# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irna-phillips
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:53:11.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irna-phillips"
name: "Irna Phillips"
slug: "irna-phillips"
description: "Irna Phillips was an American scriptwriter, screenwriter, casting agent, and actress who pioneered a style of daytime soap opera in the United States geared specifically toward women. Phillips created, produced, and wrote several radio and television daytime serials throughout her career, including Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Another World. She was also a mentor to several other pioneers of the American daytime soap opera, including Agnes Nixon, William J. Bell and Ted Corday."
tagline: "American screenwriter and actress (1901–1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Irna_Phillips_%281970%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Irna_Phillips_%281970%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-07-01"
deathDate: "1973-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             1.843501326259947
  historical:           9.264296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680460/"
    handle:    "nm0680460"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%B3"
    title: "ايرنا فيليپس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2340742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220818"
    title: "Irna Phillips"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump