About Francine Carroll
Lived 1924 – 2007 (aged 83). Francine Carroll was a screenwriter.
Francine Epstein (May 19, 1924 – November 9, 2007) was an American screenwriter. She was the creator of the short-lived American police drama television series Amy Prentiss and the wife of producer Cy Chermak.
Career
In 1974, Carroll left writing on Ironside and created the NBC police drama television series Amy Prentiss, which starred Jessica Walter as "Amy Prentiss".
In 1998, Carroll was a screenwriter for the television film Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families along with her husband Cy Chermak, Paul Monash and Malka Drucker. She was nominated for an Writers Guild of America Award for the 60 Minute Category and a Humanitas Prize nomination for Episodic Drama.
Death Carroll died in November 2007 of natural causes at the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center in Tarzana, California, at the age of 83.
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Who was Francine Carroll?
American screenwriter (1924-2007)
When was Francine Carroll born?
Francine Carroll was born on 19 May 1924.
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Francine Carroll died on 9 November 2007 in Tarzana, California.
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Francine Carroll was a screenwriter.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Francine Carroll. https://biography.guide/francine-carroll/
MLA: "Francine Carroll." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/francine-carroll/.
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