Millee Taggart

Millee Taggart (born September 2, 1940, Ottawa, Illinois) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her role as Janet Bergman Collins on Search for Tomorrow. She portrayed the character from 1971 to 1982. Her other acting roles on soaps include Gerry McGrath Pollock #3 on The Edge of Night and Millie Parks on One Life to Live.

She is also known for writing both comedic and dramatic series, which first started when the executives at Search for Tomorrow hired her as a writer in 1980, while she was still playing the role of Janet. From there, she wrote sitcoms such as The New Odd Couple and Joanie Loves Chachi. She was co-creator and Co-Executive Producer of The Thornes, which starred Tony Roberts, who had played her husband, Lee Pollock, in the 1960s on the soap opera The Edge of Night (in which played Gerry McGrath Pollock).

She briefly wrote for Santa Barbara in 1984. She then joined As the World Turns from 1984 - 1985. She served as head writer of Ryan's Hope from 1985 - 1987. She later served on the All My Children writing team from 1996 - 1997. Her most famous writing achievements have been a three-year stint on Loving from 1988–1991 and a recent stint for Guiding Light from 2002 - 2003.^[1]

Taggart was a co-executive producer of the reality TV series, Starting Over.^[2] She is also sometimes credited as Millee Taggart-Ratcliffe.

Taggart and novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote a "bible" for a new daytime serial which was titled, Saints And Sinners. Ms Taggart-Ratcliffe is currently Co-Executive Producer of Emmy Award winning series, Born This Way, on A&E.^[3]

Positions held

All My Children

Co-head writer: 1996–1997

As the World Turns

Head Writer: 1984–1985

The City

Writer: 1995–1996

Guiding Light

Co-Head Writer: 1994 - November 1994, 2002–2003

Loving

Script writer: 1994–1995
Head writer: 1988–1991, 1992–1993

Ryan's Hope

Head writer: 1985–1987

Santa Barbara

Writer: 1980s

Search for Tomorrow

Writer: 1980–1981

Starting Over

Executive Producer: 2004–2006

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

(1997; Best Writing; All My Children)
(2005; Outstanding Special Class Series; Starting Over)^[2]

NOMINATIONS

(2003; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
(2006 & 2007; Outstanding Special Class Series; Starting Over)

Writers Guild of America Award

WINS

(1987 season; Ryan's Hope)
(1994 season; Loving)
(1997 season; All My Children)

NOMINATIONS

(1993 season; Santa Barbara)
(1995 & 2003 seasons; Guiding Light)
(1998 season; All My Children)

Head writing tenure

Preceded by John Saffron	Head writer of As the World Turns (with Tom King) April 1984 – November 1984	Succeeded by Cynthia Benjamin and Susan Bedsow Horgan
Preceded by Pat Falken Smith James E. Reilly	Head writer of Ryan's Hope (with Tom King) March 1985 – February 1987	Succeeded by Claire Labine Eleanor Labine
Preceded by Ralph Ellis	Head writer of Loving (with Tom King: September 1988- April 1991) September 1988 - August 1991	Succeeded by Mary Ryan Munisteri
Preceded by Addie Walsh	Head writer of Loving (with Robert Guza Jr.: September 1992- October 1993) September 1992– October 1993	Succeeded by Agnes Nixon
Preceded by Stephen Demorest Patrick Mulcahey Nancy Williams Watt	Head writer of Guiding Light (with Stephen Demorest) (with Leah Laiman: June 6, 1994 – October 25, 1994) (with Nancy Williams Watt: June 6, 1994 – October 25, 1994) (with Patrick Mulcahey: June 6, 1994 - September 2, 1994) June 6, 1994 - November 27, 1994	Succeeded by Stephen Demorest
Preceded by Lorraine Broderick	Head writer of All My Children (with Lorraine Broderick) September 1996 - January 1997	Succeeded by Lorraine Broderick
Preceded by Lloyd Gold Christopher Dunn	Head Writer of Guiding Light (with Carolyn Culliton) November 2002 - September 12, 2003	Succeeded by Ellen Weston Carolyn Culliton

References

^ "GL Names Millee Taggart To Writing Team". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
^ ^a ^b Learmonth, Michael (2005-05-16). "'Reading' inspires Emmys". Variety. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
^ Desk, TV News. "A&E Greenlights Fourth Season of Emmy Winning Docu-Series BORN THIS WAY". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

Millee Taggart at IMDb

[1] "GL Names Millee Taggart To Writing Team". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

[:0-2] Learmonth, Michael (2005-05-16). "'Reading' inspires Emmys". Variety. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

[3] Desk, TV News. "A&E Greenlights Fourth Season of Emmy Winning Docu-Series BORN THIS WAY". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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