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Carolyn Culliton

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Carolyn Culliton (née DeMoney[1]) is an American daytime radio and television writer. Born in Indiana, she graduated from Northwestern University.[2] Her husband is fellow daytime serial writer Richard Culliton.[1]

Positions held

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All My Children

  • Breakdown Writer: 1992 - 1993

Another World

  • Head Writer: November 1994 - August 1995
  • Associate Head Writer: 1984 - 1985, 1986–1991, 1998 - June 25, 1999
  • Script Writer: 1985, 1998

Culltion's AW Team: November 1994 - August 1995; her writing team consisted of Sharon Epstein, Peter Brash, Elizabeth Page, Sofia Landon Geier, Janet Iacobuzio, Victor Miller, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Craig Carlson, Judith Pinsker, Lorraine Broderick, Mimi Leahey, and Kathleen Kennedy.

As the World Turns

  • Co-Head Writer: 1999 - 2001
  • Associate Head Writer: October 2001 - October 2002, Spring 2004 - August 29, 2004

Days of Our Lives

  • Script Editor : 2010–2023
  • Script Writer: February 22, 2010 – October 20, 2023

General Hospital

  • Co-Head-Writer: 1997

Guiding Light

  • Head Writer: 1983
  • Co-Head Writer: November 2002 - September 12, 2003
  • Associate Head Writer: 1984, 1995, 2003

Loving

  • Associate Head Writer: 1995

One Life to Live

  • Script Writer: August 31, 2005 – November 15, 2007
  • Script Editor: October 2007 - February 7, 2008, April 23, 2008 – 2010)

Port Charles

  • Co-Head Writer: June 1, 1997 - December 1997

Sunset Beach

  • Script Writer: 1999

The City

  • Associate Head Writer: November 1995 - March 1997
  • Secretary to Paul Rauch in 1983

Awards and nominations

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Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

  • (2001, 2002 & 2005; Best Writing; As the World Turns)
  • (2008; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
  • (2012; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)

NOMINATIONS

  • (1985; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
  • (1985, 1989 & 1996; Best Writing; Another World)
  • (1993; Best Writing; All My Children)
  • (2000 & 2003; Best Writing; As the World Turns)
  • (2006 & 2009; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
  • (2011 & 2014; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)

Writers Guild of America Award

WINS

  • (2014 season; Days of Our Lives)

NOMINATIONS

  • (1985 season; Guiding Light)
  • (1994 season; All My Children)
  • (1995 & 1996 seasons; Another World)
  • (2006, 2009, 2010 & 2011 seasons; One Life to Live)
  • (2013 & 2015 seasons; Days of Our Lives)

Head writing tenure

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Preceded by
L. Virginia Browne
Gene Palumbo
Head Writer of Guiding Light
(with Richard Culliton and Gary Tomlin)

April - June 1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head Writer of Another World
November 1994 - August 1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
Head Writer of Port Charles
(with Richard Culliton)

June 1 – October 13, 1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head Writer of As the World Turns
(with Leah Laiman: June 1999 - June 12, 2000)
(with Hal Corley and Stephen Demorest: June 13, 2000 - July 2001)
(with Hogan Sheffer: June 13, 2000 - September 2002)
(with Jean Passanante: June 16, 2001 - September 2002)

June 1999 - September 2002
Succeeded by
Hogan Sheffer
Jean Passanante
Preceded by
Lloyd Gold
Christopher Dunn
Head Writer of Guiding Light
(with Millee Taggart)

November 2002 - September 12, 2003
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ a b IMDb, Biography for Carolyn Culliton.
  2. ^ TheMemoirGroup.com, Who We Are Archived March 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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