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Here is a complete
list, both chronological and alphabetical of the 33 people to hold
the position of head writer for "Days of Our Lives." Below that is
a list of the head writers based on their amount of tenure with the
show.
CHRONOLOGICAL
Writer(s)...........................................Start
Date-End Date.........Episodes (Total)
Peggy Phillips &
Kenneth Rosen...........11/8/65-12/31/65.............0001-0038
(38)
Peggy
Phillips......................................1/3/66-7/4/66..................0039-0167
(129)
William J.
Bell.......................................7/5/66-5/6/75.................0168-2378
(2211)
Pat Falken
Smith..................................5/7/75-4/19/77...............2379-2880
(502)
Ann
Marcus..........................................4/20/77-2/26/79.............2881-3362
(482)
Elizabeth
Harrower................................2/27/79-3/14/80.............3363-3633
(271)
Ruth Brooks
Flippen..............................3/17/80-4/18/80.............3634-3658
(25)
Nina
Laemmle.......................................4/21/80-10/9/80.............3659-3782
(124)
Michelle
Poteet-Lisanti...........................10/10/80-10/17/80
........3783-3788 (6)
Gary Tomlin &
Michelle Poteet-Lisanti.....10/20/80-10/20/81.........3789-4044
(256)
Pat Falken
Smith..................................10/21/81-4/16/82...........4045-4170
(126)
Margaret DePriest
& Sheri Anderson.......4/19/82-9/21/84............4171-4802
(632)
Margaret DePriest,
Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina..9/24/84-10/25/84.........4803-4826
(24)
Sheri Anderson &
Thom Racina...............10/26/84-11/30/84........4827-4852
(26)
Sheri Anderson, Thom
Racina & Leah Laiman......12/3/84-11/10/86..........4853-5352
(500)
Thom Racina & Leah
Laiman..................11/11/86-11/18/86........5353-5358
(6)
Leah
Laiman.........................................11/19/86-3/14/89..........5359-5955
(597)
Anne Howard
Bailey..............................3/15/89-1/19/90............5956-6175
(220)
Richard J. Allen &
Anne Schoettle..........1/22/90-6/18/91............6176-6536
(361)
Gene
Palumbo......................................6/19/91-1/30/92............6537-6694
(158)
Richard J. Allen &
Beth Milstein.............1/31/92-6/11/92............6695-6789
(95)
Sheri
Anderson.....................................6/12/92-7/9/92.............6790-6807
(18)
Sheri Anderson &
Gene Palumbo...........7/10/92-8/6/92..............6808-6827
(20)
Sheri
Anderson.....................................8/7/92-12/18/92............6828-6922
(95)
Sheri Anderson &
James E. Reilly..........12/21/92-4/28/93..........6923-7012
(90)
James E.
Reilly.....................................4/29/93-11/20/97.........7013-8172
(1160)
James E. Reilly &
Sally Sussman Morina............11/21/97-12/23/97..........8173-8194 (22)
Sally Sussman
Morina.........................12/24/97-10/14/99...........8195-8651
(457)
Lorraine
Broderick..................................10/15/99-11/10/99.......8652-8670
(19)
Tom
Langan..........................................11/11/99-3/28/02.........8671-9272
(602)
Peter Brash &
Paula Cwikly....................3/29/02-3/6/03............9273-9511
(239)
Dena
Higley...........................................3/7/03-8/8/03.............9512-9617
(106)
Dena Higley &
James E.
Reilly................8/11/03-8/15/03..........9618-9622 (5)
James E.
Reilly......................................8/18/03-10/4/06..........9623-10414
(792)
Hogan
Sheffer........................................10/5/06-1/24/08.........10415-10747
(333)
Dena
Higley...........................................1/25/08*-8/25/11.......10748-11659
(912)
Marlene McPherson
& Darrell Ray Thomas,
Jr.......8/26/11-8/16/12.........11660-11898
(239)
Gary Tomlin & Christopher
Whitesell....8/17/12-8/18/15..........11899-12656 (758)
Josh Griffith & Dena
Higley...................8/19/15-2/19/16..........12657-12785
(129)
Josh Griffith, Dena Higley & Beth
Milstein..2/22/16-9/2/16......12786-12912 (127)
Dena Higley & Ryan
Quan.....................9/6/16-7/18/17..........12913-13131
(219)
Ron
Carlivati..........................................7/19/17-Present........13132-Present
(+)
*Higley's start date
is listed as 1/25/08, although she was not credited on-screen until
4/23/08.
