Saturday, January 7, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (January 7)

On this date in...

1963: On SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, Marian dashed in front of a car. Watch below. She would later on admit that Arthur was not the father of her child.



1972: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Orin burst into sobs, begging Liz to take him home to Claybank.

1974: HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE premiered on NBC. The daytime soap lasted 335 episodes until April 17, 1975.

1997: UK soap QUAYSIDE premiered. It only lasted 17 episodes.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Kristen Meadows (ex-Victoria, SANTA BARBARA; ex-Mimi, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 55
Kevin Rahm (Lee, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) - 41
Esta TerBlanche (ex-Gillian, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Bienke, EGOLI: PLACE OF GOLD) - 39
Lyndsy Fonseca (Alex, NIKITA; ex-Colleen, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 25
Camryn Grimes (ex-Cassie, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 22

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