Cast & creators
Agnes Nixon Movies and TV Shows
Agnes Nixon is connected to titles such as All My Children, Search for Tomorrow, The Manions of America. Use Gatsby to browse this filmography and find where related movies and shows may be available to watch.
Known for Writing
Born December 10, 1922
Died September 28, 2016
From Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children, and Loving. Nixon's work as producer and writer introduced a number of new storylines to American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, the first on-screen lesbian kiss and the first on-screen abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Nixon was often referred to as the "Queen" of the modern American soap opera.