Biography
Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television soap opera writer. She last wrote for All My Children. She now writes independently. Her one-woman show, That's All I Got, received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New York City.
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Positions held
All My Children
- Associate Head Writer: April 2000 - April 2002; July 2003 - January 14, 2008 (hired by Megan McTavish); March 19, 2008 - September 23, 2011
As the World Turns
- Co-Head Writer: 1997
- Associate Head Writer: 1995 - 1999
Days of Our Lives
- Associate Head Writer: November 7, 1999 - 2000 (hired Sally Sussman Morina), 2002-2003
Guiding Light (hired by Pamela K. Long)
- Associate Head Writer: 1983 - 1986, 1993
Loving
- Head Writer: 1991 - 1992 (resigned in 1992 after dispute with Executive Producer Haidee Granger)
- Co-Head Writer: 1994 (rehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy)
Riviera
- Creator: 1990-1991
One Life to Live
- Associate Head Writer: 1987 - 1991
Search for Tomorrow
- Co-Head Writer: 1986
Texas
- Breakdown Writer: 1982
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
WINS
- (1986; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
NOMINATIONS
- (1985; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
- (1990; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
- (1996 & 2000; Best Writing; As the World Turns)
- (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 & 2012; Best Writing; All My Children)
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
- (1994 season; Loving)
- (2001, 2002 & 2004 seasons; All My Children)
NOMINATIONS
- (1985 & 1986 seasons; Guiding Light)
- (1998 & 1999 seasons; As the World Turns)
- (2007, 2008, 2010 & 2012 seasons; All My Children)
Head writing tenure
Preceded by Gary Tomlin |
Head Writer of Search for Tomorrow (with Pamela K. Long) 1986 |
Succeeded by Show Canceled |
Preceded by Mary Ryan Munisteri |
Head Writer of Loving December 1991-June 1992 |
Succeeded by Millee Taggart Robert Guza, Jr. |
Preceded by Agnes Nixon |
Head Writer of Loving (with Laurie McCarthy) Fall 1994-Early 1995 |
Succeeded by James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten |
Preceded by Jessica D. Klein |
Head Writer of As the World Turns (with Mel Brez and Stephen Demorest) Late 1997 |
Succeeded by Lorraine Broderick |
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