Pat Falken Smith

Pat Falken Smith (January 21, 1926 – May 19, 2001) was a television writer, best known for her being head writer of several soap operas, including General Hospital and Days of Our Lives.

Positions held

Where the Heart Is

  • Head Writer: 1970-1972

Days of Our Lives

  • Head Writer: May 1975 - April 19, 1977, October 21, 1981 - April 16, 1982
  • Script Writer: 1966, 1968-1971, 1972-1975
  • Story Consultant: 1987-1988

General Hospital

  • Head Writer: 1979-1981, 1985-1986, 1988-1989

Guiding Light

  • Head Writer: 1982-1983

Ryan's Hope

  • Head Writer: 1983-1985

Career

Smith served as head writer for Days of our Lives from 1975-77, where she earned a salary of $285,000 a year, considered very high for that time, which included $35,000 just for "thinking creatively."[1]

She won the "Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy Award for Days of our Lives in 1976 and 1977. She returned to Days of our Lives in 1981 where she introduced the Brady and DiMera families.

Smith succeeded Douglas Marland as head writer of ABC Daytime's General Hospital from 1979 to 1981. With Smith as writer and Gloria Monty as producer, the show remained at the top of the daytime ratings roster. Smith was reported to be the highest paid writer in broadcasting history when she left General Hospital in 1981, at $1 million per year.[2]

Smith then went to Guiding Light in 1982, where she again succeeded Marland as head writer. Her stint at GL was short, lasting only one cycle of 13 weeks.[3] She went on to serve as head writer of Ryan's Hope before returning as head writer of General Hospital two more times in the 1980s. (1985-1986, 1988-1989).

Death

Pat Falken Smith died in Los Angeles, on May 19, 2001, aged 75.

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

  • (1976; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)

NOMINATIONS

  • (1975, 1977 & 1978; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
  • (1981 & 1986; Best Writing; General Hospital)

Writers Guild of America Award

NOMINATIONS

  • (1975, 1976, 1977 & 1978 seasons; Days of Our Lives)

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon", Time Magazine, January 12, 1976.
  2. ^ Allen, Robert C. (1985). Speaking of Soap Operas, p. 49, UNC Press; ISBN 0-8078-4129-3
  3. ^ Allen, Robert C. (1985). Speaking of Soap Operas, p. 53, UNC Press; ISBN 0-8078-4129-3
Preceded by Head Writer of Days of Our Lives
1975 - 1977 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head Writer of General Hospital
1979 - 1981
1985 - 1986
1988 - 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head Writer of Days of Our Lives
1981 - 1982 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head Writer of Guiding Light
1982 		Succeeded by
L. Virginia Browne
Gene Palumbo
Preceded by Head Writer of Ryan's Hope
December 1983 - February 1985 		Succeeded by

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