Saturday, February 18, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (February 18)

On this date in...

1955: On THE SECRET STORM, Pauline refused to help Peter. Watch the episode below:



1980: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Miles finally learned Nola drugged his watercooler.



1988: On ANOTHER WORLD, Cass and Nicole had their first date.

1993: AS THE WORLD TURNS turns actor Michael David Morrison was found dead at age 33 in the New York apartment of an unidentified woman last week. Morrison died of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. The actor, who joined the soap in 1988 and just signed a three-year contract, was married to actress Amy McDonald, with whom he had a 2-year-old son.

Susan Marie Snyder (aka Suzenne Marie Seradwyn), who played ATWT's Julie, spoke about Morrison's death in an interview with Capridge.com: "My co-star, Michael David Morrison, died from an overdose. They replaced him the next day. That was pretty traumatic. The part of me who made Julie real was deeply in love with the part of Michael who played Caleb. It was very difficult to separate that out."

2003: Grayson McCouch debuted on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Dusty Donovan. As Rose sat and waited for Paul, a stranger (Dusty) mistook her for Lily and kissed her on the neck.



2004: Lorenzo Lamas debuted as Caitlin's father, Hector Ramirez, on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.

2007: Primetime soap SANA MAULIT MULI (I Wish It Could Happen Again) premiered in the Philippines.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
George Kennedy (ex-Albert, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Carter, DALLAS) - 87
Anthony Pena (ex-Miguel, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 65
Jess Walton (Jill, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Kelly, CAPITOL) - 63
Cybill Shepherd (ex-Colleen, THE YELLOW ROSE; ex-Phyllis, THE L WORD) - 62
Vanna White (Herself, SANTA BARBARA) - 55
Jayne Atkinson (ex-Dean, GOSSIP GIRL; ex-Lindley, A YEAR IN THE LIFE) - 53
Molly Ringwald (Anne, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER) - 44
Hira Ambrosino (ex-Anne, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Pamela, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 44
Mari Morrow (ex-Rachel, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 38
Sarah Brown (Madison, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Agnes, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Claudia/Carly, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Julia, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 37
Kristoffer Polaha (Henry, RINGER; ex-Nate, LIFE UNEXPECTED) - 35
Jessie Ward (ex-Penelope, DESIRE) - 30
Chelsea Hobbs (Emily, MAKE IT OR BREAK IT; ex-Meredith, PASADENA) - 28
Genelle Williams (ex-Carla, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) - 28
Maiara Walsh (Simone, SWITCHED AT BIRTH; ex-Ana, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) - 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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