Jacqueline T. Babbin, 80, TV producer

Jacqueline T. Babbin, who lived in Ridgefield from 1961 until the mid-1970s, died on Oct. 6 at her home in Kent. She was the producer of dozens of television shows as well as films and theatrical productions, and in her retirement published two novels.
Ms. Babbin and her companion of 40 years, the late Jane Trahey, lived on New Road. Ms. Trahey died in April 2000 in Kent.
Ms. Babbin, who was born in Manhattan on July 26, 1921, graduated from Smith College and after some years working on Broadway productions moved to television, where she produced network series as well as special events including live television adaptations of “The Human Voice,” “The Philadelphia Story,” “Miracle on 34th Street” and others. She established her own production company and won a Peabody Award for “J.T.” She produced the short-lived but well received series, “Beacon Hill,” whose cast included Beatrice Straight who’d once performed at the Chekhov Theater in Ridgefield.
In the mid-1970s Ms. Babbin moved to Los Angeles where she produced the television movie, “Sybil,” which starred Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. Returning to New York several years later, she was producer for daytime dramas including “All My Children: and “Loving.” Her two novels, both mysteries, were “Prime Time Corpse” and “Bloody Soaps.” She was working on “Bloody Networks” at the time of her death.
Ms. Babbin left no immediate survivors.