Agnes Nixon | |
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 Nixon at the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards | |
| Born | Agnes Eckhardt December 10, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 28, 2016 (aged 93) Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1944–2016 |
| Notable work | One Life to Live All My Children Loving |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Robert Henry Adolphus Nixon
(m. 1951; died 1996) |
| Children | 4 (including Robert Nixon) |
| Website | agnesnixon |
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, as well as Loving and its spin-off The City.
Nixon's work as producer and writer expanded storylines for American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, as well as both the first televised lesbian kiss and abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010, received the 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".