Judith Paige Mitchell (November 24, 1932 – February 10, 2010) was a
television writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
,
executive producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...
and
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
.
Biography
Judith Paige Segel was a native of
. Her parents were George Jacob Segel (1906-1993) and Esther (née Finerosky) (1908-1995). She started her career as a novelist, her subjects including integration and civil rights. She moved to Los Angeles in 1965 after divorcing her first husband Alvin Binder, a noted civil rights attorney in Jackson, MS, and also worked in television as a writer and producer, with many topics focused on true crime. Mitchell died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 10, 2010, survived by her husband and well-known Los Angeles publisher Jeremy Tarcher and three children.
[Sharkey, BetsBy (22 October 1995)]
Twists and Turns on the Southern Landscape
''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', Sec. 2, p. 37.
Literary credits
* ''A Wilderness of Monkeys'' (1965)
* ''Love is Not a Safe Country'' (1968)
* ''The Mayfly'' (1971)
* ''The Covenant, a Novel'' (1973)
* ''Act of Love'' (1976)
[ Cook, Fred J. (4 April 1976)]
Act of Love (book review)
''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'' (adapted into 1980 television movie
of the same name)
* ''Wild Seed'' (1982)
Teleplay credits
*''
Desperate for Love
''Desperate for Love'' is a 1989 television film directed by Michael Tuchner. The film is based on a true story.
Plot
Alex Cutler and Cliff Petrie are 17-year-old teens who have been close friends since they were young. Alex is the most popular ...
'' (1989)
*''
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg'' (1994)
*''
Young at Heart (1995 TV movie)'' (1995)
*''
Glory, Glory'' (1998)
References
External links
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1932 births
2010 deaths
Writers from New Orleans
20th-century American novelists
American women novelists
American television writers
Deaths from cancer in California
20th-century American women writers
Novelists from Louisiana
Screenwriters from California
Screenwriters from Louisiana
American women television writers
21st-century American women
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