Writing
Rita Lakin
Place of birth
USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
11 titles
Rita Lakin is an American screenwriter, with 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. She is also a novelist and author of "The Only Woman In The Room," a memoire of her life as one of the first female show runners and one of the first women in television (released October 2015, Applause publishing). In fiction, Lakin created the Gladdy Gold Mystery seven-book series (published by Bantam Books), including Getting Old Is Murder, Getting Old Is The Best Revenge, and Getting Old Can Kill You. Lakin began writing regularly during the early 1960s for such television shows as The Doctors, Dr. Kildare and Peyton Place. In 1968, she began working as story editor and head writer of T…
Known for
8.0A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.
Message to My Daughter
1973
7.0A parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Women in Chains
1972
NRAnother attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985
10.0A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.
Flamingo Road
1980
10.0An unusual assignment for a private investigator involves two women who are in love with the same man.
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
4.9Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
Behind the camera
8.0A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.
Message to My Daughter
1973
7.0A parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Women in Chains
1972
NRAnother attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985
10.0A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.
Flamingo Road
1980
10.0An unusual assignment for a private investigator involves two women who are in love with the same man.
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
4.9Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
7.3A middle-aged woman going through a divorce takes her daughter to a summer lodge where the girl experiences a powerful awakening to life's challenges.
A Summer Without Boys
1973
5.5The marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
1977
8.0TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.
Strong Medicine
1986
9.0Mini-series based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Lady Frances Cunningham, a writer of historical biographies, becomes heavily involved with the Hollywood movie set
Voice of the Heart
1989
6.7After their plane crashes, an older man and a young woman survive 49 days lost in the Yukon.
Hey, I'm Alive
1975