Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television soap opera writer. She last wrote for All My Children. She now writes independently.

Life

Walsh graduated from Smith College where she was a student of Len Berkman.[better source needed]

Her one-woman show, That's All I Got, received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New York City.

In 2020, she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63,000,000 of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The soap writers recruited included Walsh, Janet Iacobuzio, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante.

Walsh is also an actor, and has acted in the play "Three Tall Women".

Filmography

Walsh's roles
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1982TexasBreakdown writer
1983–1986Guiding LightAssociate head writerHired by Pamela K. Long
1986Search for TomorrowCo-head writer
1987–1991One Life to LiveAssociate head writer
1990–91RivieraCreator
1991–92LovingHead writerResigned in 1992 after dispute with executive producer Haidee Granger[citation needed]
1993Guiding LightAssociate head writer
1994LovingCo-head writerRehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy
1995–99As the World TurnsAssociate head writer
1997As the World TurnsCo-head writer
2000–11All My ChildrenAssociate head writerPosition held April 2000 – April 2002; July 2003 – January 14, 2008 (hired by Megan McTavish); and March 19, 2008 – September 23, 2011
1999 – 2000Days of Our LivesAssociate head writerNovember 7, 1999 – 2000 (hired by Sally Sussman Morina)
2002–2003Days of Our LivesAssociate head writer

Awards and nominations

Awards for Walsh's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1985Guiding LightWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee[citation needed]
Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
1986Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingWinner
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee[citation needed]
1990One Life to LiveDaytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
1994LovingWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsWinner
1996As the World TurnsDaytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
1998Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee[citation needed]
1999Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee[citation needed]
2000Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
2001All My ChildrenDaytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsWinner[citation needed]
2002Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsWinner[citation needed]
2003Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
2004Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsWinner[citation needed]
2007Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee[citation needed]
2008Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee[citation needed]
2009Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee
2010Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee
2012Daytime Emmy Award for Best WritingNominee[citation needed]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime SerialsNominee

Head writing tenure

Preceded byGary Tomlinhead writer of Search for Tomorrow (with Pamela K. Long) 1986Succeeded byShow Canceled
Preceded byMary Ryan Munisterihead writer of Loving December 1991-June 1992Succeeded byMillee Taggart Robert Guza Jr.
Preceded byAgnes Nixonhead writer of Loving (with Laurie McCarthy) Fall 1994-Early 1995Succeeded byJames Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten
Preceded byJessica D. Kleinhead writer of As the World Turns (with Mel Brez and Stephen Demorest) Late 1997Succeeded byLorraine Broderick

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