Jeraldine Saunders
Jeraldine Saunders | |
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| Born | Geraldine Loretta Glynn September 3, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 2019 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 1974–2019 |
| Spouses | Russell Phillips
(m. 1942; div. 1950)Arthur Andrews
(m. 1972; died 2003) |
| Children | Gail Maureen Phillips (b. 1943, d. 1970) |
Geraldine Loretta Saunders (September 3, 1923 – February 26, 2019)[1] known under pen name Jeraldine Saunders was an American writer, TV creator/screenwriter and lecturer,
Biography
Saunders was best known as the creator
The program was based on her 1974 book, The Love Boats,[4] her anecdotal account of her time employed as the first full-time female cruise director. From 2003 until her death Saunders was the author of Omarr's Astrological Forecast.[5] The nationally syndicated horoscope column, read by hundreds of thousands worldwide, was originally created by Sydney Omarr, to whom she had been briefly married to, in 1966.[3]
In 1968 Saunders discovered her fiancé, the actor Albert Dekker, dead in his Hollywood home. The death was ruled to be accidental.[6]
References
- ^ Jeraldine Saunders Creator and Author of ‘the Love Boat’ Dies at 96
- ^ "Jeraldine Saunders". IMDb. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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Neil Genzlinger (2019-02-26). "Jeraldine Saunders, Whose Book Begat 'The Love Boat,' Dies at 95". The New York Times. p. A23. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
But her biggest claim to fame was her book "The Love Boats," which inspired three television movies: "The Love Boat" in 1976 and "The Love Boat II" and "The New Love Boat," both in early 1977. That fall, the concept was turned into an Aaron Spelling series, which ran for 250 episodes, making it one of the most successful shows of the period.
- ISBN 978-1-56718-607-9
- ^ "Omarr's daily astrological forecast". tribunecontentagency.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 28, 2017. Archived January 21, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 9781476608075.
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