Ann Marcus (August 22, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an Emmy Award-winning American television writer and film producer. She graduated from Western College for Women, worked for the New York Daily News and Life, where she worked with famed photographers such as Alfred Eisenstadt. In 2007, she was executive producer of the independent feature film, For Heaven's Sake. Television writing credits Lassie The Hathaways Please Don't Eat the Daisies The Debbie Reynolds Show Gentle Ben Peyton Place General Hospital Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Search for Tomorrow Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Fernwood 2-Nite All That Glitters Julie Farr, M.D. Days of Our Lives Love of Life Falcon Crest Knots Landing Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac Flamingo Road L.A.T.E.R: The Life And Times of Eddie Roberts Other Marcus was elected to the board of directors of the WGAe seven times and served as Secretary/treasurer from 1992 to 1994. She published her memoir, Whistling Girl in 1999. Family She and her husband, Ellis Marcus, also a television writer, had three children. Death On December 3, 2014, Ann Marcus died in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 93, from bladder cancer. Awards and nominations Nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys and Primetime Emmys. Her first Daytime Emmy nomination was in 1978 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Marcus was also presented with the Morgan Cox Award for distinguished service to the WGA in 2000. Head Writing Tenure |- |- |- |- References Sources The Caucus, PRNewsWire New York Times obituary External links 1921 births 2014 deaths American soap opera writers Miami University alumni Western College for Women alumni People from Greater Los Angeles People from Little Falls, New York Deaths from cancer in California Screenwriters from New York (state) Deaths from bladder cancer Screenwriters from California 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women