Gloria Monty

Born Gloria Montemuro and raised in the West Allenhurst neighborhood of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, she attended the University of Iowa, New York University, and Columbia University, where she earned her master's degree in drama. ==Theatre work==

In 1952, she married writer and editor Robert O'Byrne, with whom she had founded a New York theater group, Abbe Theater School. With O'Byrne, Monty directed summer stock productions and led acting and speech workshops at The New School in New York City, where her pupils included Marlon Brando, Demi Moore and Tony Curtis. ==TV career==

After directing shows such as The First Hundred Years, The Secret Storm (for many years), To accomplish this turnaround, she increased the show's pace, and focused main storylines on younger characters to reach out to younger viewers, particularly the pairing of ingenue Laura Spencer (Genie Francis) and troubled criminal Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary, In early 1992, after only a year, Monty was replaced with Wendy Riche. She produced several made-for-television movies based on her friend Mary Higgins Clark's novels. She also chaired the New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission. ==Honors==

In 1997, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to Monty. ==Death==

She and her sister moved to Rumson, New Jersey, in 1994. Monty died on March 30, 2006, at Rancho Mirage, California, from cancer, aged 84. She was buried at Saint Catharine's Cemetery, Sea Girt, New Jersey. ==References==