Elinor Karpf

Elinor Karpf

Date of Birth: December 27, 1939
Date of Passing: October 21, 2013
Obituary: Variety

Elinor Karpf-Hager was a writer who wrote for several television series, often in collaboration with her husband, Stephen Karpf.

Karpf's credits included such programs as Ironside, The Name of the Game, Kung Fu and Dynasty, as well as the miniseries Captains and the Kings and the made-for-TV movies Marriage: Year One, Rolling Man, Gargoyles, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell and Letters From Frank.

She and her husband also created the daytime drama Capitol, for which they were nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America.

Elinor Karpf-Hager was a writer who wrote for several television series, often in collaboration with her husband, Stephen Karpf.

Karpf's credits included such programs as Ironside, The Name of the Game, Kung Fu and Dynasty, as well as the miniseries Captains and the Kings and the made-for-TV movies Marriage: Year One, Rolling Man, Gargoyles, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell and Letters From Frank.

She and her husband also created the daytime drama Capitol, for which they were nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America.

She died October 21, 2013, in Moorpark, California, at age 73.

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