Marlene Clark Poulter
Encyclopedia
Marlene Clark Poulter McPherson is an American
television soap opera
writer.
Days of our Lives
Passions
Swiss Family Robinson
Writers Guild of America Award
United States
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television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
writer.
Positions held
General HospitalGeneral Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
- Script Writer/Assistant to Coordinating Producer: 1987 - 1991
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
- Script Writer: 1991 - 1993
- Associate Head Writer: 1993 - 1999
- Co Head Writer: 2011-present
Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
- Associate Head Writer: 1999 - 2008
Swiss Family Robinson
- Co-creator/Writer 2009
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
- Nomination, 2001–2003, Best Writing, Passions
- Nomination, 1994, 1997–1999, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
- Nomination, 2000, Best Writing, Passions
- Win, 1999, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
- Nomination, 1991, 1993, Best Writing, Days of our Lives