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Margaret DePriest(1931-2025)

  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
  • Actress
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Margaret DePriest was born on 19 April 1931 in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for General Hospital (1963), The Doctors (1963) and All My Children (1970). She died on 29 September 2025 in Greenwich Village, New York, USA.
BornApril 19, 1931
DiedSeptember 29, 2025(94)
BornApril 19, 1931
DiedSeptember 29, 2025(94)
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  • Awards
    • 9 nominations total

Known for

Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Genie Francis, Laura Wright, Donnell Turner, Tanisha Harper, Josh Kelly, Eden McCoy, Josh Swickard, and Tabyana Ali in General Hospital (1963)
General Hospital
6.7
TV Series
  • Writer
James Pritchett in The Doctors (1963)
The Doctors
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer
Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in All My Children (1970)
All My Children
6.8
TV Series
  • Writer
Another World (1964)
Another World
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer

  • Sunset Beach (1997)
    Sunset Beach
    6.9
    TV Series
    • head writer
    • co-head writer
    • Writer (as Margaret De Priest)
    • 1998–1999
  • Another World (1964)
    Another World
    7.1
    TV Series
    • head writer
    • co-head writer
    • Writer ...
    • 1986–1997
  • One Life to Live (1968)
    One Life to Live
    6.9
    TV Series
    • head writer
    • associate head writer
    • 1990
  • Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in All My Children (1970)
    All My Children
    6.8
    TV Series
    • head writer
    • 1989–1990
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • head writer
    • writer
    • 1981–1984
  • Behind the Screen
    5.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1981
  • Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Genie Francis, Laura Wright, Donnell Turner, Tanisha Harper, Josh Kelly, Eden McCoy, Josh Swickard, and Tabyana Ali in General Hospital (1963)
    General Hospital
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • written by
    • 1979–1981
  • James Pritchett in The Doctors (1963)
    The Doctors
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Love of Life (1951)
    Love of Life
    7.1
    TV Series
    • head writer
    • 1975
  • Fran Brill, Suzanne Davidson, Jennifer Harmon, Michael Landrum, Lynn Lowry, and Rosemary Prinz in How to Survive a Marriage (1974)
    How to Survive a Marriage
    7.9
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Where the Heart Is (1969)
    Where the Heart Is
    7.4
    TV Series
    • co-creator
    • Writer
    • co-head writer (co-creator)
    • 1969–1973

Additional Crew

  • Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Genie Francis, Laura Wright, Donnell Turner, Tanisha Harper, Josh Kelly, Eden McCoy, Josh Swickard, and Tabyana Ali in General Hospital (1963)
    General Hospital
    6.7
    TV Series
    • assistant to the producer
    • 1978–1980

Actress

  • N.Y.P.D. (1967)
    N.Y.P.D.
    7.4
    TV Series
    • 1st Nurse
    • 1968
  • James Pritchett in The Doctors (1963)
    The Doctors
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Berger
    • 1967–1968
  • True Story (1957)
    True Story
    TV Series
    • Frances Morrow
    • 1960
  • The Catholic Hour (1953)
    The Catholic Hour
    5.7
    TV Series
    • 1958
  • Sharon Gabet and Larkin Malloy in The Edge of Night (1956)
    The Edge of Night
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Abby Cameron #1 (1965-1966)
    • 1956–1984

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Margaret De Priest
  • Born
    • April 19, 1931
    • Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
  • Died
    • September 29, 2025
    • Greenwich Village, New York, USA(Natural causes)

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