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Jun 1993
11m 15s

Agnes Nixon

Academy Of Achievement
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Nixon is the premier storyteller in the history of daytime television, and the creator of beloved soap operas such as "One Life to Live" and "All My Children." Raised in Nashville, as the only child of divorced parents in an Irish-Catholic enclave, she experienced more tears than joy. She felt isolated and painfully lonely because no child she knew ... Show More
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