Anne Hummert (née Schumacher) (January 19, 1905 – July 5, 1996) was the leading co-creator of daytime radio serials or soap opera dramas during the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for more than three dozen series.

Their professional collaboration led to a personal relationship that neither had expected: Frank Hummert was a widower, after the death of his wife, Adeline Eleanor Woodlock, in 1934.

[12] Following their marriage, Frank and Anne Hummert moved to New York where they launched their company, Air Features, a radio production house.

The Hummerts produced many radio drama series, including Amanda of Honeymoon Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Little Orphan Annie, Judy and Jane, Mr. Chameleon, Mr.

From their estate in Greenwich, Connecticut, Anne Hummert delivered a large weekly word count, outlining all of the plot twists for all of her programs.

The Hummerts farmed out the writing to scripters, known as "dialoguers", who embellished her synopses into complete scripts for Stella Dallas, Young Widder Brown and other soap operas.