Jill Farren Phelps
Jill Farren Phelps (born July 7, 1950) is an American television producer. She is best known for her work with American soap operas, having served as executive producer of Santa Barbara, Another World, Guiding Light, One Life to Live and most notably General Hospital. She is currently serving as executive producer of The Young and the Restless.
Background
Jill Farren was born in New York City and earned a BFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She became a stage manager at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey before becoming a production assistant for various New York stage productions.
She began her television career in 1974 with Guiding Light as a production assistant. From 1977-84, she served as an Emmy Award-winning music director on the ABC Daytime drama General Hospital. In 1984 she joined Santa Barbara where she ultimately rose to the position of executive producer. She has since worked as an executive producer at all three major U.S. television networks producing six daytime dramas, as well as two prime-time dramas on cable television.
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