Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (May 2)

On this date in...

1949: A WOMAN TO REMEMBER debuted in the 7:30-7:45 p.m. timeslot on the DuMont Television Network. The show was an early attempt to bring radio soap opera to early evening television. The leading character, Christine Baker, was even depicted as a radio soap opera queen, engaged to handsome Steve Hammond, but beset by scheming rivals, notably shrewish Carol Winstead.

1982: Longtime ANOTHER WORLD star Hugh Marlowe (Jim Matthews) died of a heart attack at age 71. The character of Jim died suddenly in Helsinki, Finland while on an extended vacation in Europe.

2001: Tamara Braun debuted on GENERAL HOSPITAL as the second Carly Corinthos.

2002: Australian soap opera SOMETHING IN THE AIR broadcast its final episode.

2006: CBS aired a special, DYNASTY: CATFIGHTS & CAVIAR, reuniting the cast including stars John Forsythe, Joan Collins and Linda Evans.

2008: Daytime legend Beverlee McKinsey (Iris, ANOTHER WORLD; Alexandra, GUIDING LIGHT) died at age 72.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Quinn K. Redeker (ex-Rex/Nick, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Alex, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 76
Jo Ann Pflug (ex-Taylor, RITUALS; ex-Veronica, THE COLBYS) - 68
David Ankrum (ex-Dr. Randall, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Normal, BARE ESSENCE) - 65
Christine Baranski (ex-Jewel, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Beverly, ANOTHER WORLD) - 60
Mitzi Kapture (ex-Anita, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 50
Dwayne Johnson (ex-The Rock, WWF/WWE) - 40
Bret Silverman (Compsoer, PRETTY)
Robert Buckley (ex-Kirby, LIPSTICK JUNGLE; ex-Michael, FASHION HOUSE) - 31
Gaius Charles (ex-Smash, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) - 29
Christopher Graves (ex-C.J., THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 23
Kevin Graves (ex-C.J., THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 23

1 comment:

  1. Many Happy Returns To Our Past & Present Soap Stars--Yay!

    Brian :-)

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