Shelly Altman

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Michelle "Shelly" Altman is an American soap opera writer who is known as breakdown and associate head writer of American daytime soap operas, including Another World , General Hospital and One Life to Live .

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Career

In 1987, Altman co-wrote a screenplay for Sweet Lorraine. [1] From 1995 to 1999, Altman and Jean Passanante were associate head writers of Another World [2] and, from 1999 to 2011, held the same position while doing One Life to Live . [3]

From 2013 to 2015, Altman was a co-head writer of The Young and the Restless along with Jean Passanante. [4] [5] In 2015, Altman and Passanante replaced Ron Carlivati, who was the head writer of General Hospital since 2012. [6] [7] [8] Altman had been the show's associate head co-writer since 2011, prior to which she was its breakdown writer. [9] [10]

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Win

Nominations

Writers Guild of America Award

Win

Nominations

Head writer history

Preceded by Head writer of General Hospital (with Garin Wolf)
January 9 – February 20, 2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head writer of The Young and the Restless (with Josh Griffith: 3/18/13-11/1/13)
(with Tracey Thomson)
(with Jean Passanante: 12/23/13-3/18/15)
(with Charles Pratt Jr.: 1/16/15-3/18/15)

March 18, 2013 – March 18, 2015
Succeeded by
Charles Pratt Jr.
Preceded by
Jean Passanante
Head writer of General Hospital
(with Jean Passanante: 10/7/15-10/6/17)
(with Chris Van Etten: 10/9/17-10/28/19)

October 7, 2015 – October 28, 2019
Succeeded by
Dan O'Connor
Chris Van Etten

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