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Arlene Stadd | |
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| Born | January 19, 1931 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1931-2001 |
| Spouse | Leonard Stadd |
| Children | Robert Stadd |
Arlene Stadd (January 19, 1931 – February 5, 2001) was a television writer who wrote the one-woman show Eleanor. She died at age 70 of a stroke on February 5, 2001 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[1] After graduation from Carnegie Melon (then called Carnegie Tech) in 1951, she teamed with her husband and together they wrote numerous scripts for TV shows including Room 222, Hawaii 5-0 , and Love, American Style. She then went on to write episodes of Hotel and served as a staff writer on The Doctors and General Hospital;
Notable shows edit
Stadd wrote for a number of shows during her tenure as a t.v. writer, including: Hawaii Five-O, Room 222, Jeannie, and Hotel.
- Hawaii Five-O (1968)- The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.
- Room 222 (1969)- Black teacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant. He is assisted by girlfriend and school counselor Liz and student teacher (later teacher) Alice. The students love him. There was a total of 5 seasons of Room 222.
- Jeannie (1973)-Corey Anders, an average California teenager, finds an unusual-looking bottle on the beach while surfing. He opens it, and a beautiful genie named Jeannie emerges. Her bumbling, corpulent sidekick genie Babu also emerges, and the two become Corey's servants. Most of the series' plots found Corey trying to live a normal teenager's life, while keeping the genies' identities secret, and teaming up with Jeannie to repair the damages caused by Babu's bungling.
- Hotel (1983)- The elegant St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco is the setting for a string of distinct plots, usually romantic, often involving famous guest stars for an episode or two. Victoria Cabot runs the hotel for absent owner Laura Trent (Bette Davis, seen only in the opening episode), until Cabot dies halfway through the series, when manager Peter McDermott takes over and makes Christine the new manager.
Room 222 (1969)
Personal life and career edit
Stadd was a native of Philadelphia and she married writer Leonard Stadd in 1950 following graduation from Carnegie Melon (then called Carnegie Tech) in 1951. Following their divorce in 1976, her play about Eleanor Roosevelt opened at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and she went on to write episodes of Hotel and served as a staff writer on "The Doctors", "Jeannie", and "General Hospital." She also wrote the title song for Hallmark's "A Small Miracle" as well the song Only Once for 1970s singer Robin Williams. A recipient of a grant from the Endowment for the Arts for playwriting in 1981, she was also awarded a fellowship from the Writers Guild of America for her screenplay about Harriet Quimby, the first American female pilot. She is survived by her son, Robert Stadd, a visual effects producer.
References edit
- ^ "Arlene Stadd". Variety. 25 February 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
External links edit
- Arlene Stadd at the Internet Broadway Database [dead link]
- Arlene Stadd at IMDb
Category:1931 births Category:2001 deaths Category:American screenwriters