Saturday, June 2, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (June 2)

On this date in...

1940: Actor Christopher Bernau was born.  Known for his roles on THE GUIDING LIGHT and DARK SHADOWS, Bernau died in 1989 at age 49.

1969: The final episode of PEYTON PLACE aired. There were 514 episodes in total.

1972: On ANOTHER WORLD, Rachel and Steve spent time with Jamie.  Alice thought Steve was in Somerset.

1980: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Raven grabbed her letter from April and dropped it off the balcony.



1995: On ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Bo and Nora objected at the their own wedding.



1997: PORT CHARLES, a spinoff of GENERAL HOSPITAL, debuted on ABC.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Al Ruscio (ex-R.J., SANTA BARBARA; ex-Miguel, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Simon, FALCON CREST) - 88
Sally Kellerman (ex-Marla, 90210) - 75
Stacy Keach (ex-Senator Potter, FLAMINGO ROAD) - 71
Maree Cheatham (ex-Marie, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Stephanie, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Mary, KNOTS LANDING; ex-Mona, PASSIONS; ex-Charlene, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 70
Joanna Gleason (ex-Jordan, THE WEST WING) - 62
Dennis Haysbert (ex-Ron, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 58
Pip Torrens (ex-Prosecution Q.C., CORONATION STREET) - 52
Liam Cunningham (Davos, GAME OF THRONES) - 51
Norm Lewis (ex-Keith, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 49
Anthony Montgomery (ex-Aaron, GENERAL HOSPITAL)  - 41
Wentworth Miller (ex-Michael, PRISON BREAK) - 40
Wayne Brady (Himself, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; Former Daytime Emmy Awards Host) - 40
Leah Cairns (ex-Emily, KYLE XY) - 38
Zachary Quinto (ex-Sylar, HEROES) - 35
Nikki Cox (ex-Gina, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 34

Mark Jude Sullivan (ex-Reg, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 33
James Ransone (ex-Ziggy, THE WIRE) - 33
Morena Baccarin (ex-Anna, V) - 33
Jewel Staite (Raquel, THE  L.A. COMPLEX) - 30
Erik Moody (Dan, RAGGED ISLE)
Sterling Beaumon (Young Ben, LOST) - 17
Madison Leisle (ex-Jamie, THE WALKING DEAD) - 13

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