Friday, August 3, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (August 3)

On this date in...

1918: Future soap legend Larry Haines, best remembered for his 35 year role as Stu on SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, was born. Haines died on July 17, 2008 at age 89.

1922: Schenectady, New York radio station WGY aired a staged dramatic play for the first time. This tryout was a hit which led to weekly studio broadcasts of full-length stage plays.

1978: On ANOTHER WORLD, Susan threw Liz out when she harped on Olive and Dan.

1984: Eileen Fulton returned to AS THE WORLD TURNS as Lisa. Lisa arrived home and found husband Whit McColl's dead body.



1993: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Margo was raped.



2005: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, Monica read AJ's confession letter from 10 years earlier.



2008: ANOTHER WORLD alum Morgan Freeman was injured in a car accident in Ruleville, Mississippi.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Tony Bennett (Himself, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 86
Martin Sheen (ex-Jed, THE WEST WING; ex-Jack, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Roy, THE EDGE OF NIGHT) - 72
Philip Casnoff (ex-Rob, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Brian, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; ex-Nikolai, OZ) - 63
Jay North (ex-Al, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 61
John C. McGinley (ex-Ned, ANOTHER WORLD) - 53
Isaiah Washington (ex-Preston, GREY'S ANATOMY) - 49
Melissa Ponzio (Melissa, TEEN WOLF; ex-Angie, ARMY WIVES; ex-Alice, ONE TREE HILL) - 40
Michael Ealy (ex-Marshall, FLASHFORWARD) - 39
Paulo Benedeti (ex-Tony, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Jesse, GUIDING LIGHT) - 37
Shanelle Workman (ex-Gabrielle, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Flash, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 34
Evangeline Lilly (ex-Kate, LOST) - 33
Kyle Schmid (ex-Ryan, DEGRASSI) - 28

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  3. One more time....YES I remember that day well!!! The real Lisa returned, regardless who played Lisa, temp or sub for Eileen....there was and is only ONE Lisa...Eileen Fulton. So happy they killed Whit off, I hated that husband for Lisa. I did like the dynamic it brought for Lisa intermixing with so many of the young cast...Marcy, Stewart, Kirt, Diana, Frannie etc.

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