Patricia C. Shea

April 12, 1931 - April 12, 2024 Pioneer sitcom screenwriter and three-time Humanitas Prize nominee Patricia C. ("Patt") Shea, whose career spans the golden age of network television sitcoms and dramas of the late 1970's to the 1990's, including All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place, The Jeffersons, Happy Days, Sanford, Cagney & Lacey, Lou Grant, In the Heat of the Night, Valerie, Baghdad Café, Gloria and The Golden Girls, passed away April 12th (her 93rd birthday) at her home in Sherman Oaks, CA surrounded by her three children. She is predeceased by her husband John ("Jack") Shea, former 2-time president of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and her daughters Shawn and Elizabeth. Shea's writing for legendary television icons Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton in All in The Family and its spinoff, Archie Bunker's Place, brought Shea her greatest industry success. Her "Edith-centered" episodes in All in the Family brought her much notoriety and critical acclaim, including the "Too-Good Edith" episode, (the 203rd and final episode of All in the Family). A lifelong Catholic, Patt and her husband Jack Shea, were co-founders of Catholics In Media Associates (CIMA) in 1992. In 2002, they jointly received the CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award. Patt Shea was a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Communications. Patt and Jack Shea were honored by the Focolare Movement with their Luminosa in Unity Award for "bringing together producers, directors, writers and actors to convey positive values through their work." Her survivors include her three children: William, Michael and J.J.; and six grandchildren: Amanda, Michael, Dylan, Hudson, Katherine and Jackson.