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I had to correct the previous post. The second person I mentioned as one of the show's executive producers was inaccurate. Their names were the same (Dave Hummel and David Hummel), but it wasn't the right David Hummel who actually passed away in 2016.

https://spi-collective.com/who-we-are/ It turns out that the founder of this media production company based in Virginia Beach is directly connected to Another Life. The guy at the top who founded the company actually played a 'villain' for a couple of months. His name is Chris Calcagno and he played the part of 'Dave Cohen' who was Becky's big shot record agent/producer from the Big Apple. While he was clearly depicted as a manipulative, shady, unscrupulous and stereotypically Jewish (Even though he's Italian), there have been many Italian/Jewish cross-ethnic castings, most notably Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur from 'The Golden Girls' or John Turturro and Robert De Niro playing Jewish characters in various films. He's 71.

Yeah, her tv and movie credits prior to Another World were much more sporadic and usually in a supporting role capacity. She was mostly invested in the theatre. I watched scenes from complete episodes of AW in sequence on YouTube from 1999 where she plays Etta Mae, but it's not like I cared much about the storyline.

Elain Graham ('Carla Redlon') has been on many great TV shows up till 2018, from Another World between 1996-1999 and later on critically acclaimed prime time shows such as 'Oz', 'Law and Order' and 'Smash' to name just a few. She has been a prominent figure in the NYC theatre scene for decades and in 2022 made an appearance in a documentary produced by actor Glynn Thurman entitled "Women of Theatre New York, a Love Supreme" together with 7 other actresses, mostly African-American, about their career. You can watch the entire film here. She makes several appearances throughout the documentary. She is 73 here. https://fawesome.tv/movies/10567817/women-of-theatre-new-york?utm_source=social_share&utm_medium=website_fawesometv_navigator_api&utm_content=video_screen

I came across this blog written by Eddie Hailey ('Gene Redlon'). He was a praise and worship leader in a Santa Monica community church between 2013 to 2020 or so but that church is close now. He very candidly writes in length about his childhood, his upbringing, how he became born again, his move to LA from the Mojave desert where he grew up, his acting career and more. He never mentions Another Life as far as I can recall but I may have missed something because I skipped over parts that were more evangelizing in nature. I have to say that he's a very good writer and that these entries could and should be the basis for his biography if he ever releases one. I didn't find anything about his whereabouts since then on social media, but I believe he should be 77-78 y/o by now. His final entry is the first one. The first entry is the one at the bottom of the page. https://share.google/vvPj7Q6aRntFirhLI https://share.google/deq119lHFZm5ovsmm (Most recent photo of him from a decade ago. Second photo from the top)

https://share.google/IYYWIWFxeajIXhAb6 You may be familiar with this Pinterest account. It has a few random photos of Another Life cast members in individual and group settings probably released by CBN for promotional purposes. Scroll down and you'll find those photos after a set of photos from The Doctors and later on between other soaps. Other photos are taken from The Secret Storm, Love is a Many Splendored thing, The Doctors and more. The actress Lori March who starred on The Secret Storm would later guest star on Another Life in 1984 as one of Dr. Vanessa Fazan's high society patients. Roy Winsor created The Secret Storm and Another Life so this was a tribute to his leading soap actress on The Secret Storm. ***UNRELATED: If you followed or are still following 'The Doctors' on RetroTV, You can watch all available episodes from 1967 till the most updated ones at the moment from late 1980 on the following link. Episodes will most likely be added until the show's conclusion in late 1982. http://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com Scroll down the page and look for THE DOCTORS

I've just now learned that the actor who played Miriam Carpenter's husband on the show, Paul Mason, actor Robert Bendall, passed away at 73 in early 2022. We only got to see him in 30 episodes but he was actually an original cast member so he was there for 100 episodes together with their son Frederick who only appeared maybe twice during that 30 episode block He had a modelling career in NYC prior to joining AL and after moving to the West Coast following his dismissal from AL he had supporting roles on shows like Night Court and Falcon Crest to name a few, but he left acting in the Nineties for teaching in the LA public school system. https://share.google/3p2gOBUh81RQNcHLy https://share.google/EHtJFpIqeK55ljMPO

I knew about this movie a long time ago. The screenwriter Tony Bruce was a huge fan of AL and that's how he got both actresses on board. He wanted to do another film project with MaryJean Feton in the Nineties but it didn't work out in the end. https://share.google/EIazYUwJhviPwOwEK This is a very well written synopsis and a very elaborate critical review that makes some good points about how one should reevaluate this effort looking 20 years back.

Are you familiar with a movie called 'Visions of Sugarplums'? I wouldn't have bothered mentioning it if it wasn't for the fact that both MaryJean Feton and Edye Byrde had co-starring roles in it and not only that, it was marketed as a gay comedy released only on DVD, but there wasn't a lot of comedy going on there. Very amateur low-budget Christmas film with mostly awful acting and directing, but for some reason it's still in circulation 27 years after it was shot and 24 years after it's release in 2001. Edye Byrde died shortly after shooting ended. You wouldn't believe the lines coming out of her mouth while MaryJean pretty much had a big cross to bear and not just figuratively...you'll see for yourself. Edye's first scene starts at 00:15:01 while MaryJean's at 00:16:23. You really don't have to waste your time on this other than on their scenes... Visions of Sugarplums (2001) - a gay comedy film by Edward J. Fasulo - Gay Themed Movies https://share.google/wJIIXuyLKQToEeHIe

