Lynda Myles (American writer)
{{Short description|American dramatist (1939–2023)}}
{{other uses|Lynda Myles (British producer)}}
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|name = Lynda Myles
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|07|22}}
|birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|15|1939|07|22}}
|death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
|nationality = American
|occupation = Writer
Actress
|years_active = 1972–2023
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Lynda Myles (July 22, 1939 – April 15, 2023) was an American television writer, actress, playwright, memoirist, and short fiction writer. She attended Michigan State University and was known for her Broadway plays such as Two Gentlemen of Verona, Iphigenia in Aulis, No Exit, Rocking Chair, Trojan Women and Neil Simon's Plaza Suite.{{cite book |editor1-last=Willis |editor1-first=John |author-link=John A. Willis |title=John Willis' Theatre World 1971-1972 Season Volume 28 |date=1973 |publisher=Crown Publishers |page=249 |isbn=9780517500965 |url=https://archive.org/details/theatreworld197100john/page/248/mode/2up |access-date=2021-04-26}}
Career
=Actress=
Myles made her Broadway debut in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite with Maureen Stapleton and George C. Scott.
As an actress, Ms. Myles was featured as George Washington's friend Sally Fairfax in the David L. Wolper's TV drama The World Turned Upside Down opposite her first husband Jan Leighton.
=Writer=
Her first play Wives was selected for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in 1979 and was performed at Theatre Row.
Her short story A Lucky Man was featured in the inaugural issue of The Creative Writer, the book series from J.D. Vine Publications. As a playwright, her play Thirteen has been performed in New York and at the ACT Theatre in Seattle.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8EBAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106|title=New York Magazine|magazine=New York|volume=16|number=23|date=June 6, 1983}}
Myles wrote for General Hospital, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Loving, and One Life to Live.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-12-ca-3179-story.html|title='Santa Barbara' Leads Daytime Emmy Parade|date=May 12, 1989|author=Haithman, Diane|page=2|work=Los Angeles Times}}
Myles was an editor and contributor to TheMemoirGroup.com.
Personal life and death
Myles was married to actor Jan Leighton. They had a daughter, Hallie Leighton.{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9501E5DE1E3AF93AA25756C0A9659D8B63.html|work=The New York Times|title=Deaths: Leighton, Hallie Leland|date=May 19, 2013|accessdate=February 22, 2019}}
Myles died in New York City on April 15, 2023, at the age of 83.[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/lynda-myles-obituary?n=lynda-myles&pid=204351143 Lynda Myles obituary]
Awards and nominations
- Two Daytime Emmy Awards, Santa Barbara{{cite news|author=Sharbutt, Jay|title=NBC's 'Santa Barbara' Is Top Daytime Emmy Winner|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-30-ca-3020-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 30, 1989|page=2}}
- Six Daytime Emmy Award Nominations, Santa Barbara
- Writers Guild of America Award for Scriptwriting{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-08-ca-20389-story.html|title=Writer Gets 4 Nods in 1 WGA Category : Honors: Daryl Busby gets nominations in best children's script for screenplays he co-authored for the Disney Channel series 'Adventures in Wonderland|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 8, 1994}}
- 2007: John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction for short story The Blue Dress
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0617002}}
- {{IBDB name|84416}}
- {{iobdb name|25195|Lynda Myles}}
- [http://broadwayworld.com/people/Lynda_Myles/ Lynda Myles] at Broadway World
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Category:American dramatists and playwrights
Category:American television writers
Category:21st-century American women writers