Friday, January 20, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (January 20)

On this date in...

1936: Radio soap opera DAN HARDINGS' WIFE premiered. It ran until on NBC Radio until February 10, 1939. Isabel Randolph starred.

1958: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Benson called Fitzsimmons to tell him that there was trouble brewing.

1967: On ANOTHER WORLD, Liz encouraged Danny to take Missy and split even though she couldn't get Fred to help her unlock the trust fund.

1969: On DARK SHADOWS, Maggie told Carolyn it wasn't possible for anyone to come back from the dead.

1995: Amber Tamblyn debuted on GENERAL HOSPITAL as Emily.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
David Lynch (Creator, TWIN PEAKS) - 66
Colleen Zenk (ex-Barbara, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Nurse, RYAN'S HOPE) - 59
Lorenzo Lamas (ex-Hector, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Lance, FALCON CREST; ex-Burt, SECRETS OF MIDLAND HEIGHTS) - 54
James Denton (Mike, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) - 49
Rainn Wilson (ex-Casey, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 46
Stacey Dash (Val, SINGLE LADIES) - 45
Lisa Vultaggio (ex-Hannah, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 39
Evan Peters (Tate, AMERICAN HORROR STORY; ex-Jack, ONE TREE HILL; ex-Jesse, INVASION) - 25
Avery Phillips (ex-Young Quinn, GLEE) - 7

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