Friday, August 26, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History (August 26)

On this date in...

1950: Future Daytime Emmy winner Benjamin Hendrickson, who played Hal on AS THE WORLD TURNS for many years (along with roles on TEXAS, ANOTHER WORLD and GUIDING LIGHT), was born.

1994: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Sami and Carrie were tied up. Watch it here.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Brett Cullen (Mark, MAKE IT OR BREAK IT; ex-Goodwin, LOST; ex-Ted, UGLY BETTY; ex-Dan, FALCON CREST) - 55
Jon Hensley (Holden, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Brody, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 46
Christopher Douglas (ex-Antonio, PASSIONS; ex-Dylan, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Sean, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 42
Melissa McCarthy (ex-Sookie, GILMORE GIRLS) - 41

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