Paul Raven

Variety reported in June 1964 that Jeanne Cooper, who was to be a regular on the upcoming 'Slattery's People CBS series has bowed out 'by mutual consent' In the pilot Cooper played administrative assistant to the lead - a state senator played by Richard Crenna, but in subsequent scripts the role was lessened and may now be switched to a secretary. Cooper asked for and was granted a release from the upcoming series. Maxine Stuart took over the role which was now described as a secretary. Stuart would also later appear on Y&R as Margaret, the feisty senior citizen. Seems that even then Jeanne was not going to take aback seat. Slattery's People was cancelled a few weeks into its second season.

Yes please!

Bachelor’s Children: CBS: Sep 28, 1936 to Mar 21, 1941. (235 Weeks) NBC: Mar 24, 1941 to Sep 25, 1942. (79 Weeks) CBS: Sep 28, 1942 to Sep 27, 1946. (209 Weeks) Totals: 523 Consecutive Weeks - 2,615 Episodes Broadcast

Do you think Gil Gerard would have made a good Mike Powers? They had a lot of trouble with casting Mike.

Leora Thatcher Ma Perkins Maw Potter Right to Happiness 1959 Masquerade Mrs Spencer 1946 Died March 1984 aged 89 Betty Lou Gerson Aunt Mary Anna Bartok 1949

New York Critics Poll 1964 13 Broadway critics cast their votes Most promising new actress 2 TD cast members Elizabeth Hubbard (Passion of Josef D) 1 vote Nancy Franklin (Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory) 1 vote Barbara Loden got the most votes -3 for After the Fall.

As they said it had higher ratings than the lead in 'The Nurses' and lead out 'Where The Action Is' but they were low rated themselves so ...

Does anyone buy Daniel as Phyllis' son? MG is 43 and looks it and MS is 57 but presents younger. Poor Christel. Every one of her love interests (Cane, Billy, Daniel) is at least 10 years older than her (and white.)

The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana 24 Jul 1980 In The Soap Terry Lester, a graduate of South-port High and Depauw University who has been in Hollywood the past five years, will be a regular on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless," for the next 13 weeks, maybe longer. He made his first appearance on the air in the new role of Jack Abbott Tuesday and he'll be back in the story again next Thursday and Friday. He's part of a new storyline on the serial, and if it sits well with the show's fans, he may settle in for a long stay. Lester has been a part of the Hollywood scene since 1975 when he had a role in the original "Airport" movie.

San Antonio Express San Antonio, Texas 17 Sep 1967, Milli Hangs Out Doctor’s Shingle NEW YORK Robert Milli hangs out his shingle as Dr. Jim Abbott in “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing,” having “interned” for the role by playing a doctor on two other television shmvs. “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing” premieres as a daytime drama Monday, Sept. 18 from 1-1:30 p.m. in color on Ch. 5. In addition to his previous doctor roles, Milli played an “acidhead,” or user of LSD, on an episode of “The Defenders.” As a result, he says lightly, “I have administered dramatic medicine, and I have taken it.” “I don’t know how all this will help me look more ‘doctorly’ in ‘Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.’ But is that important?,” he asks, turning serious. “And, anyway, what do doctors look like? “If it means can I look properly grave at the right time, can I deal tenderly with problem patients or can I keep my sense of humor in the midst of adversity, then I would say the answer is: ‘I think I can.’ “But my confidence comes not merely from having played doctors before but, for what it’s worth, from the sum total of my acting experience.” “Please,” he smiled, “I don’t mean to sound pretentious. I’m really very modest about my achievements. On the other hand, the most that any actor can bring to a new role is the experience he has learned from all of his old ones.” Milli's acting experience, which began at the University of Maryland, has been extensive and extremely varied for a young man of 32. It ranges from stage work in many theaters over the country to important roles on Broadway and television. The handsome dark-haired actor played Horatio to Richard Burton’s “Hamlet” in the recent: Broadway production which was specially filmed on stage. He portrayed Alexander, the sculptor, in “A Severed Head,” and recently played a “repeat performance” at his alma mater, the University of Maryland. “I returned to play the title role in ‘Hamlet,’” Milli says. “It was a sort of tenth anniversary performance. I had played the same part there when I was a student. “I was older this time, of course, and I seemed to have grown into the part. At least that’s what my wife says, and I'm ham enough to take her word for it. Milli describes his wife, the former Mary Jane Mulligan, whom he met when they were both students at the university, as “my severest critic, which is exactly what I think a should be.”

Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota 27 Dec 1966, Soap Suds Get Murky Producers In New York know her as Kathryn Leigh-Scott, viewers of the "Dark Shadows" daytime TV serial know her as Maggie Evans, and to her relatives in Robbinsdale she's Marlene Kringstad. She was home for the weekend, and between Christmas errands she leveled with me a little bit on how a simple acting-bug-bitten girl from Robbinsdale copes with life these days in darkest Soap-land. "Dark Shadows" is one of the newest developments in daytime drama, a suspense-mystery soap opera. In its few months on the air it has become a healthy success, with good audience ratings. The show that precedes it on the air has low ratings, and the show that follows has low ratings, so the producers know that a lot of viewers make a point of tuning just to that show. To me the biggest mystery about "Dark Shadows," after taking one look at it, was why anybody would tune in at all. The dialogue dragged, and the actors were looking off into space trying to remember lines they seem to have forgotten. . When those comments appeared in a recent column, Miss Kringstad's brother relayed them to her from Robinsdale. The column comments were about an episode in which Miss Kringstad hadn't appeared. Miss Kringstad plays Maggie, a waitress In a coffee shop in the little seacoast town of Collin-sport. "I get stuck with a lot of the exposition," she said. "I'm a real yenteh, a busybody asking everybody who they are and why they're there. It's our equivalent of the French maid who comes on and explains that the master's away and young John is on his way home. The part was described first to me as 'a young Eve Arden.' You know, snappy, quick, but heart of gold under it all." The day I tuned in last week, Miss Kringstad was on the screen for most of the half hour, busy-bodying away with great efficiency. She and the other actors knew their lines; there was no fumbling. In that respect, it didn't seem like the same show I'd watched before. But a young Eve Arden she wasn't, and snappy the dialogue wasn't. It had that deadly soap-opera pace, with long pauses between lines. "I know," said Miss Kringstad. "Nonsequitur after nonsequitur, and the actors have to fill those spaces with their own thoughts. You have to build to climaxes where there is no climax, because there's a station break coming up and you want the people to come back after Rinso Blue. You get a little line like 'What do you mean?' that you might throw , away in a normal acting situation, but we build it up and load it with false significance so people will come back after the commercial to find out what you mean."I had assumed the show was performed live, because I couldn't imagine them not redoing an episode like that earlier one if it were on tape. Miss Kringstad assured me that every show is taped a week ahead of time. "But it's like live TV, because the first take is , the one that goes on the air," she said. "We've never retaped anything since the show started, and there's never been any editing. We're supposed to be professionals, and if anything unexpected happens, we're supposed to cover it. There's a 10-year-old boy on the show, and if he ever forgets anything, the older actors cover it as well as they can, and that's the way it goes on the air. "It's the most complicated Soap on TV, with 15 sets and two stage managers, and sometimes it gets pretty wild. Most of the soaps they do with a table and a coffee cup and a curtain, and they can read most of their lines off TelePrompters. But we have to learn our lines, and we really rehearse. With such complex sets and production, we just can't use the TelePrompter. It's there in case you go sky-high on a line, but only as a last resort." Miss Kringstad has been with "Dark Shadows" since it went on the air in May. She spent 10 months getting the part, and in that time did three screen tests and 10 auditions. Now she has a two-year contract that guarantees her appearance on at least one show a week, but she's been appearing more often than that and may become even busier in coming weeks. Miss Kringstad herself has had extra work as a ghost on the program. Regular viewers may be amused to know that it was she, wrapped in enough gauze to make her unrecognizable, who played the ghost of Josette Collins on several recetnt episodes. Some chores on "Dark Shadows" are harder than others, and Miss Kringstad and her fellow actors have compiled a list of Lines We Hate Most, which seem, unfortunately, to turn up regularly. These lines are "whaddya mean" and "you're acting funny" and "Why are you behaving this way? You've never behaved this way before." There are also "You act as though. . ." and "You sound as if . . ." followed by a pregnant metaphor. Surrounding these lines with pregnant thought it considered particularly bothersome. There's plenty of time left over for Miss Kringstad to work in TV commercials and industrial films, and audition for plays. So far she has a couple of off-Broadway performances to her credit. She's studying singing and dancing, since most Broadway opportunities these days seem to be in musicals. Miss Kringstad was graduated from Robbinsdale High School, and was a theater major at St. Cloud State, although she lists University of Minnesota on her credit sheet because nobody in New York seems to have heard of St. Cloud. "I explain it right away whenever that point comes up," she said. She did some acting for the North Suburban Theater and Theatre L Homme Dieu at Alexandria, but most of her experience has been in New York, where she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Herbert Berghof Studio. She paid her way at first by working as a Playboy Club bunny girl, and then by working in the complaint department at Bloomingdale's and walking doss in Central Park between 6 and 9 a.m. for a professional dog-walking service. Recently she moved into a garden apartment with a view of the East River. Her most recent non-Soap assignment was to wear a pink suit and white gloves to eat spaghetti while reading a Superman comic in an Italian restaurant, all for a Coke commercial that hasn't yet been on the air.

