Peggy O'Shea
Mary Margaret "Peggy" O'Shea (October 3, 1922 – May 1, 2014) was an American screenwriter for soap operas.
Born in Niagara Falls, New York, she began writing for television with her former husband Lou Shaw for such series as Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, and Have Gun – Will Travel. She would later serve as head writer for One Life to Live from 1979 to 1983, Capitol from 1983 to 1984, and again for OLTL from 1984 to 1987. She also wrote for Peyton Place. She and husband Lou wrote the script of The Pearl Necklace ( with Hazel Court and Edward Truex), for a 1961 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.She won a Writers Guild of America Award and a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on OLTL. She was also nominated for a total of four WGA Awards and five Daytime Emmys.[1][2]
While writing for OLTL, O'Shea lived in New York City, but she would move to live in Los Angeles. On May 1, 2014, she died of complications from a stroke. She was 91. She was survived by a son from her marriage to Shaw.[1][2]
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
WINS
- (1987; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
NOMINATIONS
- (1980, 1981, 1982 & 1983; Best Writing; One Life to Live)
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
- (1986 season; One Life to Live)
NOMINATIONS
- (1979 & 1987 seasons; One Life to Live)
- (1984 season; Capitol)
Head writing tenure
| Preceded by Gordon Russell Sam Hall |
Head Writer of One Life to Live (with Sam Hall) March 1980 — May 1982 |
Succeeded by Sam Hall Henry Slesar |
| Preceded by John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington |
Head Writer of Capitol 1983 — 1984 |
Succeeded by Henry Slesar |
| Preceded by John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington |
Head Writer of One Life to Live (with Sam Hall: December 1983 — June 1984) December 1983 — June 1987 |
Succeeded by S. Michael Schnessel |