# Millee Taggart

Millee Taggart (born September 2, 1940, Ottawa, Illinois) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her role as Janet Bergman Collins on Search for Tomorrow. She portrayed the character from 1971 to 1982. Her other acting roles on soaps include Gerry McGrath Pollock #3 on The Edge of Night and Millie Parks on One Life to Live.
She is also known for writing both comedic and dramatic series, which first started when the executives at Search for Tomorrow hired her as a writer in 1980, while she was still playing the role of Janet. From there, she wrote sitcoms such as The New Odd Couple and Joanie Loves Chachi. She was co-creator and Co-Executive Producer of The Thornes, which starred Tony Roberts, who had played her husband, Lee Pollock, in the 1960s on the soap opera The Edge of Night (in which played Gerry McGrath Pollock).
She briefly wrote for Santa Barbara in 1984. She then joined As the World Turns from 1984 - 1985. She served as head writer of Ryan's Hope from 1985 - 1987. She later served on the All My Children writing team from 1996 - 1997. Her most famous writing achievements have been a three-year stint on Loving from 1988–1991 and a recent stint for Guiding Light from 2002 - 2003.
Taggart was a co-executive producer of the reality TV series, Starting Over. She is also sometimes credited as Millee Taggart-Ratcliffe.
Taggart and novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote a "bible" for a new daytime serial which was titled, Saints And Sinners. Ms Taggart-Ratcliffe is currently Co-Executive Producer of Emmy Award winning series, Born This Way, on A&E.

## Positions held

All My Children
* Co-head writer: 1996–1997
As the World Turns
* Head Writer: 1984–1985
The City
* Writer: 1995–1996
Guiding Light
* Co-Head Writer: 1994 - November 1994, 2002–2003
Loving
* Script writer: 1994–1995
* Head writer: 1988–1991, 1992–1993
Ryan's Hope
* Head writer: 1985–1987
Santa Barbara
* Writer: 1980s
Search for Tomorrow
* Writer: 1980–1981
Starting Over
* Executive Producer: 2004–2006

## Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards
WINS
* (1997; Best Writing; All My Children)
* (2005; Outstanding Special Class Series; Starting Over)
NOMINATIONS
* (2003; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
* (2006 & 2007; Outstanding Special Class Series; Starting Over)
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
* (1987 season; Ryan's Hope)
* (1994 season; Loving)
* (1997 season; All My Children)
NOMINATIONS
* (1993 season; Santa Barbara)
* (1995 & 2003 seasons; Guiding Light)
* (1998 season; All My Children)

## Head writing tenure

| Preceded byJohn Saffron | Head writer of As the World Turns (with Tom King) April 1984 – November 1984 | Succeeded byCynthia Benjamin and Susan Bedsow Horgan |
| Preceded byPat Falken Smith James E. Reilly | Head writer of Ryan's Hope (with Tom King) March 1985 – February 1987 | Succeeded byClaire Labine Eleanor Labine |
| Preceded byRalph Ellis | Head writer of Loving (with Tom King: September 1988- April 1991) September 1988 - August 1991 | Succeeded byMary Ryan Munisteri |
| Preceded byAddie Walsh | Head writer of Loving (with Robert Guza Jr.: September 1992- October 1993) September 1992– October 1993 | Succeeded byAgnes Nixon |
| Preceded byStephen Demorest Patrick Mulcahey Nancy Williams Watt | Head writer of Guiding Light (with Stephen Demorest) (with Leah Laiman: June 6, 1994 – October 25, 1994) (with Nancy Williams Watt: June 6, 1994 – October 25, 1994) (with Patrick Mulcahey: June 6, 1994 - September 2, 1994) June 6, 1994 - November 27, 1994 | Succeeded byStephen Demorest |
| Preceded byLorraine Broderick | Head writer of All My Children (with Lorraine Broderick) September 1996 - January 1997 | Succeeded byLorraine Broderick |
| Preceded byLloyd Gold Christopher Dunn | Head Writer of Guiding Light (with Carolyn Culliton) November 2002 - September 12, 2003 | Succeeded byEllen Weston Carolyn Culliton |