Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (March 20)

On this date in...

1967: On DARK SHADOWS, Josette contacted Vicki for help with finding David.

1980: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Cliff agreed to a lunch date with Raven who wanted information to help her case.

1987: CBS daytime soap CAPITOL aired its final episode. Sloane was left in front of a firing squad. Watch the ending below.



1998: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, Robin tried to convince Tony to return Michael.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Hal Linden (ex-Larry, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Jerry, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 81
Chip Zien (ex-Donald, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Aidan, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Daniel, RYAN'S HOPE) - 65
John de Lancie (ex- Eugene, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Allen, TORCHWOOD) - 64
Tanya Boyd (ex-Celeste, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 61
Bryan Genesse (ex-Rocco, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 48
Michael Lowry (ex-Ross, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Dr. Hillman, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Jake, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Les, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 44
Murray Bartlett (ex-Cyrus, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Julian, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Luke, NEIGHBOURS; ex-Randy, HOME AND AWAY) - 41
Paula Garces (ex-Pilar, GUIDING LIGHT) - 38
Christy Romano (ex-Erica, GUIDING LIGHT) - 28
Chase Coleman (Dane, IN BETWEEN MEN) - 27

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