The Marland Family
Marlands in entertainment
Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner, May 5, 1935 - March 6, 1993) was an American writer of soap operas. Marland wrote for a number of soap operas, creating some of the best known characters on daytime, including Luke and Laura Spencer on General Hospital, and Nola Reardon on Guiding Light. He is perhaps best known for his tenure as head writer and co-creator of As the World Turns, a position he held from 1985 until his death in 1993.
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James Albert Marland, known as Albert or Bert Marland, was a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1904 and died in Croydon in 1976. Beyond that, we have no biographical details, but there is a substantial body of recorded and published music in his name. |
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