Rita Lakin
CountryUnited States 
GenderFemale
BirthdayJan 24, 1930
BiographyRita Lakin (née Weisinger; January 24, 1930 – March 23, 2023) was an American screenwriter, active from around 1962 to 1981. She has credits for 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. She was also a novelist and author of The Only Woman In The Room, a memoir of her life as one of the first female show runners and one of the first women in television (released October 2015, Applause publishing). In fiction, Lakin created the Gladdy Gold Mystery seven-book series (published by Bantam Books), including Getting Old Is Murder, Getting Old Is The Best Revenge, and Getting Old Can Kill You.
Rita Weisinger was born in The Bronx, New York on January 24, 1930. Before moving to Hollywood she lived in Michigan, working as a teacher for Willow Run Community Schools and as a reporter and photographer for the Ypsilanti City Press. She began writing regularly during the early 1960s for such television shows as The Doctors, Dr. Kildare and Peyton Place.
In 1968, she began working as story editor and head writer of The Mod Squad. Along with her husband, Robert Michael Lewis, she created a production company, R. L. Squared. In 1972, she created The Rookies. In 1977, she served as executive producer of the CBS TV adaptation of the 1954 film Executive Suite. She wrote numerous "Movies of the Week" including Women in Chains, and such miniseries as Strong Medicine and Voices of the Heart. In 1981, she developed the TV series adaptation and served as show-runner of Flamingo Road. In 1989, she co-created the medical drama Nightingales. She also wrote or co-authored two original theatrical plays, No Language But a Cry and Saturday Night at Grossinger's.
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Rita Weisinger was born in The Bronx, New York on January 24, 1930. Before moving to Hollywood she lived in Michigan, working as a teacher for Willow Run Community Schools and as a reporter and photographer for the Ypsilanti City Press. She began writing regularly during the early 1960s for such television shows as The Doctors, Dr. Kildare and Peyton Place.
In 1968, she began working as story editor and head writer of The Mod Squad. Along with her husband, Robert Michael Lewis, she created a production company, R. L. Squared. In 1972, she created The Rookies. In 1977, she served as executive producer of the CBS TV adaptation of the 1954 film Executive Suite. She wrote numerous "Movies of the Week" including Women in Chains, and such miniseries as Strong Medicine and Voices of the Heart. In 1981, she developed the TV series adaptation and served as show-runner of Flamingo Road. In 1989, she co-created the medical drama Nightingales. She also wrote or co-authored two original theatrical plays, No Language But a Cry and Saturday Night at Grossinger's.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Rita Lakin. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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