Writing

Rita Lakin

Rita Lakin is an American screenwriter, with 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. She is also a novelist and author of "The Only Woman In The Room," a memoire 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 …

Known For

Peyton Place: The Next GenerationPeyton Place: The Next Generation · 1985
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985
MovieDramaTV Movie
Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Women in ChainsWomen in Chains · 1972
Women in Chains
★ 7.01972
MovieDramaTV Movie
A parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Flamingo RoadFlamingo Road · 1980
Flamingo Road
★ 10.01980
MovieDramaTV Movie
A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.
Message to My DaughterMessage to My Daughter · 1973
Message to My Daughter
★ 8.01973
MovieDramaTV Movie
A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.
Torn Between Two LoversTorn Between Two Lovers · 1979
Torn Between Two Lovers
★ 7.81979
MovieDramaRomance
Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling she meets a dashing architect. With some relief, she parts ways with him at the airport, her resistance to his alluring manner having been tested. She later discovers that she has his gloves, so she returns them in person, only to end up in bed with the man, and later falling in love. She now faces the toughest decision of her life.
Death Takes a HolidayDeath Takes a Holiday · 1971
Death Takes a Holiday
★ 4.91971
MovieDramaFantasy
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
A Summer Without BoysA Summer Without Boys · 1973
A Summer Without Boys
★ 7.31973
MovieDramaRomance
A middle-aged woman going through a divorce takes her daughter to a summer lodge where the girl experiences a powerful awakening to life's challenges.
A Sensitive, Passionate ManA Sensitive, Passionate Man · 1977
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
★ 5.51977
MovieTV MovieDrama
The marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.

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Daniel BooneDaniel Boone · 1964
Daniel Boone
★ 7.01964
SeriesAction & AdventureWestern
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

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