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Therese Lewis (1911-1984) was an American screenwriter, author, and producer who worked in radio, film, and television in the 1940s up through the 1960s.
Therese Lewis | |
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| Born | September 26, 1911 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Died | June 28, 1984 (aged 72) |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, author, producer |
| Spouse | Hubbell Robinson (div.) |
Originally intending to be an actress, Lewis began her career as a player in the Cincinnati Stuart Walker Company before working in publicity, writing commercials, and then working as a story editor.[1]
She moved into radio when she began producing and editing Helen Hayes' Sunday radio program while writing articles for publications like Town and Country.[2][3][4][5] She eventually forged a successful career for herself as a film and television writer before becoming a producer on the '60s TV soap Peyton Place. She also served as script editor on the program NBC's Television Playhouse.[6]
She married Hubbell Robinson, a CBS executive she met while working in radio, in 1940.[7][8] After their divorce in the early 1950s, she dated actor Alexander Kirkland.[9]
She died of emphysema in New York City in 1984.[10]
As a producer:
- Peyton Place (1964–1965)
As a writer:
- Goodyear Playhouse (TV, 1957 episode "Rumblin' Galleries")
- Matinee Theatre (TV, 1956 episode "A Man and a Maid")
- Schlitz Playhouse (TV, 1953 episodes "The Perfect Secretary" and "The Governess")
- Robert Montgomery Presents (TV, 1953 episode "The Wind Cannot Read")
- What a Woman! (1943)
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