Margaret DePriest


Margaret DePriest is a retired American actress and daytime serial writer. She was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Award awards for her writing and in 1965 won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance.

Life and career

She began her career as an actress both onstage and on television. Her acting credits include a contract role as Abby Cameron #1 on The Edge of Night from 1965-1966. She also played social worker Mrs. Berger on the NBC serial The Doctors.
In the mid-1960s, she began writing The Edge of Night. In 1969, she co-created and was co-head writer of CBS Daytime's Where the Heart Is.
She has served as head writer for several serials, including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and Sunset Beach.
She is married to writer Paul Price.

Positions held

The Doctors
All My Children
Another World
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Edge of Night
One Life to Live
Sunset Beach
Where the Heart Is
Writers Guild of America Award