story consultant(1995–1997)
- Head writer (1971–1979; 1988)
- Story consultant
- Head writer (1981–1982)
- Consultant (1995)
- Writer (1980-1981)
Lovers and Friends/For Richer, For Poorer
- Co-creator
- Head writer (1977)
- Story consultant (1998–1999)
Awards and nominations
Wins
- (1975; Best Writing; Another World)
- (1981; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
Nominations
- (1977 & 1996; Best Writing; Another World)
Head write tenure
Works
- Inside, Looking Out: A Personal Memoir. New York: Harper's Magazine Press. 1971. ISBN 0061263001.
- Eight years in Another World. Atheneum. 1981. ISBN 9780689111495.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8122-1841-1. Retrieved April 5, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-913204-30-6– via Google Books.
- ISBN 978-0-9605160-0-1. Retrieved November 10, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "HARDING LEMAY Obituary". The New York Times. July 4, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2021 – via Legacy.
External links
- Henry, Mari Lyn (October 1997). "Conversations with Pete Lemay, a Man of Substance". Soap Opera Digest – via Irises.
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