Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History (November 15)

On this date in...

1983: On ALL MY CHILDREN, Vera gave Angie a piece of her mind.



1989: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, John testified at Paul's trial.



1995: Tristan Rogers made a return appearance on GENERAL HOSPITAL as Scorpio's spirit (Scorpio was presumed dead at the time).



1996: The TV movie J.R. Returns aired on CBS starring Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy and others from the original DALLAS series.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Brian Davies (ex-Dick, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Scott, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 73
Judith Chapman (Gloria, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Anjelica, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Ginny, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Charlotte, RYAN'S HOPE; ex-Natalie, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 66
Margaret Reed (Sheila, GOTHAM; ex-Shannon, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 55
Shailene Woodley (Amy, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER; ex-Kaitlin, THE O.C.) - 20

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3 comments:

  1. Just wanted to mention that Brian Davies also played Sheldon Harper, lawyer of Tad Channing (Larry Pine), on ATWT in 1986.

    Brian :-)

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  2. Whoa! Who was Vera on All My Children? She was hardcore! "I wish Jesse would slap the black off of you!" Damn! She really told Angie.

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  3. Wasn't Vera one of the waitresses at Foxy's? I loved those days!

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