Today in Soap Opera History (May 17)

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1911: Irish actress Maureen O’Sullivan was born. During the '80s, O’Sullivan also appeared on the small screen in a range of soap operas, including ALL MY CHILDREN, GUIDING LIGHT and SEARCH FOR TOMORROW.

1933: Radio soap opera ONE MAN'S FAMILY expanded to the full nationwide NBC network.  It has previously aired only on the West Coast.

1976: ANOTHER WORLD aired its 3,000th episode.

1984: On GUIDING LIGHT, Tony's bachelor party was held.

1990: The series finale of FALCON CREST aired on CBS.

1994: Roger Howarth and the men of ONE LIFE TO LIVE appeared on DONAHUE to discuss the soap.

2000: The final episode of the original BEVERLY HILLS 90210 series aired on FOX.

2003: At the 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winners included ONE LIFE TO LIVE (Drama Series), Susan Flannery, Peter Bergman, Crystal Chappell, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Finnigan and Jacob Young.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Grace Zabriskie (ex-Theda, SANTA BARBARA) - 71
Jerry Lanning (ex-Justin, TEXAS; ex-Nick, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Anthony/Russ, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Cain, GUIDING LIGHT) - 69
Tom Todoroff (ex-Doug, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 55
Fiona Hutchison (Mystery Woman, THE BAY; ex-Gabrielle, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Jenna, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Celia, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 52
Paige Turco (ex-Dinah, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Lanie, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 47
Sendhil Ramamurthy (ex-Lloyd, GUIDING LIGHT) - 38
Leven Rambin (ex-Lily/Ava, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 22