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Margaret DePriest
Margaret DePriest
Born	April 19, 1931 (age 93)
Occupation	Actress/Writer
Years active	1955–present
Spouse	Paul Price

Margaret DePriest (born April 19, 1931)^[1] is an American retired actress and daytime serial writer. She was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Award awards for her writing and in 1965 won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance.

Life and career

DePriest began her career as an actress both onstage and on television. Her acting credits include a contract role as Abby Cameron #1 on The Edge of Night from 1965 to 1966. She also played social worker Mrs. Berger on the NBC serial The Doctors.

In the mid-1960s, she began writing The Edge of Night. In 1969, she co-created and was co-head writer of CBS Daytime's Where the Heart Is.

DePriest has served as head writer for several serials, including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and Sunset Beach.

DePriest is married to writer Paul Price.^[2]

Positions held

The Doctors

Head writer: February – September 1976

All My Children

Head writer: 1989

Another World

Head writer: March 1986 - January 1988, May 1996 - January 1997

Days of Our Lives

Associate head writer: October 21, 1981 - April 19, 1982
Head writer: April 20, 1982 - September 21, 1984
Co-head writer (with Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina): September 24 - October 25, 1984

General Hospital