Elizabeth Page (screenwriter)
Elizabeth Page (born August 27, 1889, died March 11, 1969)[1] 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.[2]
Film
The Pilgrim
- Awarded "Best Short" - REEL13 on WNET
- Awarded "Excellence in Screenwriting" - The 29th Annual Invitational Film Show at the New School
- Awarded "Best Director" - the Staten Island Film Festival
Caught
- Awarded "Best Short" - 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).[3]
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.[4]
Awards
- 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[5][6]
- 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
References
- ^ "Elizabeth Page - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "Spare Parts". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Elizabeth Page | Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "Elizabeth Page: American Writer, Director, and Filmmaker in - Course Sidekick". www.coursesidekick.com. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/daytime_35th_telecast_winners_data.html Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Emmy Awards Online 35
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
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