Joyce Eliason Biography (1934-)

Born May 14, 1934, in Manti, UT; daughter of Perry Carlton (a rancher) and Ada (maiden name, Jensen) Eliason; married Allan Dotson, April, 1955 (divorced,1962); married Stuart Margolin (an actor and director), August 5, 1966 (divorced April 9, 1975); children: (first marriage) Polly, Jill. Addresses: Agent: Cindy Mintz, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd.,Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Writer, producer
Birth Details: May 14, 1934; Manti, Utah, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Creator and executive producer, Angel Falls, CBS, 1993
Television Executive Producer
Miniseries
The Jacksons: An American Dream, ABC, 1992
Children of the Dust (also known as A Good Day to Die), CBS, 1995
The Last Don (also known as Mario Puzo's "The Last Don"), CBS, 1997
The Last Don II (also known as Mario Puzo's "The Last Don II"), CBS, 1998
Television Producer
Miniseries
Supervising producer, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, CBS, 1994
Television Executive Producer
Movies
Shadows of Desire (also known as The Devil's Bed), CBS, 1994
A Loss of Innocence (also known as The End of Eden), ABC, 1996
Sweet Temptation (also known as Sweet Mouthful), CBS, 1996
The Price of Heaven (also known as Blessed Assurance; basedon a novel by Allan Gurganus), CBS, 1997
Blessings, CBS, 2003
A Very Married Christmas (also known as Say When), CBS, 2004
Television Work
Movies
Creative consultant, Marilyn: The Untold Story, 1980
Supervising producer, Mistress, CBS, 1987
Coproducer, Babycakes, CBS, 1989
Supervising producer, In Sickness and in Health (also known as Hearts on Fire), CBS, 1992
Pilots
Supervising producer, To Save a Child (also known as The Craft), ABC, 1991
Coproducer of Mulholland Dr. (also known as Mulholland Drive), ABC, a pilot which later became the film of the same name.
Film Work
Coproducer, Mulholland Dr. (also known as Mulholland Drive), Universal Focus, 2001

WRITINGS
Teleplays with Others
Series
Love, American Style, ABC, c. 1969-74
James at 15 (also known as James at 16), NBC, 1977-78
Angel Falls, CBS, 1993
Teleplays
Miniseries
Elvis and Me (based on the book by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon), ABC, 1988
Small Sacrifices (based on the book by Ann Rule), ABC, 1989
The Jacksons: An American Dream, ABC, 1992
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (based on the novel by Allan Gurganus), CBS, 1994
Children of the Dust (also known as A Good Day to Die; based on a novel by Clancy Carlile), CBS, 1995
(With Ross LaManna) Titanic, CBS, 1996
(With others) The Last Don (also known as Mario Puzo's "The Last Don"; based on the novel by Mario Puzo), CBS, 1997
(With others) The Last Don II (also known as Mario Puzo's "TheLast Don II"; based on characters Mario Puzo created for the novel TheLast Don), CBS, 1998
Blonde (also known as Marilyn Monroe; based on the book byJoyce Carol Oates), CBS, 2001
Movies
Child Bride of Short Creek, NBC, 1981
(With Joseph Feury and Mary Beth Yarrow) A Matter of Sex, NBC, 1984
Right to Kill?, ABC, 1985, published by Warner Bros., 1985
Surviving (also known as Surviving: A Family in Crisis andTragedy), ABC, 1985, also published
Mistress, CBS, 1987
Winnie (based on a book by Jaime Pastor Bolnick), NBC, 1988
(With Percy Adlon) Babycakes, CBS, 1989
(With Alan Hines) In Sickness and in Health (also known as Hearts on Fire), CBS, 1992
Shadows of Desire (also known as The Devil's Bed), CBS, 1994
A Loss of Innocence (also known as The End of Eden; based on On This Star by Virginia Sorenson), ABC, 1996
Sweet Temptation (also known as Sweet Mouthful), CBS, 1996
The Price of Heaven (also known as Blessed Assurance), CBS,1997
Amy & Isabelle (also known as Oprah Winfrey Presents: "Amyand Isabelle"; based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout), ABC, 2001
(With Peter Silverman and Nancy Dalton Silverman) We Were the Mulvaneys (based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates), Lifetime, 2002
Blessings (based on the novel by Anna Quindlen), CBS, 2003
Open House (based on the novel by Elizabeth Berg), CBS, 2003
Gracie's Choice (based on a magazine article by Rena Dictor LeBlanc), Lifetime, 2004
A Very Married Christmas (also known as Say When; based ona novel by Elizabeth Berg), CBS, 2004
"Riding the Bus with My Sister" (based on the book by Rachel Simon), Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 2005
Pilots
To Save a Child (also known as The Craft), ABC, 1991
Screenplays
Tell Me a Riddle, Filmways, 1980
Some sources cite Eliason as the author of the screenplay for Lady Beware, Scotti Brothers Pictures, 1987.
Novels
Fresh Meat/Warm Weather, Harper & Row, 1974
Laid Out, Harper & Row, 1976
Contributor to periodicals, including New Dawn.

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