{{short description|American television soap opera writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} '''Jeanne Marie Ford''' (previously known as ''Jeanne Marie Grunwell'') is an American television soap opera writer. She is also an English teacher at Hagerstown Community College. Ford, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wga-outs-fi-core-members-109825/ | title=WGA outs fi-core members | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=21 April 2008 }}</ref>
==Positions held== ''As the World Turns'' * Script Writer: July 30, 2007 - October 18, 2007
''Days of Our Lives'' * Co-Head Writer (with Paula Cwikly): since April 24, 2025 * Script Writer: June 30, 1999 - December 24, 2004, August 16, 2006 – April 27, 2007, December 11, 2008 - June 23, 2010; August 17, 2012 – April 23, 2025 * Associate Head Writer: January 2, 2003 – May 15, 2005, October 24, 2008 - August 25, 2011 * Script Editor: September 17, 2004 – January 4, 2007; August 26, 2011 - August 16, 2012 * Occasional Script Writer: 2004 * Continuity Coordinator: 1999 - 2000 * Writer's Assistant: 1992 - 1996
''One Life to Live'' (hired by Ron Carlivati) * Script Writer: November 26, 2007 - September 2008
==Awards and nominations== Writers Guild of America Award *Nomination, 2001, Best Writing, ''Days of our Lives''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|2454084}}
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