Margaret DePriest, 1931 – 2025

Actress turned screenwriter Margaret DePriest, 94, died in her Greenwich Village home on Sept. 29. The Oklahoma-born DePriest started her career hosting local TV shows, acting Off-Broadway (including in The Crucible’s premiere). She was also seen in such 1950s-60s TV series as True Story, The Catholic Hour, and The Doctors. After her acting career petered out, DePriest turned to writing, eventually becoming head writer (and winning several Daytime Emmys for) such soaps as Another World, All My Children, One Life to Live, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, and All My Children. She was married to actors Paul B. Price and Glenn Kezer.