Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (February 8)

On this date in...

1955: On LOVE OF LIFE, Ben (David Lewis) warns Judith (Virginia Robinson) while Paul (Richard Coogan) gets pressure to marry Judith from her father. Watch the episode below.



1974: After a 20 year run, THE SECRET STORM's final episode aired on CBS.

1979: On ANOTHER WORLD, Willis (Leon Russom) asked Angie (Maeve Kinkead) to get Rose (Kathleen Widdoes) off his back.

2010: Actor David Froman died at age 71. He was popular on THE EDGE OF NIGHT in the roles of Gunther and Bruno.

2011: Sarah Brown aired for the final time as Aggie ON THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Nick Nolte (Walter, LUCK) - 71
Julia Barr (ex-Brooke, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Reenie, RYAN'S HOPE) - 63
Carolyn Pickles (ex-Shelly, EMMERDALE; ex-Moira, CORONATION STREET) - 60
Henry Czerny (Conrad, REVENGE) - 53
Mary McCormack (ex-Kate, THE WEST WING) - 43
Shiva Rose (Herself, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 43
Susan Misner (ex-Grace, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 40
Joshua Morrow (Nick, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 38
Josh Keaton (ex-Brendon, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 43
Liam McIntyre (ex-Bradley, NEIGHBOURS) - 30
Kathryn Newton (ex-Colby, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 15

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1 comment:

  1. OMG--A classic clip like this one from LOL has to be so rare--wow!

    Brian :-)

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