Judith Paige Mitchell

Judith Paige Segel
BornNovember 24, 1932
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 10, 2010(2010-02-10) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pen namePaige Mitchell
Notable worksThe Client (1995–96)

Judith Paige Mitchell (November 24, 1932 – February 10, 2010) was a television writer, executive producer and novelist.[1][2]

Biography

Judith Paige Segel was born in New Orleans. Her parents were George Jacob Segel (1906-1993) and Esther (née Finerosky) (1908-1995). She started her career as a novelist, her subjects including integration and civil rights. She moved to Los Angeles in 1965 after divorcing her first husband Alvin Binder, a civil rights attorney in Jackson, Mississippi, and also worked in television as a writer and producer, with many topics focused on true crime. Mitchell died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 10, 2010, survived by her husband and well-known Los Angeles publisher Jeremy Tarcher and three children.[2][3]

Literary credits

  • A Wilderness of Monkeys (1965)
  • Love is Not a Safe Country (1968)
  • The Mayfly (1971)
  • The Covenant, a Novel (1973)
  • Act of Love (1976)[4] (adapted into 1980 television movie of the same name)
  • Wild Seed (1982)

Teleplay credits

References

  1. ^ "Passings". The Los Angeles Times. February 14, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Variety Staff (February 22, 2010). "Writer Judith Paige Mitchell dies". Variety.
  3. ^ Sharkey, BetsBy (22 October 1995). Twists and Turns on the Southern Landscape, The New York Times, Sec. 2, p. 37.
  4. ^ Cook, Fred J. (4 April 1976). Act of Love (book review), The New York Times


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