Joyce Hooper Corrington

Joyce Elaine Corrington (née Hooper; born August 5, 1936) is an American television and film writer.^[1] She was married to fellow soap-opera writer John William Corrington, who died in 1988.

Joyce Hooper Corrington
Born	Joyce Elaine Hooper (1936-08-05) August 5, 1936 (age 89) United States
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	John William Corrington (m. 1960)
Children	4

Career

In an interview on the Omega Man DVD she mentions that her first degree was in engineering and her PhD in chemistry. She was a professor in chemistry at Xavier University of Louisiana in 1978.^[2]

With her husband, she wrote five screenplays, Von Richthofen and Brown (1969), The Omega Man (1971),^[3] Boxcar Bertha (1971),^[1] The Arena (1972), and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), and a television film, The Killer Bees (1974).^{[citation needed]}

She served as Director of Research in Science and associate professor of chemistry at Xavier University of Louisiana, in New Orleans.^{[citation needed]}

She co-created the short-lived soap opera Texas, along with her husband and a fellow soap-opera colleague, Paul Rauch. She wrote for other serials, including Search for Tomorrow, General Hospital, and One Life to Live. Her most recent position was as a producer and story editor for MTV's The Real World.^[4]

Selected filmography

• The Omega Man - screenwriter (1971)
• Boxcar Bertha - screenwriter (1972)
• Texas - co-creator (with John William Corrington and Paul Rauch); co-Head Writer: 1980–1981
• Capitol - co-Head Writer: 1982–1983
• General Hospital - co-Head Writer: 1983
• One Life to Live - co-Head Writer: 1983
• Superior Court - co-Head Writer: 1987–1989