Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (May 29)

On this date in...

1939: Radio soap opera THE AFFAIRS OF ANTHONY debuted on the Blue Network. Henry Hunter starred as Anthony.

1988: Charla Doherty, the original Julie on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, died at age 41.

1989: On ANOTHER WORLD, Nicole confessed to Cass she murdered Jason Frame then had to go to the church and tell the guests their wedding wasn't going to happen.

2003: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Theo Carver was born.



2006: Todd's execution aired on ONE LIFE TO LIVE earning rave reviews for Trevor St. John.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
Clifton James (ex-Wes, THE SECRET STORM; ex-Striker, TEXAS/ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Duke, DALLAS; ex-Red, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 91
Kevin Conway (ex-Earl, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Bud, A WORLD APART) - 70
Anthony Geary (Luke, GENERAL HOSPITAL; George, ALICE AND THE MONSTER; ex-George, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-David, BRIGHT PROMISE) - 65
Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Lauren, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Donna, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 49
Robin Johnson (ex-Darcy, GUIDING LIGHT)
Matthew Porretta (ex-Dan, BEVERLY HILLS 90210) - 47
Katherine Ellis (ex-Taylor, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 31
Mark Hapka (Nathan, EMPIRE; ex-Nathan, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 30
Kristen Alderson (Starr, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Starr, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 21

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