That's right, between 1988-2006. And it just so happens that the entire movie is on Youtube!...but with French voiceover and that is because it was released in France in 1991 under the name Aux Portes De L'enfer. In the States it was released with an alternative title: 'The Ungodly'. I saw at least one seller on Ebay who has the official VHS released cassette in good condition (so he claims), but I can count on the French I took at uni... https://youtu.be/WvT195Z6RQ8?si=rbErEbmZpMSkPESu ...and just in case you're looking for a very elaborate synopsis with screen shots going over all the themes and inside jokes in the film, you can Google Translate the following page and have a good read: https://share.google/61p3gWosN0MecnIqB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332942/ I remember his son wrote a few times on the private AL Facebook group which wasn't really active for the past decade or so, but can't add anything relating to his time on the soap. However, he brought up this idea about setting up a reunion to mark 30 years to AL, but eventually it never took off the ground. The mini-biography he wrote for his Imdb page is pretty extensive, but it doesn't mention the exact years he played short term supporting roles on a few network soaps back in the late Seventies and after his contract with CBN ended. Pay very close attention to this B-Movie from 1989 where he was credited as 'Robert Elarton' in his only leading role to date...this will shock you in so many ways I don't even want to add another word about it. Just read the plot, the reviews, take a look at some of the screen shots and ask yourself what was that all about? https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0102965/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Tom McGowan who played the late Carolyn Collings' (Lenz) husband has been into real estate for the past few decades, mainly in restoration. He's 77. https://share.google/kqhC6eH3iKnQ8TwGu https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mcgowan-77899923?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

I remember Michelle Seidman (Jill) reflecting on the AL Facebook group over a decade ago about how she and Carolyn felt at some point that their scripts became repetitive , that it felt like they were echoing the same talking points. Michelle Seidman left the show quite abruptly, but the scriptwriters had to mention her character as if she were still around for a while to explain why her relationship with Peter came to an end. Anyway, after that ship had sailed, The Cummings were pretty much left with nothing to sink their teeth in and I recall both were practically absent for about 30-35 episodes until their send off episode at the Davidsons which was very emotional and truly felt like an end of an era. I never really understood why Carolyn came back a few months later...perhaps it was to give Terry some emotional support after Lori's hospitalization, but it didn't amount to anything other than a friendly gesture on and off set because I know she and MaryJean Feton remained close friends almost till the day she passed away. I appreciated Carolyn's input when she struggled with Jeff's adultery and domestic abuse. Some very compelling scenes from both actors there. The problem is that once two characters are reformed, there's little left to work with. So Jeff got caught with drugs at the book store and subsequently put in jail...at least that incident introduced us the first incarnation of Dave Philipps, who was never meant to be a permanent character and was only brought back a year later because Read Morgan who played Jason Prescott failed to fit into the leading man role as was originally planned. Michelle Seidman left for NYC while filming in Virginia Beach and there seemed to have been some disagreement about her filming schedule (she would commute to Virginia once a week to film her scenes) so she was eventually let go.

l've just learned completely by chance that unfortunately the actress who played Liz Cummings, Carolyn Lenz (whose married name became Collings in 1983) passed away earlier this year on May 18th at 77. https://www.facebook.com/share/1ApuNESTmE/ She was married to Cliff Collings whom she met on the set of the show. He played 'Dom Cavalaris' whose daughter Donna found shelter at the Cummings' household for a while when one day Dom barged in and viciously attacked the family while violently grabbing Donna with force in a very powerful and violent scene. There is an obituary on legacy.com if you google her full name.

Debbie McLeod appeared in this Toyota Christmas commercial shot in Seattle in September 2023 playing the 'grandma' towards the end. She just turned 67 this month but I wouldn't cast her as a grandma yet... https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19pQrK6PMb/ The actor who played 'Denis Frazer', the man who harassed Terry on the phone before knocking on her doorstep and later confessed being the driver who crashed into Scott and Nora's car invoked some memorable scenes from Terry culminating in her bursting into tears crying her heart out in that big dark empty Davidson household. She would later meet him face to face as he accepts Jesus as Lord and Saviour. He makes another visit in a Christmas 1982 episode as a reformed man who turned his life around. The actor who played him is Nat Benchley and he has quite an interesting 'pedigree'. However, both his IMDB and Wikipedia listings fail to mention this role. Nor does his own biography. He had a major role on the acclaimed HBO police drama series 'The Wire' (2002-2008). He's 79. http://www.natbenchley.com https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0070359/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Benchley Just recently found this podcast with Alan Sader (Harold Webster) from about a year ago where he very briefly mentions Another Life around 04:40. It was his first TV role although he did local commercials and theatre work prior to that. Of course he later made many appearances on TV shows and movies and is best known for his Christian Children Fund TV spots. An interesting listen in any case. He's 85. http://TVJerry.com https://share.google/SDuq2G5A2YpPTgktm (Look for 'Alan Sader talks about his past and future' on the Podcasts tab on page 3 if the link fails to open.) I came across this rather 'scary' head shot of MaryJean Feton from just a few short years ago when she played an old woman on AMC's long running horror series 'The Walking Dead'. Talk about dedication to your craft... https://share.google/MTbxoENF5uZHplyI5 If you didn't get to see her demo reel which shows only part of the roles she played between 2001 to 2020, here's a link: https://share.google/ZKTkM2g4YdEuqGjkl (Press the media tab for videos)