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This may be a common photo and I missed it, i don't know. I scanned it anyway, as I like the image of Nancy Pinkerton and her portrait, as Robin Strasser's portrait became such a critical part of her time on OLTL in the 93-00 run (not sure if Elaine or Claire had a portrait). I sometimes wonder if they just stuck a head on a body in Nancy's era - this portrait reminds me of the Angelique portrait from DS and the Rae Woodard portrait from RH. Don't you think she looks a bit like Jacquie Courtney in that portrait? This was in Bryna Laub's Soap Opera Annual.

Thanks for reading. I thought Jody was a female too until I saw an interview or a quote from the actor in one of these. No other soap ever had stories about janitors working their way up, did they? St. Elsewhere did this with Luther. Did you notice they completely excluded Ann Williams? How odd. This may have been material from late 1969, if Lakin was still there, but I don't know when the exact dates would be. I didn't know a lot of these actors too. You probably already knew this but I didn't have any idea that the early stories centered around the chaplain and that other doctor. I wonder why they were written out. I hadn't seen Nick Savian before either.

So did Liz leave for good but then return? For some reason I thought that Virginia only replaced her temporarily, for a leave of absence or maternity leave. This doesn't sound like it was meant to be temporary.

From the April 1970 Daytime TV. A glimpse of one of my favorite soap actresses and someone who should have had so many more years with us - Virginia Vestoff. This is the first time I've seen her as Althea.

From the September 15, 1981 Digest. http://www.soapoperaworld.com/soap-opera-digest-richard-van-vleet-andrea-moar.html

I never thought I'd see it either. I guess if I went through all the 1984 episodes that are on Youtube I might have but I haven't had time/energy to do that. This must have been summer or early fall 1984. The kid is some annoying brat named Jonathan, a computer genius who came to live with Nola and Quint. He didn't see himself as being a child, but an equal to Quint, which annoyed Nola, as he had no respect for her and she wanted him to go outside and play and have picnics and so on. Not a very good story (the kid also couldn't say his lines very well) but it had its moments (the clip before this has a cheesy Star Trek fantasy where Nola is dressed as a Klingon but looks more like one of the B-52s). I know Beverlee also had a Southern drawl but for some reason Lydia's sounds more put-on. I wonder if they should have cast her as Miss Sally the next year? I think she could have been great.

How random! I was watching a Quint/Nola clip and this woman I didn't quite recognize comes on. Henry calls her "Alex." It's Lydia Bruce! I knew she'd temped for Bev but never seen it myself. Go to about 6:50.

So are the famous people on BB the ones who won a pageant or were on the water bottles? I still don't know why they needed to cancel Marienhof so abruptly, after such a long and popular run. I hate seeing this happen in other countries like it has in the US.

I'm glad it was something you enjoyed. I don't know very much about her either. I guess Loving ground people down. Did she create any big stories or characters? I guess it's probably discussed in previous pages. I like how she talks about the appeal of soaps, and mentions her grandmother. Was this when Christine Tudor had returned?

Karen's pill addiction story was so well-paced. I wouldn't have minded seeing Laura with a darker side but I mostly loved seeing her fight to build her life - on her own terms - and also forging a strong friendship with Gary (which was later ignored) and the complex relationship with Abby. I loved that she refused to listen to Karen's attacks against her for taking money from a bad person like Abby. Laura was a little too "real" for an increasingly one-dimensional set of characters. The woman who played Jean didn't work for me. Maybe she was better on Paper Dolls. There was something about the seventh season which just seemed off to me. I guess it was the changing of the guard. Paige didn't work for me at that time, it wasn't written to Nicolette's range. For me Olivia's drug addiction carried that season.

From the November/December 1991 Episodes.

Did Paulsen do the Jean Hackney story? I hated that, aside from Ben putting Lillimae in a headlock, which I would watch several times a day if I remembered where I had the tape.

That was nice of her to acknowledge ATWT.

That's sad to hear. I wish We Love Soaps, which gets some great interviews, had had a chance to talk to her. I'm sure she had many stories to tell.

I would have been interested in seeing Luke get involved with an older military man, perhaps someone fairly high up, who then comes out after DADT repeal and faces the various reactions and hardships. I think there was a certain "daddy" potential they ignored when they wrote out Larry Lau.

To me they are carrying a lot of the show. While I don't see the show as being in dire state or the worst ever, in spite of the usual DS hysteria, I do think that the Masoods are a major asset, and I'm glad they have finally made Syed viable (I know some will say he's always been great and I can understand what they feel but I couldn't stand him until recently).

To me it never made a lot of sense after they were involved in worldwide spy schemes or whatever was going on when Gary blew that one place up. I think Greg would probably invest mostly in big resorts with golf courses he'd spend most of his time on.

I have no idea. I would probably have Lucinda trying to get in on some defense deals, arms, which would cause tension with Sierra, because of Montega.

Wow, she doesn't look that much different. Too bad she didn't do more soaps. I'd love to see her acting with Pamela. Hell I'd love to see Pamela on anything at this point. So were they both in Working Girl?

Laurinda looks like a Tripod.

I would guess NBC just wanted the show gone - and P&G must have too if they sold it. I can't imagine anyone actually having faith in a vehicle for a woman who had not been seen in a major role in almost thirty years. This wasn't exactly Garbo. I wish some of From These Roots was available. I especially would like to see Barbara Berjer's work.

I guess the Phillips must have gone - I always wondered if Irna had any major role beyond supervising anyway. Tom looks like a beach party extra. Nick has his mouth hanging open. I love it. It's nice to see Rosetta Lanoire (I have an article with her somewhere, from a year or two after this, when she played Peggy or Vera's mother on AW). Do you know anything about Erin Conner? So what was Bill Sims' story? Was this the first Vietnam story ever on daytime? I hadn't heard anything about it. A shorter cast summary and a few different photos.

From the January 1971 TV Picture Life.

Share your thoughts on this short-lived but fascinating soap opera. And thanks to saynotoursoap, you can enjoy a promo for the show as well as the finale - probably my favorite soap finale.