Lisa de Cazotte (November 2, 1961 – December 7, 2019)
was an American
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
producer.
Biography
Born Lisa Smith in
Westchester, New York
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, de Cazotte was the daughter of Charles and Beatrice Smith and grew up in
Dobbs Ferry, New York
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.
A graduate of
Fordham University, de Cazotte was known as Lisa S. Hesser before her marriage to French documentary producer Antoine de Cazotte.
De Cazotte started as an intern at the daytime soap opera ''
One Life to Live'' in 1983, working her way up to Associate Producer and then Coordinating Producer.
She served as a producer on ''
Santa Barbara'' from 1991 to 1993, coordinating producer on ''
All My Children'' from 1994 to 1996, and supervising producer on ''
Sunset Beach'' from 1997 to 1999.
De Cazotte was then the executive producer of ''
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...
'' for its entire run, from July 5, 1999 to August 7, 2008.
She next became the executive producer of ''
General Hospital: Night Shift'' for its second season in 2008.
De Cazotte returned to ''All My Children'' as a producer under
Julie Hanan Carruthers from 2009 to 2010. She also served as co-executive producer of ''
Days of Our Lives'' from January 30, 2012 to July 31, 2015.
On December 19, 2017, she joined ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...
'' as a supervising producer.
Positions held
* ''
One Life to Live'': Associate Producer (1987–1989)
* ''One Life to Live'': Coordinating Producer (1989–1991)
* ''
Santa Barbara'': Producer (1991–January 15, 1993)
* ''
All My Children'': Coordinating Producer (1994–1996)
* ''
Sunset Beach'': Supervising Producer (1997–1999)
* ''
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...
'': Executive Producer (July 5, 1999 – August 7, 2008)
* ''
General Hospital: Night Shift'': Executive Producer (Season two, July 22, 2008 – October 21, 2008)
* ''All My Children'': Producer (February 2, 2009–January 2010)
* ''
Days of Our Lives'': Co-Executive Producer (January 30, 2012 – July 31, 2015)
* ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...
'': Supervising Producer (December 19, 2017 – September 21, 2018; February 20, 2019 – 2019)
Awards and nominations
Executive producing history
References
External links
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1961 births
2019 deaths
People from Westchester County, New York
Soap opera producers
Television producers from New York (state)
American women television producers
21st-century American women