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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History (September 3)

On this date in...

1918: Future soap opera legend Helen Wagner was born. She died on May 1, 2010 at the age of 91.

1951: SEARCH FOR TOMORROW premiered on CBS. It ran 35 years until December 26, 1986. The show moved from CBS to NBC in 1982.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Valerie Perrine (ex-Delores, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 68
Trevor St. John (Todd, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 40
Ashley Jones (Bridget, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Megan, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 34
Chris Fountain (ex-Justin, HOLLYOAKS) - 24
Brianna Fischette (ex-Belle, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 18
Chalice Fischette (ex-Belle, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 18
Haley Evans (ex-Miranda, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 7

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1 comment:

Greeneb2 said...

Oh Man,

We miss you, Helen. You & Robert are resting in peace.

I'm still missing Search after all these years, too.

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