Director Reza Badiyi (FALCON CREST, KNOTS LANDING, MODELS INC., MARY TYLER MOORE, HAWAII FIVE-O) Has Died At Age 81

Reza Badiyi, a prolific television director who set a Directors Guild of America record for directing the most hours of episodic series television, has died. He was 81.

The Iranian-born Badiyi, who launched his filmmaking career making documentaries in Iran before moving to the United States in 1955, began directing for TV in the late 1960s.

CLASSIC CLIPS: Kim Zimmer

Kim Zimmer came in at #2 on the 50 Greatest Soap Actresses of All Time list. Here are some classic clips of Zimmer's work on THE DOCTORS, GUIDING LIGHT, SANTA BARBARA, MODELS INC and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.

1981: Nola attends at party at Mona's house. (THE DOCTORS)
1983: Giles wants Echo to go see Clint. (ONE LIFE TO LIVE)

1984: Reva baptizes herself the "Slut of Springfield." (GUIDING LIGHT)
1985: Reva and Phillip sing "Proud Mary." (GUIDING LIGHT)

1989: Reva admires her looks while trying on the slip that goes under her wedding dress. (GUIDING LIGHT)
1989: Reva wants to go fishing. (GUIDING LIGHT)

1989: Reva and Josh find their weddign spot. (GUIDING LIGHT)
1989: A musical montage before Reva and Josh exchange vows. (GUIDING LIGHT)

1990: Reva, suffering from postpartum depression, drives off a bridge in Florida. (GUIDING LIGHT)
1992: A look back at Reva during the GL 40th anniversary on TV celebration. (GUIDING LIGHT)

1992: Jodie comforts BJ. (SANTA BARBARA)
1993: Reese tells Jodie he still wants her. (SANTA BARBARA)

1994: Joan meets Eric, a stud with attitude. (MODELS INC)
1995: Reva begins to remember who she is. (GUIDING LIGHT)

1997: Reva and Josh play strip poker. (GUIDING LIGHT)
1998: Reva confronts her clone. (GUIDING LIGHT)

1999: Reva locks Olivia in a closet. (GUIDING LIGHT)
2001: Reva is swallowed up by an earthquake. (GUIDING LIGHT)

2001: Reva travels through time. (GUIDING LIGHT)
2006: Reva and Jonathan get into a bar fight. (GUIDING LIGHT)

2006: Jonathan jumps in a fountain to get Reva's attention. (GUIDING LIGHT)
2009: Reva and Josh reunite at the lighthouse. (GUIDING LIGHT)

50 Greatest Soap Actresses: #2 Kim Zimmer

NAME: Kim Zimmer
RANK: 2
SOAP ROLES: Reva Shayne, GUIDING LIGHT (1983-1990, 1995-2009); Joan, MODELS INC (1994-1995); Jodie DeWitt Walker, SANTA BARBARA (1992-1993); Echo DiSavoy, ONE LIFE TO LIVE (1983); Nola Dancy Aldrich, THE DOCTORS (1979-1982); Bonnie Harmon, ONE LIVE TO LIVE (1978)

AWARDS:
2007 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2006 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2005 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2004 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2003 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2003 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress
2000 Soap Opera Digest Award win for Outstanding Lead Actress
1999 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1999 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress
1998 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1998 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress
1993 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress
1992 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Best Death Scene: Daytime
1990 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1990 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Heroine: Daytime
1990 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime
1989 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Daytime
1988 Soap Opera Digest Award win for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Daytime
1987 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1986 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1986 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Favorite Daytime Super Couple on a Daytime Serial
1986 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
1985 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL:
Mimi Torchin: Is there anyone who can deliver the dramatic goods like Kim? Like a speeding locomotive, her power as an actress is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Okay, that metaphor is a little mixed, but Zimmer is indeed a Superwoman. In a genre created to worship and showcase divas, she has often out diva=ed them all! Reva may be gone, but Zimmer will never be forgotten.