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Irna Phillips (July 1, 1901 – December 23, 1973) was an American actress and writer who created and scripted many of the first American soap operas. Phillips created (and co-created) radio and TV soap operas including: * ''Painted Dreams'' (radio 1930–1932) * ''Guiding Light'' (radio 1937–1956, television 1952–2009) * ''The Road of Life'' (radio 1937–1959, television 1954) * ''Young Dr. Malone'' (radio 1939–1960, television 1958–1963) * ''The Brighter Day'' (radio 1948–1956, television 1954–1962) * ''These Are My Children'' (1949) * ''As the World Turns'' (1956–2010) a sister show to ''Guiding Light'' (character crossovers) * ''Another World'' (1964–1999) a sister show to ''As the World Turns'' (character crossovers) * ''Our Private World'' (1965) a spinoff of ''As The World Turns'' * ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'' (1967–1973) Phillips also was a creative consultant on ''Peyton Place'' (1964–1969), and was an unofficial consultant on ''A World Apart'', which was created by her adopted daughter Katherine. Irna Phillips was also a story editor on ''Days of Our Lives''. She was also the mentor to Agnes Nixon, the creator of ''All My Children'' and ''One Life to Live'', William J. Bell, the creator of ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', and James Lipton who acted for over ten years on "The Guiding Light" and was head writer for "Another World", "The Edge of Night", "The Guiding Light", "Return to Peyton Place" and the creator of "The Best of Everything" and "Capitol". ==Personal life== Phillips was one of 10 children born to a German Jewish family in Chicago. Her father died when she was 8, leaving her mother alone to raise the children. She claimed to be a lonely child always given hand-me-down clothes and making up long and involved stores for her dolls to live out. At 19 she was pregnant, abandoned by her boyfriend, and then gave birth to a still-born baby.〔http://www.oldradioshows.org/2011/02/irna-phillips-mother-of-the-soap-opera/ 〕 She studied drama at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (where she became a member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority), receiving a Master of Arts degree before going on to earn a master's degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Phillips wanted to be an actress, however, her teachers told her she was too plain to have any real success. From 1925 to 1930 she worked as a school teacher in Dayton, Ohio, teaching drama and theatre history to schoolchildren. While working in this capacity she continued to attempt a career as an actress, and after performing several acting roles for radio productions at WGN in Chicago, she left her career as a teacher. At the age of 42, Phillips adopted a son, Thomas Dirk Phillips. A year later, she adopted a daughter, Katherine Louise Phillips. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irna Phillips」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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