Bettina Francion Bradbury (July 22, 1955 – January 13, 2019) was an American television soap opera screenwriter. She was the daughter of American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
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Career
Bettina Bradbury attended the Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles, California, and went on to enroll at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Her first venture into daytime television was as a writer on Santa Barbara from 1987 to 1993. She went on to write episodes of All My Children between 1995 and 2003, for which she won three Daytime Emmy Awards. She then wrote for One Life to Live in 2006 before joining Days of our Lives as a writer in 2007. She was also an assistant to John Conboy.
Positions held
All My Children (hired by Megan McTavish)
Screenwriter: 1993 – 2006
As the World Turns (hired by Jean Passanante)
Screenwriter: 2006 – 2007
Capitol
Screenwriter: 1984 – 1987
Days of Our Lives (hired by Hogan Sheffer)
Screenwriter: 2007 – 2008
One Life to Live (hired by Dena Higley)
Screenwriter: 2006
Santa Barbara
Screenwriter: 1991 – 1993
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Award
Nominations, 1995, 1999, 2001–2003, 2006 Best Writing, All My Children
Wins, 1996–1998, Best Writing, All My Children
First nomination shared with: Agnes Nixon, Megan McTavish, Hal Corley, Frederick Johnson, N. Gail Lawrence, Jeff Beldner, Karen Lewis, Elizabeth Smith (writer), Michelle Patrick, Ralph Wakefield, and Pete T. Rich
Writers Guild of America Award
Wins, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012 seasons, All My Children
Nominations, 1992, 1995–2001, and 2003 seasons, All My Children
Win, 1991 season, Santa Barbara
Personal life
Bettina Bradbury had one son, actor Danny Karapetian.