Addie Walsh

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Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television soap opera writer. She last wrote for All My Children . She now writes independently.

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Life

Walsh graduated from Smith College where she was a student of Len Berkman. [1] [ better source needed ]

Her one-woman show, That's All I Got, received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New York City. [2]

In 2020, she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63,000,000 of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The soap writers recruited included Walsh, Janet Iacobuzio, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante. [3]

Walsh is also an actor, and has acted in the play "Three Tall Women". [4]

Filmography

Walsh's roles
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1982 Texas Breakdown writer
1983–1986 Guiding Light Associate head writerHired by Pamela K. Long
1986 Search for Tomorrow Co-head writer [5]
1987–1991 One Life to Live Associate head writer
1990–91RivieraCreator [6]
1991–92 Loving Head writerResigned in 1992 after dispute with executive producer Haidee Granger [ citation needed ] [7]
1993 Guiding Light Associate head writer
1994 Loving Co-head writerRehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy [8]
1995–99 As the World Turns Associate head writer [9]
1997 As the World Turns Co-head writer
2000–11 All My Children Associate head writerPosition held April 2000 – April 2002; July 2003 – January 14, 2008 (hired by Megan McTavish); and March 19, 2008 – September 23, 2011
1999 – 2000 Days of Our Lives Associate head writerNovember 7, 1999 – 2000 (hired by Sally Sussman Morina)
2002–2003 Days of Our Lives Associate head writer

Awards and nominations

Awards for Walsh's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1985 Guiding Light Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee[ citation needed ]
Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
1986 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingWinner [10]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee[ citation needed ]
1990 One Life to Live Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
1994 Loving Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Winner [11]
1996 As the World Turns Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
1998 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee[ citation needed ]
1999 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee[ citation needed ]
2000 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
2001 All My Children Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee [12]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Winner[ citation needed ]
2002 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee [13]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Winner[ citation needed ]
2003 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
2004 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Winner[ citation needed ]
2007 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee[ citation needed ]
2008 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee[ citation needed ]
2009 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee [14]
2010 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee [14]
2012 Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[ citation needed ]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials Nominee [14]

Head writing tenure

Preceded by head writer of Search for Tomorrow
(with Pamela K. Long)

1986
Succeeded by
Show Canceled
Preceded by head writer of Loving
December 1991-June 1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by head writer of Loving
(with Laurie McCarthy)

Fall 1994-Early 1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jessica D. Klein
head writer of As the World Turns
(with Mel Brez and Stephen Demorest)

Late 1997
Succeeded by

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