Draft:Violet Welles
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Submission declined on 2 June 2026 by SomeoneDreaming (talk). This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources.
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Comment: This draft, as written, does not appear to indicate that one of the biographical notability criteria is satisfied. If one of the criteria is satisfied, please revise this draft appropriately, with a reliable source, if necessary stating on the talk page or in AFC comments which criterion is met, and resubmit. It is the responsibility of the submitter to show that a subject satisfies a notability criterion. You may ask for advice about the biographical notability criteria at the Teahouse.In particular, see and refer to WP:NCREATIVE for notability, which is the guideline that the subject should be evaluated against. This draft does not appear to establish general notability or creative notability. If it is resubmitted, please explain in AFC comments or on the draft talk page how notability is established. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:01, 2 August 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: See WP:Primary. This seems to be based entirely on primary sources, brief mentions, and an interview. Are there any sources with more substantial coverage of her? SomeoneDreaming (talk) 21:57, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
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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