And a Chicago woman is keeping them alive. First, let me introduce you to Irna Phillips. She revolutionized television and hardly gets enough credit. Born in 1901 and raised in a large Chicago ...

Leann Rimes guest-starred on Days of Our Lives as Madison, Dante Falconeri revealed that Michael Corinthos killed Claudia ...

This genre and its conception goes back to one Chicagoan: the “Queen of Soaps,” Irna Phillips. Chicago’s imprint on daytime dramas was long-lasting. Phillips’ two proteges, Agnes Nixon and ...

Irna Phillips, a scriptwriter and radio actor, led the way with a bold innovation whose impact on world culture everyone underestimated: “These Are My Children,” the first daytime serial ...

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These Are My Children was the first soap opera to air on a major television network. Created by Irna Phillips and directed by Norman Felton, the show was based in large part on Phillips' early ...

Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera The Guiding Light. Running for 54 years, As the World Turns holds the second-longest continuous run of any daytime ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Irna Phillips, seen in an undated photo, was a radio and television writer who developed what we know today as soap operas. Sun-Times files Share A Chicago ...