Sunday, June 9, 2013

Today in Soap Opera History (June 9)


On this date in...

SFT's Jo and Arthur
1870: Author Charles Dickens died at age 58. His works - including "A Christmas Carol" and "Oliver Twist" - were serialized in weekly or monthly parts and have been described as the soap operas of their day.

1944: NBC Radio aired the final episode of its soap opera KITTY FOYLE, which starred Julie Stevens as Kitty.

1955: On SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, Joanne (Mary Stuart) married Arthur Tate (Terry O'Sullivan).

1964: On ANOTHER WORLD, Missy (Carol Roux) introduced Bill (Joseph Gallison) to Ann.

1980: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Emily (Margo McKenna) wanted to buy April's (Terry Davis) home.



1988: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, Robert (Tristan Rogers) and Anna (Finola Hughes) visited Robin (Kimberly McCullough) at camp.



1993: Actress Alexis Smith, who played Lady Jessica Montford on DALLAS, died at age 72.

2003: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Carly (Maura West) was surprised to see Jack (Michael Park) in Montana.



2006: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Jack (Matt Ashford) was shocked when he saw an orderly that looked like Steve (Stephen Nichols, in his return to the show after 16 years).

2008: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) told Paul (Doug Davidson) to stop investigating David.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Joe Santos (ex-Angelo, THE SOPRANOS) - 82
Nancy Williams Watt (Writer, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; GUIDING LIGHT; SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; PASSIONS) - 64
Ted Eccles (ex-Bobby, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 58
Aaron Sorkin (Creator, THE NEWSROOM; THE WEST WING) - 52
Michael J. Fox (Louis, THE GOOD WIFE) - 52
Johnny Depp (Barnabas, Dark Shadows movie) - 50
Josh Hamilton (ex-Charlie, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 44
Nick Kiriazis (ex-Antonio, SUNSET BEACH; ex-Ric, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 44
Ewa da Cruz (ex-Vienna, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 36
Adamo Ruggiero (ex-Marco, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) - 27
Mae Whitman (Amber, PARENTHOOD) - 25
Danielle Chuchran (Young Stephanie, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 20

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1 comment:

  1. I did not enjoy that storyline on ATWT, but I LOVE those CarJack scenes. Maura West & Michael Park were splendid.

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