Nancy Curlee is an American

United States

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 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. She was Head Writer

Head writer

A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...

 of Guiding Light

Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

from 1990 to 1994. Her time at the helm of GL is often considered a golden period for the show.

Curlee is married to fellow soap opera writer Stephen Demorest

Stephen Demorest

-Positions held:All My Children*Associate Head Writer: April 8, 2005 - January 14, 2008Another World*Associate Head Writer: March 1999 - June 25, 1999As the World Turns*Associate Head Writer...

. She retired to be a full time mother. She has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy Award

Daytime 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...

s. In 1993, Curlee and her GL writing team won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team.

Her last GL writing team consisted of Stephen Demorest

Stephen Demorest

-Positions held:All My Children*Associate Head Writer: April 8, 2005 - January 14, 2008Another World*Associate Head Writer: March 1999 - June 25, 1999As the World Turns*Associate Head Writer...

, Lorraine Broderick

Lorraine Broderick

Lorraine Broderick is an American television soap opera writer who got her start on All My Children as a protégée of the show's creator, Agnes Nixon.-Bio:...

, James E. Reilly

James E. Reilly

James E. Reilly was an American soap opera writer. Known for his work as the head writer of NBC's Days of our Lives and creator/head writer of Passions, Reilly won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing as co-head writer for Guiding Light in 1993.Reilly died suddenly in October...

, Nancy Williams Watt

Nancy Williams Watt

-Positions Held:All My Children*Secretary to Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, Jack Wood, Lorraine Broderick, Caroline Franz et al Days of our Lives*Script Writer: September 16, 2011 - presentSearch for Tomorrow...

, Michael Conforti

Michael Conforti

Michael Conforti is an American television writer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital. He played Jeremy Rhodes on Edge of Night, and Wally Bacon on Guiding Light. Conforti later became a writer for the soap opera Guiding Light. He became a Co-Head Writer for All My Children and Guiding...

, Bill Elverman, James Harmon Brown, Barbara Esensten, Roger Newman

Roger Newman

Roger Newman was a British born-American soap opera actor and writer. He was born in London, England and died in New York City, New York.Newman began his career as a child in radio...

, Trent Jones

Trent Jones

Trent Jones is an American soap opera writer, singer, and actor. His wife is Francesca Jones, a freelance artist.He began playing rock star Ken George Jones on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope. He not only acted in the role, but sang and even composed some of his character's songs...

, N. Gail Lawrence

N. Gail Lawrence

N. Gail Lawrence is an American television soap opera writer. She has written for soaps for nearly 24 years.-Positions held:All My Children * Associate Head Writer: 1994 - 1996, 1998–2001...

, Pete T. Rich

Pete T. Rich

Pete T. Rich is an American television soap opera script writer. He has been writing on daytime for over 23 years. During the WGA strike, he chose financial core status with the WGA and continued working.-Positions held:All My Children...

, Sally Mandel, Patrick Mulcahey

Patrick Mulcahey

Patrick Mulcahey is an award-winning American television writer who graduated from Yale University.-Career:Among his accomplishments, Mulcahey wrote The Bold and the Beautifuls 5,000th episode. In a recent interview, he acknowledged his close friendships with CBS Daytime's Senior Vice President...

, Dorothy Ann Purser, Peggy Schibi

Peggy Schibi

Peggy Schibi is an American television soap opera script writer. She has been writing on daytime for over 24 years.-Positions held:Another World* Script Writer: 1987 - 1988Days of our Lives...

, Courtney Simon

Courtney Simon

Courtney Simon is an American writer and actress. Simon is sometimes credited as "Courtney Sherman" or "Courtney Sherman Simon".- Acting roles :...

, and Wisner Washam

Wisner Washam

Wisner Washam is an American soap opera writer, best known as the Head Writer of All My Children, from 1981 to 1987.-Early Life and Career:A native of North Carolina, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Positions held

Guiding Light

Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

• Co-Head Writer
  Head writer
  A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...
  
  : 1990 - 1994
• Breakdown Writer: 1987 - 1990
• Script Writer: 1985 - 1990

ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.-Schedule:...

• Story Consultant: 1996-1998

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