Rita Lakin
Rita Lakin (born January 24, 1930) is an American screenwriter, active from around 1962 to 1981.[1] She has credits for 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. She is also a novelist and author of "The Only Woman In The Room," a memoir of her life as one of the first female show runners and one of the first women in television (released October 2015, Applause publishing). In fiction, Lakin created the Gladdy Gold Mystery seven-book series (published by Bantam Books), including Getting Old Is Murder, Getting Old Is The Best Revenge, and Getting Old Can Kill You.
Lakin began writing regularly during the early 1960s for such television shows as The Doctors, Dr. Kildare and Peyton Place. In 1968, she began working as story editor and head writer of The Mod Squad. In 1972, she created The Rookies. In 1977, she served as executive producer of the CBS TV adaptation of the 1954 film Executive Suite. She wrote numerous "Movies of the Week" including Women in Chains, and such miniseries as Strong Medicine and Voices of the Heart. In 1981, she developed the TV series adaptation and served as show-runner of Flamingo Road. In 1989, she co-created the medical drama Nightingales. She also wrote or co-authored two original theatrical plays, No Language But a Cry and Saturday Night at Grossinger's.[2]
Awards
Rita Lakin has won nominations and awards for her writing including the Writers Guild of America Award,[3] the Edgar Allan Poe Award[4] and the Avery Hopwood Award from the University of Michigan.[2]
Books
| Title | Release |
|---|---|
| The Only Woman In The Room | October 20, 2015 |
| Getting Old Can Kill You | June 28, 2011 |
| Getting Old Is Très Dangereux | June 22, 2010 |
| Getting Old Is a Disaster | December 30, 2008 |
| Getting Old Is to Die For | December 26, 2007 |
| Getting Old Is Criminal | May 1, 2007 |
| Getting Old Is The Best Revenge | March 28, 2006 |
| Getting Old Is Murder | October 25, 2005 |
| A Summer Without Boys | 1976 |
| The Four Coins Of The Kaballah (formerly Demon Of The Night) | 1976 |
Television
Rita Lakin has written 464 episodes, eight movies of the week, and two miniseries, spanning 30 television productions. She is also the creator of the crime drama series The Rookies and the prime time soap Flamingo Road, and co-creator with Howard Lakin and Frank Furino of the US medical drama Nightingales produced by Aaron Spelling.[5]
| Series | Episodes / Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kildare | A Candle in the Window | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | The Shattered Glass | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | The Reunion | 1965 |
| The Virginian | Jennifer | 1965 |
| Peyton Place | 62 Episodes
|
1965-1966 |
| Run for Your Life | A Choice of Evils | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Moonshot | 1967 |
| The Doctors | 295 Episodes
|
1967-1969 |
| The Outsider | 2 Episodes
|
1969 |
| Family Affair | 2 Episodes
|
1968-1969 |
| The Mod Squad | Executive Story Editor 30 Episodes, Writer 3 Episodes
|
1969-1971 |
| Death Takes a Holiday | TV Movie | 1971 |
| Women in Chains | TV Movie | 1972 |
| A Summer Without Boys | TV Movie | 1973 |
| Message to My Daughter | TV Movie | 1973 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Last Bride of Salem | 1974 |
| The Rookies | Creator, TV Series, 26 Episodes
|
1972-1975 |
| Medical Center | 2 Episodes
|
1975 |
| Hey, I'm Alive | TV Movie | 1975 |
| Medical Story | Us Against the World | 1975 |
| A Sensitive, Passionate Man | TV Movie | 1975 |
| Torn Between Two Lovers | TV Movie | 1975 |
| Executive Suite | TV Series, Executive Producer | 1976 |
| Flamingo Road | Creator, TV Series, Executive Consultant 22 Episodes, Writer 38 Episodes
|
1980-1982 |
| Emerald Point NAS | 7 Episodes, TV Series
|
1984 |
| Her Life as a Man | TV Movie, Executive Consultant | 1984 |
| Peyton Place: The Next Generation | TV Movie | 1985 |
| Strong Medicine | TV Miniseries | 1986 |
| Dynasty | 10 Episodes, TV Series
|
1987 |
| Nightingales | Creator, Supervising Producer, Writer TV Movie | 1988 |
| Voice of the Heart | TV Miniseries | 1989 |
| Nightingales | 13 Episodes, TV Series
|
1989 |
References
- http://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/_files/pdffa/08931.pdf
- Official website, ritalakin.com; accessed November 29, 2014.
- WGA Awards, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama
- Profile, fantasticfiction.co.uk; accessed November 29, 2014.
- IMDB
External links
- Rita Lakin at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
- The Rita Lakin papers at the American Heritage Center
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