Jeanne Davis Glynn, 75; actress was a frequent Emmy nominee as a writer

Jeanne Davis Glynn, 75, an actress who received several Emmy nominations as a writer for daytime soap operas, died Friday at a healthcare center in New Fairfield, Conn., according to family members.

Glynn had been in treatment for cancer since 1999, and her health had started to fail earlier this year.

She received five Emmy Award nominations as a scriptwriter in the 1980s and 1990s on the shows “General Hospital,” “Guiding Light,” “As the World Turns,” “One Life to Live” and “Port Charles.”

She won a Writers Guild of America Award in 1984 for her work on “Search for Tomorrow” and a Soap Opera Digest Award six years later for “General Hospital” scripts.

Glynn was born in Chicago and raised near Buffalo, N.Y. She graduated from Catholic University in Washington and later toured Europe and the United States as an actor, producer and director, family members said.