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Judith Paige Mitchell (November 24, 1932 – February 10, 2010) was a television writer, executive producer and novelist.[1][2]

Judith Paige Segel
Born	November 24, 1932 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	February 10, 2010(2010-02-10) (aged 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pen name	Paige Mitchell
Notable works	The Client (1995–96)

Biography

Judith Paige Segel was a native of New Orleans. Her parents were George Jacob Segel (1906-1993) and Esther (née 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.[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

• Desperate for Love (1989)
• Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994)
• Young at Heart (1995 TV movie) (1995)
• Glory, Glory (1998)

References

External links

• Judith Paige Mitchell at IMDb

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