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Elizabeth Page

b. 1901

American screenwriter 1980s-90s

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About Elizabeth Page

Born 1901. Elizabeth Page was an American screenwriter.

Elizabeth Page is an American writer, director, and filmmaker who has worked in film, television, and theatre. She is best known for her contributions to daytime television dramas, for which she has received multiple Daytime Emmy Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards. Page has also written and directed short films and staged plays in New York and regional theatres.

Theatre Page’s plays have primarily been produced in New York City. Her work Spare Parts was staged at the Whole Theatre in 1989 and later at Circle in the Square Downtown in 1990. The play was nominated for a John Gassner Award by the Outer Critics Circle, and published by Samuel French.

Film Page wrote and directed The Pilgrim, which received multiple awards, including Best Short from REEL13 on WNET, Excellence in Screenwriting at the 29th Annual Invitational Film Show at the New School, and Best Director at the Staten Island Film Festival.

She also served as writer and director of the short film Caught, which won Best Short at the Connecticut Film Festival.

Television Page began her daytime television career as a scriptwriter for The Catlins (1982–1984). She later joined All My Children, contributing as a script writer (1984–1990, 1998), script editor (1998–1999), and co-head writer (1999, with Agnes Nixon and Jean Passanante).

From 1993 to 1997, she was a breakdown writer for Another World, before serving briefly as co-head writer in 1997. She subsequently worked on As the World Turns as a scriptwriter, from 2001 until 2007.

Page also contributed scripts to One Life to Live (2007–2012), including a stint as temporary script editor in 2009, and later wrote for General Hospital from 2012 to 2015.

Awards Daytime Emmy Award Nomination, 2003 & 2006, Best Writing, As the World Turns Win, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, Best Writing, As the World Turns Nomination, 1994 & 1996, Best Writing, Another World Nomination, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1999, Best Writing, All My Children Win, 1985 & 1988, Best Writing, All My Children

Writers Guild of America Award Win, 2006, Best Writing, As the World Turns Nomination, 2005, Best Writing, As the World Turns Nomination, 1999, Best Writing, All My Children Win, 1998, Best Writing, All My Children Nomination, 1997, Best Writing, Another World Nomination, 1995, Best Writing, Another World Nomination, 1994, Best Writing, Another World Nomination, 1993, Best Writing, Another World Nomination, 1990, Best Writing, All My Children Nomination, 1989, Best Writing, All My Children

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Born
1901
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Awards
Writers Guild of America Award

Frequently asked questions

Who was Elizabeth Page?

American screenwriter 1980s-90s

When was Elizabeth Page born?

Elizabeth Page was born in 1901.

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Elizabeth Page was a screenwriter.

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Elizabeth Page was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Elizabeth Page

· Wikidata: Q5363301

· DBpedia: Elizabeth Page (screenwriter)

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