Friday, May 20, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History

On this date in...

1975: At the 2nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winners included THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (Drama Series, Writing), Macdonald Carey and Susan Flannery.

1980: At the 8th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winners included GUIDING LIGHT (Drama Series), Douglass Watson, Judith Light, Warren Burton and Francesca James. Hugh McPhillips won for "Cameo Appearance," a short-lived category.

1994: At the 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winners included ALL MY CHILDREN (Drama Series), Michael Zaslow, Hillary B. Smith, Justin Deas, Susan Haskell, Roger Howarth and Melissa Hayden.



2005: At the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winners included GENERAL HOSPITAL (Drama Series, Directing), Christian LeBlanc, Erika Slezak, Greg Rikaart, Natalia Livingston, David Lago and Eden Riegel.

2008: Laurence Lau returned to ALL MY CHILDREN as Greg Nelson.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Constance Towers (Helena, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Julianna, SUNSET BEACH; Clarissa, CAPITOL) - 78
Paolo Seganti (ex-Damian, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 46

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