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| 1980: Edge of Night's Raven kidnapped Jamey. 1992: Y&R's Sheila pulled a gun on Lauren. 1994: GH's Luke found out Laura was having a baby girl. 1995: As the World Turns celebrated 10,000 episodes. |
- Thomas Carlyle
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1964: On Another World, Bill (Joseph Gallison) accused Missy (Carol Roux) of not liking him.
1980: On The Edge of Night, Raven (Sharon Gabet) and Eliot (Lee Godart) kidnapped Jamey (James Noseworthy).
1992: The Brady Bunch star Robert Reed died at age 59. His soap roles included playing Lloyd Kendall on NBC's Search for Tomorrow, and reprises Mike Brady on the primtime soap The Bradys.
1992: On The Young and the Restless, Molly tried to unbind Lauren (Tracey Bregman) at the farmhouse, but when Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) caught them in the act she pulled out a gun.
1994: On General Hospital, Laura (Genie Francis) told Luke (Anthony Geary) the baby they were expecting was a girl.
Thanks to Enrique for sending in the item above.
1995: CBS aired the 10,000th episode of As the World Turns.
1995: On Days of our Lives, a devil-possessed Marlena (Deidre Hall) interrupted Carrie and Austin's engagement party, and sent a swarm of bees to attack the guests.
2004: On Passions, Gwen (Liza Huber) arrived home while Theresa (Lindsay Hartley) was in bed with Ethan.
2010: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Agnes Nixon would be a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Hansford Rowe (ex-Louis, Another World) - 90Pam St. Clement (ex-Pat, EastEnders; ex-Mrs. Eckersley, Emmerdale) - 72
Linda Dano (ex-Lena, Guiding Light; ex-Rae, One Life to Live; ex-Felicia, Another World; ex-Cynthia, As the World Turns) - 71
Bruce Boxleitner (ex-Burl, GCB) - 64
Guy Davis (ex-Josh, One Life to Live) - 62
Jennifer Hetrick (ex-Veronica, General Hospital) - 56
Beth Maitland (Traci, The Young and the Restless) - 56
Lar Park-Lincoln (ex-Linda, Knots Landing) - 52
Vanessa Williams (ex-Rhonda, Melrose Place) - 51Jamie Luner (ex-Liza, All My Children; ex-Lexi, Melrose Place; ex-Peyton, Savannah) - 43
Christian Campbell (ex-Bobby, All My Children; ex-Teddy, Malibu Shores) - 42
Forbes March (ex-Nash, One Life to Live; ex-Scott, All My Children) - 41
Philip Boyd (ex-Arthur, Days of our Lives) - 39
Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth, General Hospital; ex-Elizabeth, General Hospital: Night Shift; ex-Dana, Days of our Lives) - 37
Jason Biggs (ex-Pete, As the World Turns) - 36
Emily VanCamp (Emily, Revenge; ex-Rebecca, Brothers & Sisters) - 28Clare Bowen (Scarlett, Nashville; ex-Nina, Home and Away) - 25
Malcolm David Kelley (ex-Walt, Lost) - 22
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you would like to submit a piece of soap opera history for this daily column, please email it to [email protected].
Walt from LOST is 22??! My how time flies fast! I still see him as that little boy running across the beach. Wow.
ReplyDeleteJamie Luner should definitely be considered for a Phyllis recast!
Happy B-day to Beth Maitland, she needs to be on Y&R much more.
I had not thought of that, but Jamile Luner would be perfect. If she can be a Liza re-cast, and do such a good job, she can definitely make Phyllis her owe character.
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