Monday, May 16, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History

On this date in...

1978: At the 5th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, DAYS OF OUR LIVES won for Outstanding Drama Series. The acting winners were James Pritchett and Laurie Heineman.

1997: The winners at the 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were GENERAL HOSPITAL (Drama Series), Justin Deas, Jess Walton, Michelle Stafford, Ian Buchanan, Sarah Brown and Kevin Mambo.

2003: At the 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winners included AS THE WORLD TURNS (Drama Series), Susan Flannery, Maurice Benard, Vanessa Marcil, Benjamin Hendrickson, Jennifer Finnigan and Jordi Vilasuso.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
Carolyn Conwell (ex-Mary, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 81
Scott Reeves (Steve, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Ryan, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Jake, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 45
Tori Spelling (ex-Donna, BEVERLY HILLS, 90210) - 38
Jessica Morris (ex-Jennifer, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Liz, UNDRESSED) - 32

1 comment:

  1. I still prefer the Emmys in May, insread of June! Also I think they need to Air in the daytime like they did in the first 18 yrs.

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