Edith Sommer

{{short description|American writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Edith Sommer | birth_name = Edith Rose Sommer | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|08|21}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|02|01|1917|08|21}} | death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | occupation = Screenwriter, TV writer | years_active = | spouse = Robert Soderberg }}

'''Edith Rose Sommer''' (August 21, 1917 - February 1, 1991) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and TV writer active from the 1940s through the 1970s. She worked with director [[Jean Negulesco]] on several films, and later worked extensively on soap operas, forming a writing team with her husband, Robert Soderberg.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3rJxPYT32MC&q=edith+sommer+soap+opera&pg=PA46|title=The Guide to United States Popular Culture|last1=Browne|first1=Ray Broadus|last2=Browne|first2=Pat|date=2001|publisher=Popular Press|isbn=9780879728212|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&q=edith+sommer+soap+opera&pg=PA180|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928–1962|last=Ellett|first=Ryan|date=2017-10-25|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476665931|language=en}}</ref> She and Soderberg—who may have met while working on the script for Nicholas Ray's ''[[Born to Be Bad (1950 film)|Born to Be Bad]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/385496140/?terms=%22edith%2Bsommer%22%2B%22robert%2Bsoderberg%22|title=Ingenious Doings|date=September 22, 1950|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref>—were nominated for several [[Daytime Emmy Award|Daytime Emmys]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/30369079/?terms=%22edith%2Bsommer%22%2B%22daytime%2Bemmy%22|title=Daytime Division Emmy Nominations Told|date=April 24, 1977|work=The Valley News|access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref>

== Selected filmography == TV

* ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1 episode; 1978) * ''[[The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)|The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]'' (1 episode; 1969) * ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' (3 episodes; 1963–64) * ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' (1 episode; 1955) * ''[[Guiding Light]]'' (head writer; 1969–73)

Theater

* ''A Roomful of Roses'' (Broadway; 1955)

Film

* ''[[This Property Is Condemned]]'' (1966) * ''[[The Pleasure Seekers (1964 film)|The Pleasure Seekers]]'' (1964) * ''[[Jessica (film)|Jessica]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Best of Everything (film)|The Best of Everything]]'' (1959) * ''[[Blue Denim]]'' (1959) * ''[[Teenage Rebel]]'' (1956) * ''[[Born to Be Bad (1950 film)|Born to Be Bad]]'' (1950) * ''[[Perfect Strangers (1950 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1950)

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