Judith Paige Mitchell

Judith Paige Mitchell (1932–2010) was a television writer, executive producer and novelist.[1][2]

Judith Paige Segel
BornNovember 24, 1932
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 10, 2010(2010-02-10) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pen namePaige Mitchell
Notable worksThe Client (1995–96)

Biography

Judith Paige Segel was a native of New Orleans. Her parents were George Jacob Segel 1906-1993 and Esther Finerosky 1908-1995. She started her career as a novelist, her subjects including integration and civil rights. She moved to Los Angeles in 1965 after divorcing her first husband Alvin Binder, a noted civil rights attorney in Jackson, MS, and also worked in television as a writer and producer, with many topics focused on true crime. Mitchell died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 10, 2010, survived by her husband and well-known Los Angeles publisher Jeremy Tarcher and three children who are Lisa Paige, Mitchell, and Michael Binder.[2][3]

Literary credits
  • A Wilderness of Monkeys (1965)
  • Love is Not a Safe Country (1968)
  • The Mayfly (1971)
  • The Covenant, a Novel (1973)
  • Act of Love (1976)[4] (adapted into 1980 television movie of the same name)
  • Wild Seed (1982)

Teleplay credits

References
  1. "Passings". The Los Angeles Times. February 14, 2010.
  2. Variety Staff (February 22, 2010). "Writer Judith Paige Mitchell dies". Variety.
  3. Sharkey, BetsBy (22 October 1995). Twists and Turns on the Southern Landscape, The New York Times, Sec. 2, p. 37.
  4. Cook, Fred J. (4 April 1976). Act of Love (book review), The New York Times


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