Rita Lakin
American writer
Rita Lakin (née Weisinger; January 24, 1930 – March 23, 2023) was an American screenwriter, active from around 1962 to 1981. She has credits for 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. She was also a novelist and author of The Only Woman In The Room, a memoir 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.
Rita Weisinger was born in The Bronx, New York on January 24, 1930. Before moving to Hollywood she lived in Michigan, working as a teacher for Willow Run Community Schools and as a reporter and photographer for the Ypsilanti City Press. She 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 The Mod Squad. Along with her husband, Robert Michael Lewis, she created a production company, R. L. Squared.
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