On this date in...
1922: Actress Jane White (ex-Olivia, A WORLD APART, ex-Lydia, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; ex-Tante, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW), who was on our birthday list last year, passed away in July at age 88.
1967: GENERAL HOSPITAL and LOVE OF LIFE moved from black and white broadcasts to color.
1981: Charles Paul's "Theme for 'As the World Turns'" was used for the final time as the AS THE WORLD TURNS theme song (after more than 25 years). The following Monday "The World Turns On and On" debuted.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Marilyn Alex (ex-Molly, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL/THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 80
Kathleen Cody (ex-Laurie Ann, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; ex-Sally, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Cecilia, THE SECRET STORM; ex-Hallie, DARK SHADOWS)- 58
Gina Gallego (ex-Jane, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Diandra, RITUALS; ex-Santana, SANTA BARBARA; ex-Gina, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 56
Shanna Reed (ex-Terry, TEXAS) - 55
Brümilda van Rensburg (ex-Louwna, EGOLI) - 53
Kristina Wagner (ex-Felicia, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 48
Nia Long (ex-Kat, GUIDING LIGHT) - 41
Dominique Jennings (ex-Virginia, Sunset Beach)
Matthew Morrison (Will, GLEE; ex-Adam, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 33
Eva Marcille (ex-Tyra, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 27
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I do remember Jane White as Nurse Lydia Halliday on Edge Of Night during my early high school days in Chicago. Her murderous orderly assistant was played by a then-unknown Scott Glenn.
ReplyDeleteMs. White, the daughter of prominent civil rights activist Walter White, also played Queen Aggravaine to Carol Burnett's Princess Winifred in the stage (1959-1960) & TV versions (1964, 1972) of the Broadway musical Once Upon A Mattress & also was an accomplished classical theatre actress in Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen & Greek tragedy.
Her last known Broadway credit was the role of Solange La Fitte in the 2001 revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies. I was lucky enough to see her wonderful performance during a springtime visit to NYC!
Brian :-)