On this date in...1937: NBC Radio premiered a new radio soap opera, THE GUIDING LIGHT, from Irna Phillips. The show ran on radio (NBC then CBS) until 1956. In 1952, the series debuted on CBS-TV and ran until September 2009. GUIDING LIGHT recreated the early years of the show on the 70th Anniversary in 2007. You can purchase that special episode on the new GUIDING LIGHT Classics DVD.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Look for our interviews with Denise Pence (Katie) and Kristen Vigard (Morgan) in the coming days.
1972: On ANOTHER WORLD, a distressed Pat filled Mary and Alice in on Walter's disappearance.
1991: NBC daytime soap GENERATIONS aired its final episode.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Leigh Taylor-Young (ex-Katherine, PASSIONS; ex-Elaine, SUNSET BEACH; ex-Rachel, PEYTON PLACE) - 67
Kevin O'Rourke (ex-Stan, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 56
Ana Ortiz (ex-Hilda, UGLY BETTY) - 41
George Alvarez (ex-Ray, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Enrique, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Alex, GENERAL HOSPITAL/PORT CHARLES)
Mia Kirshner (ex-Isobel, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES; ex-Sherry, THE L WORD) - 37
Paul Taylor (ex-Isaac, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 36
Michael Trevino (Tyler, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES) - 27
Natalie Hall (Colby, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 24
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you would like to submit a piece of soap opera history for this daily column, please email it to [email protected].
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I'll always love & remember GL. Thanks For The New DVDs!
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Happy 75 GL!
ReplyDeleteI love GL and many thanks for the DVD collection loving it.
ReplyDeleteJust saw the online episode on the SC website. I didn't start watching GL until about '87-92 so I knew most of the characters but not others and still...gave me a great feeling to see GL when it was sooo good!
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