Information AboutMary-ellis Bunim |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT MARY-ELLIS BUNIM | |
| 1946 births | |
| bunim, mary-ellis | |
| 2004 deaths | |
| soap opera producers | |
| breast cancer deaths | |
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She was born in Northampton, Massachusetts , and began her career as an assistant on the soap opera '' Search For Tomorrow '' in 1966 . By 1974 , she was promoted to executive producer, where she would stay until 1981 . From there she was hired as executive producer of '' As The World Turns '' and '' Santa Barbara ''. Her company, Bunim/Murray Productions , spearheaded the Reality Television genre with such shows as '' The Real World '', '' Road Rules '', '' Real World/Road Rules Challenge '' and '' The Simple Life ''. She died in Burbank, California of Breast Cancer . She was 57. |
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