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Ruth Brooks Flippen (born Ruth Albertina Brooks; September 14, 1921 – July 9, 1981) was an American screenwriter and television writer.

Ruth Brooks Flippen
Born	Ruth Albertina Brooks (1921-09-14)September 14, 1921 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died	July 9, 1981(1981-07-09) (aged 59) Marina del Rey, California, USA
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	Jay C. Flippen ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1971)​

Life and career

Born Ruth Albertina Brooks on September 14, 1921, in Brooklyn,[1] Flippen was married to character actor Jay C. Flippen on January 4, 1947. The marriage lasted until Jay Flippen's death on February 3, 1971. Ruth Brooks Flippen died on July 9, 1981, in Marina del Rey, California.[1]

Flippen wrote a number of films in the 1950s and early 1960s, including some of the Gidget films, then moved to television where she wrote extensively for the series That Girl and other productions. She was nominated for a 1968 Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy" for the That Girl episode "The Mailman Cometh"[2] and a 1975 Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Special Program" for Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby..., a 90-minute drama aired under the aegis of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak.[3][4]

Flippen was briefly head writer (in 1980) of the soap opera Days of Our Lives[5]

Writing, editing, and consulting credits

Motion pictures

• Three Guys Named Mike (1951)[6]
• Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)[7]
• Because You're Mine (1952)[8]
• Everything I Have Is Yours (film) (1952)[1][9]
• I Love Melvin (1953; "additional dialogue" credit)[10]
• Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)[1][11]
• Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)[11][12]
• Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)[11]
• A Ticklish Affair (1963)[11][13][14]
• Looking for Love (1964)[15]

Television

• Gidget (1965-1966; 8 episodes)[11][16]
• Bewitched (1965-1971; 38 episodes)[17]
• That Girl (1967-1969; 55 episodes)[18]
• The Brady Bunch (1969-1970; 16 episodes)[19]
• My World and Welcome to It (1969-1970; 2 episodes)[20]
• The Odd Couple (1970; 1 episode)[21]
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1970; 1 episode)[21]
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972; 16 episodes)[22]
• The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972; 4 episodes)[19]
• Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby... (1974; 90-minute drama)[23]
• Let's Switch (1975; TV movie)[11][24]
• The Love Boat (1980-1981; 2 episodes)[25]

Preceded by Elizabeth Harrower	Head Writer of Days of Our Lives March 17, 1980 - April 18, 1980	Succeeded by Nina Laemmle

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