Frank Hursley

November 21, 1902 (age 86)

They continued to write Search for Tomorrow even after the show that they created, General Hospital, had premiered. Another married couple that were television writers, Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, wrote the show in its early months. They created the medical drama General Hospital, for American Broadcasting Company Daytime in 1963. lieutenant was the first serious effort by that network to create a daytime serial. Today, General Hospital is the longest-running daytime serial on American television In 1969, the Hursleys created and wrote the National Broadcasting Company Daytime soap opera Bright Promise that starred Dana Andrews as college president Tom Boswell. However, they soon left that series and it was eventually cancelled in 1972. The Hursleys retired from writing serials. The couple began writing for radio during World World War II and moved from their home in Thiensville, Wisconsin to California in 1946. Their daughter Bridget also became a television writer, creating soap opera Santa Barbara.

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screenwriter

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University of Michigan.

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They continued to write Search for Tomorrow even after the show that they created, General Hospital, had premiered. Another married couple that were television writers, Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, wrote the show in its early months. They created the medical drama General Hospital, for American Broadcasting Company Daytime in 1963.

lieutenant was the first serious effort by that network to create a daytime serial.

Today, General Hospital is the longest-running daytime serial on American television In 1969, the Hursleys created and wrote the National Broadcasting Company Daytime soap opera Bright Promise that starred Dana Andrews as college president Tom Boswell.

However, they soon left that series and it was eventually cancelled in 1972. The Hursleys retired from writing serials.

The couple began writing for radio during World World War II and moved from their home in Thiensville, Wisconsin to California in 1946.

Their daughter Bridget also became a television writer, creating soap opera Santa Barbara.

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The couple were writers on the Western series Have Gun, Will Travel, but became famous in the soap world in 1957 when they began writing for the Columbia Broadcasting System Daytime show Search for Tomorrow.

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Doris was the eldest daughter of Socialist Congressman Victor Berger and held a law degree from Marquette University.

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