# Addie Walsh

Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television soap opera writer. She last wrote for All My Children. She now writes independently.

## Life

Walsh graduated from Smith College where she was a student of Len Berkman.
Her one-woman show, That's All I Got, received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New York City.
In 2020, she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63,000,000 of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The soap writers recruited included Walsh, Janet Iacobuzio, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante.
Walsh is also an actor, and has acted in the play "Three Tall Women".

## Filmography

Walsh's roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Texas | Breakdown writer | |
| 1983–1986 | Guiding Light | Associate head writer | Hired by Pamela K. Long |
| 1986 | Search for Tomorrow | Co-head writer | |
| 1987–1991 | One Life to Live | Associate head writer | |
| 1990–91 | Riviera | Creator | |
| 1991–92 | Loving | Head writer | Resigned in 1992 after dispute with executive producer Haidee Granger |
| 1993 | Guiding Light | Associate head writer | |
| 1994 | Loving | Co-head writer | Rehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy |
| 1995–99 | As the World Turns | Associate head writer | |
| 1997 | As the World Turns | Co-head writer | |
| 2000–11 | All My Children | Associate head writer | Position held April 2000 – April 2002; July 2003 – January 14, 2008 (hired by Megan McTavish); and March 19, 2008 – September 23, 2011 |
| 1999 – 2000 | Days of Our Lives | Associate head writer | November 7, 1999 – 2000 (hired by Sally Sussman Morina) |
| 2002–2003 | Days of Our Lives | Associate head writer | |

## Awards and nominations

Awards for Walsh's writing :
| Year | Title | Award | Result |
| 1985 | Guiding Light | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 1985 | Guiding Light | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 1986 | Guiding Light | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Winner |
| 1986 | Guiding Light | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 1990 | One Life to Live | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 1994 | Loving | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Winner |
| 1996 | As the World Turns | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 1998 | As the World Turns | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 1999 | As the World Turns | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 2000 | As the World Turns | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2001 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2001 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Winner |
| 2002 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2002 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Winner |
| 2003 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2004 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2004 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Winner |
| 2007 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 2008 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 2009 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2009 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 2010 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2010 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |
| 2012 | All My Children | Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing | Nominee |
| 2012 | All My Children | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials | Nominee |

## Head writing tenure

| Preceded byGary Tomlin | head writer of Search for Tomorrow (with Pamela K. Long) 1986 | Succeeded byShow Canceled |
| Preceded byMary Ryan Munisteri | head writer of Loving December 1991-June 1992 | Succeeded byMillee Taggart Robert Guza Jr. |
| Preceded byAgnes Nixon | head writer of Loving (with Laurie McCarthy) Fall 1994-Early 1995 | Succeeded byJames Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten |
| Preceded byJessica D. Klein | head writer of As the World Turns (with Mel Brez and Stephen Demorest) Late 1997 | Succeeded byLorraine Broderick |