**Exact switchover
dates from 1989-1997 are unknown due to many episodes airing without
credits during those years. The start dates for all
writers from 1989-1997 are for the first episode credited to them on
screen. Here is a list of the 19 "uncredited episodes" (which I
gave credit above as the previous writer's end date in all cases):
3/13-3/14/89; 1/18-1/19/90; 6/14-6/18/91; 1/30/92; 6/9-6/11/92;
7/9/92; 12/16-12/18/92; 4/26-4/28/93; 11/20/97.
(Example:
3/13/89-3/14/89 means Leah Laiman was last credited on screen on 3/10/89;
no credits were run from 3/13/89-3/14/89; and Anne Howard
Bailey was first credited on screen on 3/15/89; Laiman gets the
"uncredited episodes" added to her official count and her end date
is listed as 3/14/89 but Bailey may have actually written one or both
of those 2 "uncredited" episodes).
ALPHABETICAL
Richard J.
Allen.....................1990-1991;1992
Sheri
Anderson.....................1982-1986;1992-1993
Anne Howard
Bailey..............1989-1990
William J.
Bell........................1966-1975
Peter
Brash...........................2002-2003
Lorraine
Broderick.................1999
Ron
Carlivati..........................2017-Present
Paula
Cwikly.........................2002-2003
Margaret
DePriest.................1982-1984
Ruth Brooks
Flippen.............1980
Josh
Griffith...........................2015-2016
Elizabeth
Harrower................1979-1980
Dena
Higley..........................2003; 2008-2011; 2015-2017
Nina
Laemmle......................1980
Leah
Laiman.........................1984-1989
Tom
Langan..........................1999-2002
Ann
Marcus...........................1977-1979
Marlene
McPherson...............2011-2012
Beth
Milstein..........................1992, 2016
Sally Sussman
Morina...........1997-1999
Gene
Palumbo......................1991-1992;1992
Peggy
Phillips.......................1965-1966
Michelle
Poteet-Lisanti..........1980-1981
Ryan
Quan............................2016-2017
Thom
Racina........................1984-1986
James E.
Reilly.....................1992-1998;2003-2006
Kenneth
Rosen.....................1965
Anne
Schoettle.....................1990-1991
Hogan
Sheffer.......................2006-2008
Pat Falken
Smith..................1975-1977;1981-1982
Darrell Ray Thomas,
Jr.........2011-2012
Gary
Tomlin.........................1980-1981; 2012-2015
Christopher
Whitesell............2012-2015
LONGEST-TO-SHORTEST
TENURE
William J.
Bell..........................8 Years, 10 Months (1966-1975)
James E.
Reilly........................8 Years, 3 Months
(1992-1998,2003-2006)
Dena
Higley.............................5
Years, 11 Months (2003, 2008-2011, 2015-2017)
Sheri
Anderson........................5 Years, 7 Months
(1982-1986,1992-1993)
Leah
Laiman............................4 Years, 3 Months
(1984-1989)
Gary Tomlin.............................4
Years (1980-1981, 2012-2015)
Christopher Whitesell...............3 Years
(2012-2015)
Margaret
DePriest....................2 Years, 6 Months (1982-1984)
Tom
Langan.............................2 Years, 5 Months
(1999-2002)
Pat Falken
Smith......................2 Years, 5 Months
(1975-1977,1981-1982)
Thom
Racina............................2 Years, 2 Months
(1984-1986)
Ron
Carlivati.............................2 Years+ (2017-Present)
Ann
Marcus..............................1 Year, 10 Months
(1977-1979)
Sally Sussman
Morina.............1 Year, 10 Months (1997-1999)
Richard J.
Allen........................1 Year, 9 Months
(1990-1991,1992)
Anne
Schoettle.........................1 Year, 5 Months
(1990-1991)
Hogan
Sheffer..........................1 Year, 4 Months (2006-2008)
Elizabeth
Harrower...................1 Year, 1 Month (1979-1980)
Josh
Griffith...............................1 Year (2015-2016)
Michelle
Poteet-Lisanti..............1 Year (1980-1981)
Marlene McPherson..................1 Year
(2011-2012)
Darrell Ray Thomas, Jr.............1 Year
(2011-2012) Peter
Brash...............................11 Months (2002-2003)
Paula
Cwikly..............................11 Months (2002-2003)
Ryan Quan.................................11
Months (2016-2017)
Anne Howard
Bailey..................10 Months (1989-1990)
Beth
Milstein...............................10 Months (1992, 2016)
Gene
Palumbo............................8 Months (1991-1992,1992)
Peggy
Phillips..............................8 Months (1965-1966)
Nina
Laemmle.............................6 Months (1980)
Kenneth
Rosen............................2 Months (1965)
Lorraine
Broderick.......................1 Month (1999)
Ruth Brooks
Flippen....................1 Month (1980)
*: As of
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