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2. Irna Phillips (July 1, 1901 – December 23, 1973) was an American scriptwriter, screenwriter, casting agent and actress. She is best remembered for pioneering a format of the daytime soap opera in the United States geared specifically toward women.
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- December 23, 1973 (aged 72), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- July 1, 1901, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
May 1, 2024 · Irna Phillips (born July 1, 1901, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died December 22, 1973, Chicago) was an American radio and television writer who developed the modern soap opera. She worked as a teacher before turning to writing for radio and creating the first soap opera , Painted Dreams (1930).
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Brief life of soap opera’s single mother: 1901-1973. by Lynn Liccardo. January-February 2013. If ever a writer embodied Thornton Wilder’s observation that “art is not only the desire to tell one’s secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time,” it was Irna Phillips.
Mar 16, 2022 · Phillips was born in 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. She launched her first soap, “Painted Dreams,” over WGN radio in 1930. “Dreams” went national in 1932. Other programs she created soon followed, including “Woman in White,” “Lonely Women,” “Today’s Children,” “The Right to Happiness” and “The Guiding Light.”
Born on July 1, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois; died on December 22, 1973, in Chicago; youngest of the ten children of William S. Phillips (a businessman) and Betty (Buxbaum) Phillips; attended public school in Chicago; graduated from Senn High School; University of Illinois, B.A., 1923; University of Wisconsin, M.A.; never married; children: (adopt...
Irna Phillips was born on July 1, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Brighter Day (1954) and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967). She died on December 23, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Born 1 July 1901, Chicago, Illinois; died 23 December 1973, Chicago, Illinois. Daughter of William and Betty Phillips; children: two. Irna Phillips was the 10th and youngest child of a Chicago grocer. Her interest in dramatics began in childhood and continued through her years at the universities of Illinois and Wisconsin.
