Peggy Sloane was an American television

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 ...

script 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. T ...

for more than 23 years, until 1999.

Positions held

''Hocus Focus (TV series)'' * Cowriter (1979-1980) ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...

'' * Associate Head Writer (1987–1989, 1997–1998) '' Another World'' * Head Writer (1992–1994) * Associate Head Writer (1990–1992) ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...

'' * Script Writer (1998–1999) ''

Capitol A capitol, named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome, is usually a legislative building where a legislature meets and makes laws for its respective political entity. Specific capitols include: * United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. * Numerous ...

'' * Script Writer (entire run, 1982–1987) ''

Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

'' * Associate Head Writer (1994–1995) ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...

'' * Associate Head Writer (1995–1996) * Co-Head Writer (1996–1997)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

WINS *(1988 & 1998; Best Writing; ''All My Children'') NOMINATIONS *(1994; Best Writing; ''Another World'') *(2000; Best Writing; ''As the World Turns'')

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

WINS *(1999 season; ''All My Children'') NOMINATIONS *(1984 season; ''Capitol'') *(1990 & 1998 seasons; ''All My Children'') *(1994 & 1995 seasons; ''Another World'') *(1996 season; ''Guiding Light'')

Head writing tenure

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloane, Peggy American soap opera writers American women television writers Daytime Emmy Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Possibly living people Women soap opera writers 20th-century screenwriters 21st-century American women