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Margaret Alberta Armen (September 9, 1921 – November 10, 2003) was an American screenwriter and author. Biography [ edit ] She was born Margaret Alberta Sampsell in Washington, D.C. , [2] the daughter of Commander Thomas Lloyd Sampsell and Florence Neilson (née Buehler).
YearTv SeriesNotes19601 Episode1960-624 Episodes1960-635 Episodes19611 Episode- 1
- 1960–1984
- Garo Armen
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Margaret Armen. Writer: Star Trek. Margaret Armen was born on 9 September 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Bionic Woman (1976) and The Wide World of Mystery (1973).
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Nov 20, 2003 · Margaret Armen, 82, one of the first successful female television writers, who wrote episodes of "The Rifleman" and "The Big Valley," died Nov. 10 of heart failure at her home in Woodland Hills.
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Margaret Armen (9 September 1921 – 10 November 2003; age 82) was an episodic television writer worked on three episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and two episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series. For the aborted Star Trek: Phase II, she wrote "The Savage Syndrome" (with Alfred Harris).
Armen was producer Fred Freiberger's potential choice to succeed Arthur Singer as Star Trek: The Original Series's story editor, however, as the show was cancelled after the third season, she never got the job.
Armen began her career writing for TV westerns, including The Rifleman and The Big Valley. She later worked on such shows as Marcus Welby, M.D., Barnaby Jones, and Wonder Woman.
She also wrote The Mod Squad episode "A Time of Hyacinths" (1970) in which Warren Stevens had a guest appearance alongside series regular Tige Andrews.
Margaret Armen passed away due to heart failure in her home in Woodland Hills, California on 10 November 2003 at the age of 82.
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Feb 28, 2019 · The shooting script for “The Cloud Minders” is attributed to Margaret Armen, Oliver Crawford and David Gerrold. However, the original story for the episode came from Gerrold, based on his 40-page story, “Castles in the Sky.”. In his original work, Gerrold imagines a planet, Aronis (which rhymes with baroness), where the affluent portion ...
Margaret Armen was born on 9 September 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Bionic Woman (1976) and The Wide World of Mystery (1973). She died on 10 November 2003 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Margaret Armen (9 September 1921 – 10 November 2003; age 82) was a episodic television writer worked on three episodes of and two episodes of .For the aborted Star Trek: Phase II, she wrote "The Savage Syndrome" (with Alfred Harris).
