Jean Dadario Burke is an American televisionsoap operaproducer anddirector, most notably of the daytime television showAll My Children.[1][2][3][4][5] During her career in daytime television, Burke won manyDaytime Emmy Awards, primarily as executive producer for that show.[6][7][8] She is credited with saving many characters from the canceled soap operaLoving and transporting them to its sequel show,The City, by radically reworking the storyline, changing the setting toNew York City, eliminating half of the cast, and bringing in the starMorgan Fairchild.[9][10] She was part of a team that ultimately took the characters ofLoving away from a "stilted upper-middle-class" orientation.[11] She was instrumental in the careers of many daytime actors, includingJosh Duhamel.[12]
Burke was born inThe Bronx, and started her career as a production secretary on the showSearch for Tomorrow.[9] She held numerous jobs in thesoap opera industry, doing casting, directing, and writing,[9] and sometimes working on several shows concurrently. She was a casting assistant atAll My Children, was promoted to technical director, then later to director and senior producer, and finally to executive producer from 1998 to 2003.[13] She was a director atAnother World from 1988 to 1990. She was executive producer from 1995 to 1997 of the showThe City. From 1994 to 1995, she was executive producer of the daytime showLoving.[14] She was a director and associate producer ofRyan's Hope from 1988 to 1989.
^Behrens, Web (29 April 2003)."Bianca gets it on".The Advocate. p. 58. Retrieved9 August 2015.
^SARAH KERSHAW, February 22, 1997, The New York Times,12 Characters in Search of a Soap Opera, Again, Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Jean Dadario Burke, executive producer, said the soap needed more time..."
^Dan J. Kroll, March 15, 2001, Soap Central News,Becca to be "phased out", Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...According to AMC executive producer, Jean Dadario Burke, Becca Tyree's days in Pine Valley are numbered. ..."
^abAwards and Winners,Jean Dadario Burke, Retrieved August 16, 2015, "....Jean Dadario Burke is an American television New York City-based soap opera producer and director..."
^abRichard Katz, MAY 18, 1998, Variety Magazine,Oprah, Rosey share Emmy, Retrieved August 16, 2015, "....“All My Children” — Francesca James, executive producer; Jean Dadario-Burke, senior producer; Heidi Adam, supervising producer; Ginger Smith, coordinating producer (ABC)..."
^abMARCH 11, 1999, Variety Staff, Variety Magazine,Daytime Emmy Nominees List 1Archived 2013-09-28 at theWayback Machine, Retrieved August 16, 2015, "..“All My Children” — Jean Dadario Burke, Francesca James, executive producers; Michael Laibson, senior producer; Heidi Adam, Ginger Smith, supervising producers (ABC)..."
^JOHN J. O'CONNOR, November 13, 1995, The New York Times,TELEVISION REVIEW;From Ashes of 'Loving', Retrieved August 16, 2015, "....The transformation of "Loving" ... Jean Dadario Burke, the executive producer, ... away from the stilted upper-middle-class living room image that still prevails today. .."
^06 August 2003, Linda Marshall-Smith, Soapdom Magazine,AMC's Jean Dadario Burke Out; Julie Hanan Carruthers IN, Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Julie Hanan Carruthers has been named executive producer of ABC Daytime's popular drama, "All My Children," ... replaces outgoing executive producer Jean Dadario Burke...."
^Rorke, Robert (5 November 1995)."'The City' Is a Killer".Los Angeles Times. Retrieved9 August 2015.
