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Thanks for the Bruce Martin article! I remember the Keith/Jonah story. Very creepy!

This is from the April 1974 TV by Day. Belle is one of my favorite soap characters and Marla one of my favorites actresses.

This an article from the January 1976 Daily TV on Margaret Mason, who played Linda Patterson (Melissa's biological mother). I loved Margaret Mason. It's a shame she's not better remembered today.

My pleasure, I'm an old soap opera lover myself! I actually remember Leonie more from Another World. I remember Lee Warrick playing Julie on OLTL although I wasn't a regular viewer. (Oh, and I'm a she! ).

You're welcome! I liked her very much as Laura. I didn't care for Susan Oliver in the role. She seemed too cold. I didn't hate Rosemary Forsyth and thought she came closer to portraying Laura's persona. Jaime Lynn Bauer seems like a different character altogether.

I marvel now when I think that when I first started getting hooked on Days the cast included Susan Flannery, Susan Seaforth, and Denise Alexander, three of my favorite (and in my opinion, among the best) soap actresses.

From the February 1971 Daytime TV.

Does anybody here remember Leonie Norton who was the first Kate Swanson on LOVE OF LIVE?

I loved her on LOVE OF LIFE as well as ANOTHER WORLD and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.

If I remember correctly, Leonie's Kate played out the early stages of the Rick/Barbara/Kate storyline.

If anyone has any information on La Norton. I would appreciate it. Thanks In Advance!!!! :-)

I just posted a couple of articles in the One Life to Live thread.

Sorry for the inexpert scanning! This one is from the April 1975 Daytime TV Stars.

Someone in another thread asked for articles on Leonie Norton, who played Julie Siegel Toland. This is from the October 1974 Dawn to Dusk.

The Felicia/Adrienne story! I remember liking that even though it was so weird (especially for that time period of soaps). Guess it was ahead of its time.

Well, I liked Kim so I was on her side whatever she did. Something about Jennifer put me off, I don't really know what it was, I didn't find her sympathetic. Were Carol and Tom a couple at this time? I liked them too. This may have been a little later but I was really into the Lisa/Grant/Joyce triangle. Barbara Rodell was such a great villainess. Joyce made Lisa seem like the heroine!

I probably wasn't yet sophisticated enough to think along those lines (though I was sorry the members of the triangle were gone)! I remember being really concerned about Betsy being an orphan (or thinking she was anyway).

I was young at the time but I remember Liz's death on the stairs. I don't remember thinking anything odd about the fall. I just remember being shocked and upset over her death because she was one of my favorites.

Thanks so much for the summaries! I was watching in 1973 but I was in junior high/high school so I could only watch during school breaks. There had been a lot of pre-emptions that summer because of the Watergate hearings. The early 70s are still my favorite era of Days. I would so love to see it again (all of it this time!).

I don't remember Sharon so I don't think she had a major story with Mike. I do remember Jay. Again, I don't think he was a major character, just someone to cause some conflict for Mickey and Maggie. I also remember Burt Atwater and he was involved with Mary at one point. I'm pretty sure Karin Wolfe was playing Mary at this time. I hadn't remembered that people thought Mickey had run off with Linda!

Ron Raines was just nominated for a Tony Award -- Best Actor in a Musical for his role in Follies. I never liked his take on Alan Spaulding, but I know he's got musical chops. Congratulations to him -- and to OLTL's Judith Light, who was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

I saw Raines in Follies when it was in Washington, D.C. He did a good job. He has a good voice and even did a bit of dancing. I always thought he was too bombastic as Alan though.

I had the delightful pleasure of meeting an ex-Secret Storm cast member yesterday...Frances Sternhagen, who played Jessie Reddin. Ms. Sternhagen shared her memories of the Oscar and Tony Award winning actor Jose Ferrer on the occasion of the US Postal Servie's 'First-Day-of-Issue' ceremony held at the prestigious Players' Club in NYC. Ferrer's widow extended me an invitation to the event as he was a longtime member of our Westchester community. Ms. Sternhagen's credits include stints on 'Another World' and 'Love of Life.'

How exciting! I definitely remember her on Secret Storm (as well as many other productions).

Warren Stevens (Elliott Carson) has died.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/actor-warren-stevens-who-played-doc-ostrow-in-forbidden-planet-dies-in-la-at-92/2012/03/29/gIQAH9stiS_story.html

Those didn't show up for me.

The soap magazines at the time made hay of him being #1 in some poll of the man women most wanted to see in Playgirl. I can't say I really get the attraction...

I didn't see the attraction at the time and I still don't. I don't remember him being popular in the soap magazine polls so I don't know how he ended up #1 on the Playgirl poll.

Did anyone see make-up artist Dick Smith receive his honorary Oscar last night? He did the make-up for Barnabas when he was aged to 200+ years old when he made Julia step up his injections.

I knew it would be downhill after Burton became involved but I had a glimmer of hope that it wouldn't be completely dreadful after Depp's reassurances that he had been a fan of the show. I can't fathom who the target audience for this is. Certainly can't be the fans of the series. And you're right, the actors in the series always played it straight, no matter the material. That's what made it work, I believe. I know I was one of those kids who ran home from school to watch it every day.

I've been reading some things that makes me think the Depp DS movie is going to be a "comedy." The most recent comes from some people who have allegedly seen some sneak peak trailers. Guess I should have known it would turn out this way considering the parties involved but it's still disappointing. Here are some of the comments:

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00048044.html

I'm not sure what they would have done with her. There was a big demand from fans by this time to get Doug and Julie back together since the news was out that Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth were a real-life couple. Doug had grown to love Addie though and was determined to become a good father to Hope. He had resisted all of Julie's efforts to get back with him. And after Addie went into remission from the leukemia, Julie resolved to go on with her life without Doug. That's why she married Bob Anderson. It's hard to imagine Doug would have left Addie at this point. So I guess the only thing they could think of was to kill her. I remember Addie wanted a second chance to raise Hope better than she did Julie.

The article mistakenly says that Susan Seaforth appeared in "The Towering Inferno." That was actually Susan Flannery.