Thursday, January 5, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (January 5)

On this date in...

1917: Future FALCON CREST star Jane Wyman was born. She passed away in 2007 at age 90.

1970: Agnes Nixon's ALL MY CHILDREN premiered on ABC. It ran for over 41 years ending on September 23, 2011 after 10,712 episodes.

1972: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Vic spotted Nicole and Ron and misconstrued their intimate lunch.

1987: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Frannie was anxious to find Sabrina.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
Ted Lange (ex-Judge, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 64
Ricky Paull Goldin (ex-Jake, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Gus, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Gary, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Dean, ANOTHER WORLD) - 47
Carl T. Evans (ex-Nick, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Alan-Michael, GUIDING LIGHT) - 44
Bradley Cooper (ex-Tom, JACK & BOBBY; ex-Aidan, NIP/TUCK) - 37
January Jones (ex-Betty, MAD MEN) - 34

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1 comment:

  1. Good Gosh,

    I Do Really Still Miss All These Classic Shows--Sigh!

    Brian :-)

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