Paul Raven

Guess Bill Bell had a lot of respect for Kenney and trusted his instincts. There was an interesting Afternoon TVinterview with Kenney from that time. Hope someone has it and can post it.T he only thing I recall is Kenney talking about dropping the moody lighting. That may have been a production decision as much as an aesthetic choice as there wasn't the time available to light the sets with the hour format.

May I request Vera Lockwood Burr De Benning Bill Morey Ron Randell Alan Coates

Based on what occurred on AW and soaps in general in the 80's/90's I could see Virginia Dwyer being seen occasionally as Alice's mother, without much recognition that she was once the lead matriach. Steve/Alice would break up several times as Mac/Rachel did.I'm sure the writers would have had Rachel get involved with Steve again and would have gone further with Mac and Alice involved (possibly married), That would mean that Rachel/Alice were always at loggerheads . Iris staying on might have meant a greater role for Dennis. Cecile could be involved . Jamie v Dennis could create conflict. With Iris around maybe Felicia and Donna may not have been introduced? Sally may have not been killed off but I can still see it happening as Alice becomes more isolated . Maybe Steve would have along lost child-that was often a go to for long established characters. Or kill off Russ so his previously unknown child could turn up to be mothered by Alice. A lot of possibilities...

I guess if he had have been on contract there would be no need for him to find another job.

Yes that is Trish Stewart, In SOD at the time it was stated that she had health problems that lead to her weight gain. What was Janice Lynde doing at that time? Was she on OLTL or not asked/declined to appear as Leslie? It would have been nice to have all the original Brooks girls together. This reunion was not about digging into past stories - just for us to know everyone from the past was doing OK.

Re Jay Meredith Her role on This Life Is Mine was Janie. Our Gal Sunday - Anna was a maid and Jay played her for 19 years. Add Young Dr Malone - Crystal Gates Portia Faces Life Linda's First Love John's Other Wife Second Mrs Burton Second Husband Aunt Jenny Front Page Farrell Dr Susan Lorenzo Jones Perry Mason

So the first Y&R day lasted at least 4 episodes...Surely Friday would have been a new day. but knowing Bill Bell -maybe not?

Great summary and observations. Beau Kayzer also departed, short circuiting the Brock/Julia storyline.

The Bennetts Add Barney Hughes

Martha Greenhouse Add The Verdict is Yours 1958 Sylvia Sydney Add Pretty Kitty Kelly Ann Shepherd Add Big Sister TV broadcast 1946 Toni Darnay Stella Dallas 1945 Lorenzo Jones Jada Rowland Road of Life Second Mrs Burton Connie Lembecke Portia Faces Life (radio) 'German girl' The Goldergs 1944 Valiant Lady (radio) 'Amanda' This Life Is Mine 'Cecily Thorpe' 1945 Linda's First Love 1949 Peter Capell This Life Is Mine 'Andre DeQuaira' 1944 Charita Bauer Your Family and Mine 'Anita Barnett 1940 Just Plain Bill 1949

From that I infer that Bond was recurring when she first came on ? If she was on contract I don't think her agent would have been able to make any demands. If he /she was doing so, Bond should have been p***ed!

re Linden Chiles Add All My Children Dr William (offered Cliff a research job)

re Zaida Coles Add Another World and Edge of Night both pre 1969

Just reflecting on the Stuart/Liz discussion and how it ultimately fizzled out. On paper it united the core families and should have served the show well moving into the hour format, With Stu and Liz actively involved with Jill, Snapper and Chris, Lorie, Leslie, Peggy and Greg they should have been see regualarly in strong supporting roles. But from memory and looking at old summaries that didn't seem to happen. it's no secret Bill Bell was challenged with the longer format and juggling established characters with newbies. So marrying Stu and Liz was bit of a dead end. Maybe Liz could have been left pining for Stuart but realizing that they were from two different worlds. Keep her as 'Mom Foster' And use Stuart to usher in a new family. I'm thinking Marla Adams as Dina Abbott,cosmetics heiress with an indulged playboy son Jack. Stuart falls for Dina.and they marry Then her ex John returns and they are still involved because of Jabot. Jack could bond with Stuart and John tries to win back his son's affections as well as re-unite with Dina. Lot's of story possibilties especially with Jill involved with Jack and John. Then the other Abbott daughters return. All of this could have started in 1980, rather than waiting till 82 to usher in a new family. I could see Lorie involved with Jack on some level. Chris working at Jabot for her stepmother.

Kristen's infamous bachelor pool party

From 1979. Dr Irene Kassorla conducts a therapy session. I thought Lesley was a part of these? Maybe they did some w/o her? Slick, are all these actors part of your GH Master List? L- R Shelly Juttner, Daniel J Travanti, Jonathan Banks. Dr Kassorla, Deborah Winters, Linden Chiles, Joan Hotchkis, Mary Ann Mobley.

Could you please include Charlton Heston George Hamilton Sylvia Sydney Martha Greenhouse Gary Giem David Spielberg

Ron Becker's mom had been neglectful but had now seen the light so she was like an extreme version of Mary. She had two previous roles - the prostitute involved with Jill and an abused wife who interacted with Greg at legal aid.

But in the May recap they refer to him as Brock so maybe the person doing the summary misheard the name? They were just taking notes off the TV right?

I thought that Pam Peters was put on recurring following the end of the Jack/Peggy story and made a few appearances thereafter before Peggy vanished. Was she given a send off? Bill brought Peggy back in 79 with Patricia Everly but not sure why as she wasn't given much to do except battle Jill as her stepmother. Again she vanished. When the show went to an hour,Peggy was back but was dropped again. I don't think it was her choice?

Thanks for posting that. I had always wondered about that role, mainly because of that exotic soapy name and that Geraldine Brooks was not really a soap actress at that time. Regarding the 70-71 timeline .I will have to check but I think she was only on a few months in 71(?). Edit...just checked - it was May - Sept 71.

Just found out that in March 1949 Mary Stuart was part of the cast of Suspense, a CBS anthology. She worked with Eddie Albert and his wife Margo, Ralph Camargo (Victoria Wyndham's father) and Stefan Schnabel (Dr Jackson GL). So over 2 years before Search, Mary was apart of the early days of live TV.

Lemay did like mother/child stories Emma/Molly Sylvie/Iris Loueen/Gwen Theresa/Carol etc

Katherine Meskill Add Beth Nolan Just Plain Bill 1944 Ruth McDevitt add Elizabeth Carver Lora Lawton 1944 Karl Weber add Adam Lora Lawton 1944 Irene Tedrow add Capt Julia Porter The Gallant Heart 1944

Re Capitol William Reynolds was a temp replacement for Ed Nelson as Mark Denning for 2 days in 1986.