On this date in...
1933: Actor Antony Ponzini was born. He died in 2002 at age 69. Ponzini played a number of soap roles including ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Vince Wolek. Today would have been his 80th birthday.
1964: On ANOTHER WORLD, Ann suggested Missy (Carol Roux) see a counselor to help understand why she's afraid of boys.
1973: Actor Walter Greaza, who played Winston Grimsley for years on THE EDGE OF NIGHT, died at age 76.
1981: Christian Broadcasting Network soap opera ANOTHER LIFE premiered. Co-created by Roy Winsor and Bob Aaron, the show ran for 875 episodes until October 5, 1984. Check out the closing credits from a 1981 episode below.
1983: Actor Earnest Graves died at age 64. His many soap roles included being the original actor to play Victor Lord on ONE LIFE TO LIVE and Dr. David Stewart in AS THE WORLD TURNS. His longest daytime stint was playing THE GUIDING LIGHT's Alex Bowden.
1984: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Larry Welch received the shock of his life when he lifted "Hope's" veil at their wedding.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was one of my favorite Friday cliffhangers ever. Below the story continued the following Monday.
1984: Phil Morris debuted as Tyrone Jackson in THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.
Elsewhere in the episode, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) tried to convince Cora (Dorothy McGuire) to visit Victor. Jack (Terry Lester) and Ashley (Eileen Davidson) argued over whether to tell John (Jerry Douglas) he was never divorced from Dina.
1997: PORT CHARLES, a spinoff of GENERAL HOSPITAL, premiered on ABC in a two-hour primetime special.
1988: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, when Charlene (Maree Cheatham) arrived at the Quartermaine's, Edward (David Lewis) grumbled about Lila (Anna Lee) bringing "every stray dog and cat in here."
1994: ALL MY CHILDREN's Frances Heflin, who played Mona from the very beginning of the series, passed away at age 73. Check out an early episode of AMC featuring Heflin below.
2007: Jake Silbermann debuted on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Noah Mayer.
2009: Daniel Goddard and Joshua Morrow from THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS appeared on THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Joan Copeland (ex-Selma/Gwen, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Greta, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Monica, HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE; ex-Andrea, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Mary, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; ex-Maggie/Kay, LOVE OF LIFE) - 91
Morgan Freeman (ex-Roy, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Detective Michaels, TEXAS; ex-Cicero, RYAN'S HOPE) - 76
Powers Boothe (Lamar, NASHVILLE; ex-Noah, 24) - 65
Robin Mattson (Heather, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Lee, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Janet, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Sugar, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Gina, SANTA BARBARA; ex-Hope, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Cheri, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Delia, RYAN'S HOPE) - 57
David Andrew MacDonald (ex-Edmund, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Jordan/David, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Father Matchett, LOVING) - 52
Teri Polo (Stef, THE FOSTERS; ex-Helen, THE WEST WING; ex-Kristin, LOVING) - 44
Alanis Morissette (Guest Star, DEGRASSI) - 39
Andrea Bogart (ex-Abby, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Margo, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 36
Danielle Harris (ex-Sami, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 36
Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori, THE WALKING DEAD) - 36
Jake Silbermann (ex-Noah, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Porter, GUIDING LIGHT) - 30
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you have a tip on a bit of soap history on this date or future dates, let us know. Send an email to [email protected]
Happy Birthday Robin! Happy Birthday Jake! And also a birthday shout out to Andrew Moss (ex-Rhys, HOLLYOAKS) - 29
ReplyDeleteToday is also Anne Hegiras birthday. She played Pegs on Woman With A Past. She is 96.
DeleteOn a sad ironic note, Jean Stapleton who played Gwen on the same soap died at age 90
A huge Happy Birthday to Jake Silbermann! Also such a memorable day when he joined ATWT and he and Van Hansis became unforgettable together!
ReplyDeletethose bo and hope scences were magical and i totally agree that was one of the best friday cliffhangers ever in soap history. loveed me some bo and hope.
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