Peggy Sloane
{{Short description|American writer (1943–2009)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peggy Sloane
| image = PeggySloane1961.png
| alt = A young white woman with dark hair in a set style, wearing a light-colored crewneck top and a strand of pearls
| caption = High school yearbook photo of Margaret Merrill Sloane, from 1961
| other_names = Peggy Sloane Wallace
| birth_name = Margaret Merrill Sloane
| birth_date = October 18, 1943
| birth_place = Bryn Mawr, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|11|1943|10|18|mf=y}}
| death_place = Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.
| occupation = Television writer
}}
Peggy Sloane (October 18, 1943 – May 11, 2009) was an American television soap opera script writer for more than 23 years, until 1999. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award for her work.
Early life and education
Margaret Merrill "Peggy" Sloane was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joseph Curtis Sloane Jr. and Marjorie Merrill Sloane. Her father was an art historian and college professor.{{Cite news |last=Corbin |first=Julia |date=1998-04-14 |title=Joseph Curtis Sloane, 89, art historian emeritus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-joseph-curtis-sloa/140057972/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The News and Observer |pages=18 |via=Newspapers.com}} She graduated from Chapel Hill High School in North Carolina in 1961,Chapel Hill High School, [https://archive.org/details/hillife19611961chap/page/38/mode/2up?q=Sloane Hilllife] (1961 yearbook): 38. via Internet Archive. and in 1965 graduated from Wellesley College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa,{{Cite news |date=1964-10-06 |title=Margaret Sloane is Elected to Wellesley Phi Beta Kappa |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-durham-sun-margaret-sloane-is-electe/140057253/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The Durham Sun |pages=8 |via=Newspapers.com}} was a Durant Scholar, and won the Judith Brown Cook Prize in English.{{Cite news |date=1965-06-09 |title=Margaret Sloane Wellesley Graduate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chapel-hill-news-margaret-sloane-wel/140057725/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The Chapel Hill News |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Career
Sloane was a writer or co-writer on several television programs, especially soap operas, including Hocus Focus (TV series) (1979-1980), Capitol (1982–1987), All My Children (1987–1989, 1997–1998), Another World (1990–1992, head writer 1992–1994),{{Cite web |last=Reichardt |first=Nancy M. |date=1994-10-16 |title=Steve Kanaly Moves to Pine Valley |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-16-tv-50777-story.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=1993-05-09 |title=Soap Report |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oxnard-star-free-press-soap-report/140058603/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=Oxnard Star Free Press |pages=60 |via=Newspapers.com}} Guiding Light (1994–1995),{{Cite news |last=Hirsch |first=Lynda |date=1994-12-29 |title=While we toast the new year, Springfield burns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-while-we-toast-the-new/140059993/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=Asbury Park Press |pages=48 |via=Newspapers.com}} One Life to Live (1995-1996, co-head-writer 1996-1997),{{Cite news |last=Hirsch |first=Lynda |date=1996-03-10 |title=Aleksander will return to 'GL' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-aleksander-will-return-to/140060488/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |work=The Columbian |pages=88 |via=Newspapers.com}} and As the World Turns (1998–1999). She won Daytime Emmy Awards in 1988 and 1998 for the writing on All My Children, and was nominated in 1994 and 2000 for writing on Another World and As the World Turns, respectively. She also won a Writers Guild of America Award in 1999, for All My Children, and was nominated six other times. Sloane was known for handling storylines with sensitive themes, such as a character learning he has bipolar disorder.{{Cite news |last=Passalacqua |first=Connie |date=1994-06-20 |title=Manic-Depressive Role Brings Viewer Response |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-manic-depressiv/140058757/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=Newsday (Nassau Edition) |pages=80 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Head writing tenure
{{s-start}}
{{succession box|
before=Donna Swajeski|
title=Head writer of Another World
(with Samuel D. Ratcliffe)|
after=Carolyn Culliton|
years=November 1992 – November 1994}}
{{succession box|
before=Michael Malone|
title=Head writer of One Life to Live
(with Jean Passanante)
(with Leah Laiman: April 1996 - December 1996)|
after=Claire Labine
Matthew Labine|
years=April 1996 – June 1997}}
{{s-end}}
Personal life
Sloane was married to businessman David Wallace.{{Cite news |last=Tillinger |first=Judy |date=1985-01-17 |title=A Gallery of Beasts and Fantasies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-gallery-of-beasts-and-fanta/140059287/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=Daily News |pages=39 |via=Newspapers.com}} She died in 2009, after living more than a decade with Alzheimer's disease, in Peabody, Massachusetts.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1014206}}
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Category:Wellesley College alumni
Category:American soap opera writers
Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners
Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners
Category:American women soap opera writers