Harding Lemay (March 16, 1922 – May 26, 2018), also known as Pete Lemay, was an American screenwriter and playwright who was the head writer for the soap opera Another World.
Career
Lemay was head writer of the soap opera
Another World,
from 1971 to 1979. The series earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1976. By 1979, Lemay decided not to continue writing the series for a ninth straight calendar year, and first handed over to a new writer before leaving for good later that year. He also wrote out three of the show's most popular actors:
George Reinholt (
Steve Frame), Jacqueline Courtney (Alice Matthews Frame), and
Virginia Dwyer (Mary Matthews), in 1975.
Lemay co-created Lovers and Friends with Paul Rauch, later retooled and referred to as For Richer, For Poorer. Lemay was also a playwright, whose works have been produced both off-Broadway and on Broadway theatre. He was also a friend and mentor to Douglas Marland, who was his subwriter on Another World and later became one of daytime TV's most prolific writers as head writer for Guiding Light, General Hospital and As the World Turns.
Personal life
Lemay was born on March 16, 1922,
near the
Mohawk nation reservation in North Bangor, New York, where his mother grew up. He ran away to New York City at age 17 where he attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
From September 1947 to 1953, he was married to Priscilla Amidon. He married his second wife, Dorothy Shaw on September 19, 1953;
Positions held
Another World
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Story consultant (1995–1997)
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Head writer (1971–1979; 1988)
As the World Turns
The Doctors
Guiding Light
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Consultant (1995)
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Writer (1980-1981)
Lovers and Friends/ For Richer, For Poorer
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Co-creator
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Head writer (1977)
One Life to Live
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Story consultant (1998–1999)
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
Wins
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(1975; Best Writing; Another World)
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(1981; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
Nominations
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(1977 & 1996; Best Writing; Another World)
Head write tenure
Works
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