Jacqueline Babbin (July 26, 1926 – October 6, 2001) was an American television/theatre writer, producer, and executive.
Jacqueline Babbin was born on July 26, 1926, in New York City, in the borough ofManhattan. She entered high school at the age of eleven andSmith College at fifteen. She worked as an assistant to the renowned literary agentAudrey Wood in 1943, and Irene Selznick. She was briefly married to aWarner Bros. executive.[1]
Babbin began her television career in 1954 atDavid Susskind’s production company Talent Associates, starting out as ascript editor. She formed a successful writing partnership withAudrey Gellen. The two women collaborated on several adaptations of stage plays, includingHarvey,The Browning Version,Ethan Frome,The Member of The Wedding,Our Town andBilly Budd.
In 1961, Susskind and Babbin produced a short-lived dramatic anthology,Way Out, which was a series ofmacabre stories byRoald Dahl. They also continued their collaboration throughout the decade as producers on TV specials, includingHedda Gabler (withIngrid Bergman andMichael Redgrave), andThe Crucible (withGeorge C. Scott,Colleen Dewhurst andFritz Weaver).
From 1979 to 1982, Babbin served as Vice President, Novels For Television and Miniseries forABC Entertainment. In 1982, she was hired byABC Daytime andAgnes Nixon to be theexecutive producer ofAll My Children. During her tenure there, she hiredElizabeth Taylor andCarol Burnett as guest stars. She leftAll My Children in 1986, began writing novels shortly after, and became the executive producer ofLoving in 1990.
Some of Babbin's other projects included the TV seriesThe Best of Everything (1970) andBeacon Hill (1975), the TV moviesSybil (1976),Brave New World (1980), and the first TV adaptation ofThe Glass Menagerie (CBS Playhouse, 1966).[2][3]
She died ofcancer on October 6, 2001, inKent, Connecticut.
She was nominated for fiveDaytime Emmy Awards and a singlePrimetime Emmy Award.[4]
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