Leah Laiman
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| Leah Laiman | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1946 Tel Aviv, Israel  |
| Occupation | Writer |
Leah Laiman (b. August 29, 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an American soap opera writer and romance novelist.
Background
Laiman got her start on daytime television during the early 1980s at General Hospital. Laiman succeeded former Head Writer, Pat Falken Smith, along with novelist Thom Racina.[1] The pair began working on the show during its heyday, including Luke Spencer and Laura Webber's widely publicized 1981 wedding, which included notable Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. After three years on GH, Laiman followed Racina to Days of Our Lives to work with Sheri Anderson where the three wrote several stories, including Bo and Hope's wedding in England, and co-created the characters of Steve "Patch" Johnson and John Black. In 1986, Laiman became sole head writer and created the character of Jack Deveraux and further developed the popular romance of Steve Johnson and Kayla Brady.
After Days of our Lives, Laiman moved to One Life to Live, where she stayed as staff writer from 1990 through 1997 and served as head writer from 1990 to 1991[citation needed] and then again from 1996 to 1997. In 1998, she took a job at the ailing NBC Daytime serial Another World. The show was cancelled in June 1999. Her next job was at As the World Turns. In 2000, Laiman was fired from ATWT and turned to writing novels for five years. Laiman was rehired on As the World Turns in 2005 as an associate head writer.
Positions held
- Co-Head Writer (1998–25 June 1999)
- The Last AW Writing Team: Leah Laiman (Head Writer, Jean Passanante (co-Head Writer), Stephen Demorest, Melissa Salmons, Laura Maria Censabella, Judy Tate, Tom Wiggin, Tom King, Maura Penders, Richard Culliton, Shelly Altman, Carolyn Culliton, Richard J. Allen, Sofia Landon Geier, Lynn Martin, Gillian Spencer, Mary Sue Price, Edwin Klein, Gordon Rayfield, Courtney Simon, Eleanor Labine
- Associate Head Writer (1997 - 1998; March 3, 2005 - 2005; October 6, 2009 - September 17, 2010)
- Co-Head Writer (2005 - January 24, 2008; April 18, 2008 - October 5, 2009)
- Head Writer (August 1999 - August 2000)
- Associate Head Writer (1991)
- Head Writer (1988–1989)
- Co-Head Writer (1986–1988)
- Writer (1981–1984)
- Associate Head Writer (1993)
- Co-Head Writer (1994 – November 1994)
- Co-Head Writer (1996–1998)
Awards and nominations
WINS
- (2001; Best Writing; As the World Turns)
NOMINATIONS
- (1983 & 1984; Best Writing; General Hospital)
- (1985 & 1987; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
- (1990; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
- (2000, 2006, 2010 & 2011; Best Writing; As the World Turns)
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
- (2007, 2009 & 2011 seasons; As the World Turns)
NOMINATIONS
- (1988 & 1992 seasons; Days of Our Lives)
- (1995 season; Guiding Light)
- (2006, 2008 & 2010 seasons; As the World Turns)
Head Writing Tenure
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Days of Our Lives (with Sheri Anderson: December 3, 1984 – November 10, 1986) (with Thom Racina: December 3, 1984 – November 18, 1986) November 19, 1986 – March 16, 1989 |
Succeeded by Anne Howard Bailey |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Guiding Light (with Stephen Demorest, Millee Taggart and Nancy Williams Watt) (with Patrick Mulcahey: 1994 – August 1994) 1994 – November 1994 |
Succeeded by Stephen Demorest |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of Another World (with Jean Passanante) July 1998 – June 25, 1999 |
Succeeded by none |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of As the World Turns (with Carolyn Culliton) June 1999 – June 12, 2000 |
Succeeded by Hogan Sheffer Carolyn Culliton Hal Corley Stephen Demorest |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of One Life to Live (with Jean Passanante and Peggy Sloane) April 1996 – December 1996 |
Succeeded by Jean Passanante Peggy Sloane |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of As the World Turns (with Jean Passanante) (with Christopher Whitesell: May 25, 2005 – October 17, 2007) May 25, 2005 – January 24, 2008 |
Succeeded by Christopher Goutman (WGA Strike) |
| Preceded by | Head Writer of As the World Turns (with Jean Passanante) April 18, 2008 – October 5, 2009 |
Succeeded by Jean Passanante David Kreizman |
References
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