| Birth name | Kenneth Robert Corday |
|---|---|
| Birth date | June 16, 1950 (age 76) |
| Birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Sherry Williams (m. 1987; ended 2024) Paula Fabiana Corday (m. August 16, 2025) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz San Jose State University |
| Parents | Ted Corday Betty Corday |
| Known for | Days of Our Lives |
| Occupation | Producer, music composer |
Kenneth Robert Corday (born June 16, 1950) is an American television soap opera producer and music composer.[1] He is the son of Ted Corday and Betty Corday, the co-creators of Days of Our Lives. His production company, Corday Productions, owns 1% of The Young and the Restless while Sony Pictures Television owns the majority of the serial.
Early life
Corday graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 with a master's degree in music composition.[2]
Positions held
- 1977-78: Production assistant
- 1979; Assistant producer and music composer
- 1981: CEO, Corday Productions Inc. (from May 1986 to present: executive producer)
- 1988: Head writer (during the Writers Guild of America strike)
- 2021: Executive producer of the Peacock-exclusive Days of Our Lives spinoff, Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem.[3]
Awards and nominations
Corday has been nominated for 16 Daytime Emmys. Corday won the Daytime Emmy Award for Music Direction and Composition For a Drama Series in 1990 and 1997, and was nominated in the same category in 2006 and 2007.[citation needed]
He was nominated for the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009 and 2012. He won the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Television Daytime Drama for his work on the series. In 2017 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4]
Personal life
He married Sherry Williams in 1987; divorced in 2024; the couple has three children.[5] He married Paula Fabiana Corday in August 2025.
References
- ^ Maloney, Michael (May 15, 2017). "'Days of Our Lives' Producer Ken Corday Reflects on Walk of Fame Star". variety.com. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ Rappaport, Scott. "New UC Presidential Chair to strengthen screenwriting program at UC Santa Cruz". ucsc.edu. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ Baldwin, Joshua (September 7, 2021). "Ken Corday on Doing a Days of Our Lives Spinoff: "It Was The Network's Idea"". daytimeconfidential.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Upcoming Star Ceremonies - Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com
- ^ "Producer Ken Corday, wife Sherry Williams and their kids attend the ceremony honoring Corday with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on May 15, 2017, in Hollywood, California.". gettyimagmes.com. Getty Images, Inc. May 15, 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
External links
- Ken Corday at IMDb