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Violet Welles | |
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| Born | Violet Elinore Fidel July 1, 1927 |
| Died | October 16, 2003 (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Theatrical press agent, television writer |
| Spouse | Metro Woleschok (1948) |
| Parent(s) | Herman Fidel, Lenore (Bregman) Fidel |
Violet Welles (née Fidel; July 1, 1927 – October 16, 2003) was an American playwright, theatrical press agent, and television writer best known for her work on the daytime soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–1971).
Early Life and Career
[edit]Violet Elinore Fidel was born on July 1, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York,[1] the daughter of Herman Fidel, a broker, and Lenore (Bregman) Fidel, a teacher. The family appears together in the 1930 and 1940 United States Census records. She had a brother, Arthur, three years her senior.[2][3] After completing high school, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where in 1948, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature. She was also involved in Playmakers, an organization devoted to performance, text, and disciplined storytelling. Her play, Wherefore is the Heart: A Drama of the Passover, was performed by Playmakers on April 18, 1946.[4] In March 1953, her play, Dead of Night, opened publicly.[5] In 1956, her play, The Spring Affair, was sold to Theatre '56 in Dallas, Texas.[6] In April 1957, her play, The Boy on the Beach, received a Development Reading by The New Dramatists, an organization devoted to new dramatic writing.[7] By the early 1960s, she was working as a press agent for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.[8] In the fall of 1968, she accepted an invitation to write for Dark Shadows. Her first writing credit appeared on Episode #711[9], which aired on March 17, 1969, and her last credited script was Episode 985[10], which aired on April 3, 1970. She returned to her work as a theatrical press agent. Dark Shadows is her only television and film writing experience.
Personal Life
[edit]Violet married Metro Woleschok, an actor, on June 10, 1948, in Pennsylvania.[11] Before 1953, the two changed their last name to Welles. He continued to act under the name Metro Welles, while she continued writing plays under the name Violet Welles. In the late 1970s, they moved to the Bay Area in California.[12] Violet Welles died on October 16, 2003 in Fairfax, California.[13] She and her husband had no children.
References
[edit]- ^ "New York, NY U.S. Birth Index, 1910–1965". Ancestry.
- ^ "1930 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York". Ancestry.
- ^ "1940 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York". Ancestry.
- ^ "Playmakers, records and script, Wherefore is the Heart: A Drama of the Passover, April 18, 1946". UNC at Chapel Hill Archives.
- ^ "Mt. Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, IL, 19 Mar 1953". Newspapers.
- ^ "Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, TX, 27 Apr 1956". Newspapers.
- ^ "Daily News, New York, NY, 11 Apr 1957". Newspapers.
- ^ "Broadway World". Broadway World.
- ^ "Internet Movie Database, Dark Shadows 1966-71 (Ep. 711)". IMDb.
- ^ "Internet Movie Database, Dark Shadows 1966-71 (Ep. 985)". IMDb.
- ^ "Pottsville, Marriage Licenses 1948". Family Search.
- ^ "The World of Dark Shadows – Violet Welles Interview, August 30, 2015". Dark Shadows Everyday.
- ^ "U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014)". Ancestry.
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