Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American writer and producer.
She attended Northwestern University where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
She is best known as the creator of soap operas such as One Life to Live and All My Children. Having a key role in the production of these programs, she was either executive producer or consulting producer for both shows for many years: on One Life to Live from 1968 to 1975, and All My Children from 1970 to 1981. She continued to write the program with Wisner Washam until 1983, and again with him from 1988 to 1992, continuing on as a consultant in recurring capacities until 2000. From 1970 until 1992, every episode of All My Children was written by either Agnes Nixon or her protégé Wisner Washam (her role with One Life to Live was more limited once she surrendered the day-to-day aspects of the show in 1975).
Because of her long career and the number of successful shows she has created or been a part of, she is often termed the "Queen" of the modern soap opera. Her creations and her writing have had the most effect on modern audiences, second only to her mentor Irna Phillips.
Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).
(October 2000) She becames ABC's overall daytime consultant
It was her hand that opened the "All My Children" (1970) photo album on the shows opening montage sequence from 1970-1989.
Her classmates at the Drama Department of Northwestern University included Charlton Heston, Martha Hyer, Patricia Neal and Cloris Leachman.
When she went into labor and had to go to the hospital to deliver one of her children she brought her Dictaphone along so that she could continue working.
During the 1960s she simultaneously wrote both "Guiding Light, The" (1952) & "Another World" (1964). This led to a few minor problems such as in the 445th episode of "Another World" (1964) she wrote in the script that the scene takes place "in the coffee shop of Cedar's Hospital" - Cedar's Hospital is the fictional hospital on "Guiding Light, The" (1952).
Her classmates at Northwestern University included Cloris Leachman, Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Charlton Heston, Martha Hyer and Patricia Neal.
