Susan Harris

Susan Harris (born Susan Spivak on October 28, 1940 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a television comedy writer and producer.

She created the series "Soap", "Benson", "The Golden Girls", "Empty Nest", "Nurses", and "The Golden Palace". She also wrote or co-wrote all of the episodes of "Soap" and appeared on two episodes as the hooker Babette. She has been married to television producer Paul Junger Witt since 18 September 1983; he co-produced all the shows she created. She was married from 1965-1969 to the late actor Berkeley Harris.

She suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, which meant she was unable to play more of a part in the production of "The Golden Girls". Her malady was written into a storyline where Bea Arthur's character was diagnosed with CFS.

Harris sold her first script to "Then Came Bronson", then wrote for "Love, American Style", "All in the Family", and the TV adaptation of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park". Her "Maude's Abortion" episode won the Humanitas Prize.

She formed Witt/Thomas/Harris with Witt and Tony Thomas. She was honored with Writers' Guild's Paddy Chayefsky Award in 2005.

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* [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/harrissusan/harrissusan.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications profile of Susan Harris]