You'd need another $1 m to renovate from top to bottom... Watching the 2000 episodes, what struck me most (apart from everyone looking so young)were the varied and spacious sets - people had offices! there was a proper examining room for Cassie! And the supporting cast -Doris, Mary and Miguel were there along with waiters and lots of extras at Gina's and Crimson Lights. That makes such a difference to the feel of the show. If only the purse strings could be stretched a little. Everytime I see characters talking about business at empty Crimson Lights I cringe.

Came across this puzzling article from The Times Herald Port Huron, Michigan 23 Dec 1993, Thu • It seems this person has fooled a journalist into buying that he got a job on AMC. A Lexington actor is diving into the tempestuous sea of TV soaps. Ernest Werth, 31, has snared the role of Payne Cortland, the unsavory-but-suave "nephew" of multimillionaire Palmer Cortland, on the ABC soap opera All My Children. "They want to bill me as a suave hunk," Mr. Werth said. "Payne is going to waltz in from Europe as this nasty guy with a slight accent I'll come across nice, but my character is definitely not a nice guy." He expects to move to New York City in February. Payne Cortland will insinuate himself into the fictional setting of Pine Valley at the end of April. Before then, Mr. Werth must add 20 pounds. He also will trade his first name for his mother's maiden name. He will be Spencer Werth in the credits.Mr. Werth auditioned for the role last summer. The casting director later told him that she had known at first sight he would be perfect. He studied acting at UCLA, St. Clair County Community College, Northern Michigan University and Macomb Community College. He has written, directed and produced plays for the Main Street Players in Port Huron. In January, the troupe will perform his play, Hypothetical. "I love acting, but instead of working three jobs and adding acting to my schedule, it will be my only job," said Mr. Werth, who now works at Main Street Bridal Salon in Port Huron. Word of his success is spreading. A woman recently approached him at the grocery store and asked him to autograph her cat litter bag. "My mom, Almeda, is a little reluctant about this," he said. "But my dad, Raymond, is excited. It's his favorite soap opera."

As The World Turns Rex Dennison Dennis Cunningham society columnist Oct. 26 & 27/1981 WCBS Art Critic; appeared at fashion show

Kurt McKinney Days of Our Lives pre GH

Texas Sally...switchboard KVIK...9/82...????????? Sally Atherton Nancy Youngblut most likely Sally listed above as had been under 5 but moved up to dayplayer status Mon Nov 15 1982 episode

Robert Frank Telfer All My Children pre TD

Search for Tomorrow Emily Rogers Hunter...Louise Schaffer...July 67- 68 +Len, +Nick Secret Storm Charlie Clemens...Jeffrey Lynn...Nov 30-67-68...publisher after Peter

Sept 1967 Hartford Courant 17 Year 'Search' "Search for Tomorrow," television's longest - running daytime drama series, starring Mary Stuart as Joanne Tate, begins its 17th year on CBS Monday (Monday through Friday, 12:30-12:45 p.m.) The color series on that date will present its 4,171st episode; Miss Stuart, who has been with the program since its premiere, Sept. 3, 1951, will be seen in her 3,200th performance

Love of Life Tammy Forrest Porter.. alcoholic actress; tried to reunite Steve and Mona West Hall; involved in a bigamy plot with Dean Newman Anne Loring...5/1958-67/68-70 According to June 1968 newspaper article she returned after a years absence.

John Sylvester White (John 'Johnny' Sylvester) This is Nora Drake A Woman's Life Steve Foster 1946

I wish Don/Colleen/Marie etc would really spill the tea on what went on BTS over the years. I'm sure they have some great stories to tell. Don is probably too nice to do it but it would fascinating to here.

They got old. I'm sure ABC would have liked to have dropped both of them, but knew the bad press wouldn't be worth it.

Nina Chloe Nikki Chelsea Ricky Victor Kevin Adam

Traci dodged a bullet by having the Cane connection dropped. On the one hand,it would be nice to reveal that Traci has a man in her life, someone she sees in NY when she there-a casual , mature relationship. He could even turn up in GC fotr a couple of days. OTOH it is also a good message to show that Traci, like a lot of women her age is single and happy. What do others think?