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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 Generation · 1985Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985
MovieDramaTV Movie
Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Women in Chains · 1972Women 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 Road · 1980Flamingo 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 Daughter · 1973Message 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 Lovers · 1979Torn 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 Holiday · 1971Death 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 Boys · 1973A 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 Man · 1977A 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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