Joyce Eliason

Joyce Eliason (May 14, 1934 – January 10, 2022) was an American television writer and producer. She was best known for writing TV miniseries including Titanic and The Last Don, and for the TV film The Jacksons: An American Dream.[1] Eliason was one of the writers for the hit television series Love, American Style[2] and wrote her first screenplay Tell Me a Riddle in 1980.[3][4]

Joyce Eliason
Born(1934-05-14)May 14, 1934
Manti, Utah, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 87)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, television producer

Eliason wrote two books before becoming a screenwriter, Fresh Meat/Warm Weather in 1974 and Laid Out in 1976.[5][6] She died on January 10, 2022, at the age of 87.[7]

Selected filmography

Eliason was principally a writer, but she also frequently served as a producer on films which she has written. A partial filmography is shown below.[8][9]

Writer

Producer

References
  1. "Joyce Eliason - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  2. Love, American Style at IMDb
  3. Tell Me a Riddle at IMDb
  4. "Movies on TNT: A Perfect Day".
  5. Eliason, Joyce, Fresh Meat/Warm Weather, Harper & Row, 1974, ISBN 0-06-011241-7
  6. Eliason, Joyce, Laid Out, Harper & Row, 1976, ISBN 0-06-011119-4
  7. Joyce Eliason Dies: Writer Of Miniseries ‘The Jacksons – An American Dream’, ‘The Last Don’ Was 87
  8. "Movies - The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012.
  9. "Joyce Eliason Biography (1934-)". www.filmreference.com.
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