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Michelle Poteet Lisanti

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Michelle Poteet Lisanti was born in 1954 in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. She is a writer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), One Life to Live (1968) and Sunset Beach (1997). She has been married to Richard Lisanti since 1979. They have two children.
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      • 2 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Writer(1979-1980)
    Kristen Alderson, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Erika Slezak, Trevor St. John, and John-Paul Lavoisier in One Life to Live (1968)
    One Life to Live
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Laura Harring, Randy Spelling, Peter Barton, Sarah Buxton, Hank Cheyne, Vanessa Dorman, Adrienne Frantz, Jason George, Dax Griffin, Ashley Hamilton, Clive Robertson, Sherri Saum, Nick Stabile, and Susan Ward in Sunset Beach (1997)
    Sunset Beach
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Another World (1964)
    Another World
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    • Falcon Song (2014)
      Falcon Song
      5.3
      • screenplay
      • co-writer
      • 2014
    • Days of Our Lives (1965)
      Days of Our Lives
      5.3
      TV Series
      • associate head writer
      • writer
      • written by ...
      • 1979–2011
    • Kristen Alderson, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Erika Slezak, Trevor St. John, and John-Paul Lavoisier in One Life to Live (1968)
      One Life to Live
      6.9
      TV Series
      • script writer
      • written by
      • writer ...
      • 2002–2009
    • Port Charles (1997)
      Port Charles
      6.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2000
    • Laura Harring, Randy Spelling, Peter Barton, Sarah Buxton, Hank Cheyne, Vanessa Dorman, Adrienne Frantz, Jason George, Dax Griffin, Ashley Hamilton, Clive Robertson, Sherri Saum, Nick Stabile, and Susan Ward in Sunset Beach (1997)
      Sunset Beach
      6.9
      TV Series
      • breakdown writer
      • associate head writer
      • writer
      • 1997–1999
    • Another World (1964)
      Another World
      7.0
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1995–1996
    • Vic Noto in Loving (1983)
      Loving
      6.9
      TV Series
      • writer
      • written by
      • 1992–1995
    • Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)
      MacGyver
      7.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1988
    • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
      Hotel
      6.4
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by
      • 1987
    • As the World Turns (1956)
      As the World Turns
      6.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • breakdown writer
      • 1984–1987
    • Jane Krakowski, Matthew Ashford, Domini Blythe, Colleen Dion, Terri Eoff, David Forsyth, Lee Godart, Louan Gideon, Marcia McCabe, Jeffrey Meek, Jacqueline Schultz, and Mary Stuart in Search for Tomorrow (1951)
      Search for Tomorrow
      7.0
      TV Series
      • co-head writer
      • 1985–1986
    • Guiding Light (1952)
      Guiding Light
      6.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1983–1984
    • Texas (1980)
      Texas
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • written by
      • 1982
    • Eileen Davidson, Bryton James, Joshua Morrow, Gina Tognoni, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Peter Bergman in The Young and the Restless (1973)
      The Young and the Restless
      5.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1979

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Michelle Lisanti
    • Born
      • 1954
      • Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
    • Spouse
      • Richard Lisanti1979 - present (2 children)

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      During the writers' strike of 2007-2008, she chose financial core status with the Writers Guild of America and continued working.

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