Paul Raven

Rosemary Rice Aunt Jenny 1949

Check Soaphoppers thread. Way more info than IMDB!

Henry Simmons was on OLTL Sherry Mathis was a one soap only gal. Also, Kristen Marie (Cheryl AW) Leann Hunley (Anna DOOL) John Delancie (Eugene DOOL) Arleen Sorkin (CalliopeDOOL)

Louan Gideon Liza SFT Eric Morgan Stuart Chris Madison AW Julie Osburn Kathleen McKinnon AW Sally Spencer MJ McKinnon AW

Broadcasting Jan 84 It started 18 months ago as a 'radical idea which nobody in this country has ever tried." That idea -a first -run prime time serial drama, or soap opera -now appears to have come to fruition. Richard Robertson, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Telepictures Corp., announced that Rituals, its joint venture with Metromedia to produce a new serial drama for prime time and prime access, was now a firm go. Metromedia's decision to put Rituals in its prime time lineup for next fall has also "triggered commitments" from other stations, Robertson said, including stations in the Outlet, Gannett, Multimedia and Chronicle groups. Robertson said the station lineup at present represents 50% coverage of NTI households. Production costs are substantial: Start-up, development and first -year production expenses will exceed $14 million. Rituals will probably debut either Sept. 10 or Sopt. 17 "to get a jump on the networks," Robertson said. Dick Block, executive vice president of Metromedia, said that group's independent stations will probably air Rituals between 8 and 9 p.m. Metromedia's ABC affiliate in Boston, wcvB -N will air it at 4 p.m. following General Hospital. Historically, nightly serial dramas have not been successful on American television, but Robertson pointed out that Latin America, Australia and the U.K. all have nightly serials that dominate their time periods. And if Rituals proves successful, Robertson added, the program "could expand to an hour."

Before its radio premiere The Guiding Light was titled The Good Samaritan.

Melody had a gig on GH as Laura's baby sitter. GL Ellen Demming (Meta Bauer) Lynne Adams (Leslie Bauer)

Guiding Light Cindy Pickett (Jackie Marler) Kathleen Cullen (Amanda Spaulding) Tom Nielsen (Floyd Parker) Denise Pence (Katie Parker) Love of Life Birgitta Tolksdorf (Arlene Slater)

NBC premiered Yellow Rose in a special Sun @ 10 timeslot following a 2 hr Knight Rider premiere. Knight Rider was #14 20.3/31 Yellow Rose was # 32 16.1/27 beaten by Trapper John #24 17.7/30 So not a bad sampling. However the following Saturday NBC was airing baseball, so any momentum was lost as viewers had to wait 2 weeks for the next episode. Crazy! When the show finally aired Sat @10 the rating was 11.2/21 #54. Fantasy Island was #35 16.2/30 The following week 8.4/15 #66 so pretty much doomed. Not helped by a lousy lead-in (Rounders) The show would have stood a better chance Tues @10 where the lineup would be A Team/Remington Steele/Yellow Rose. But NBC held that slot for the ill fated Bay City Blues. Either Blues or St Elswhere could have played Sat @10 where their low ratings could be offset by critical acclaim and a loyal core audience (at least in the case of Elsewhere)

Elaine Princi was on Days as Kate Winograd and ATWT as Miranda Hughes before OLTL Alexandra Moltke Victoria Winters Dark Shadows

AW Thomas Ian Griffith (Catlin) Christopher Rich (Sandy) GL Kristi Ferrell (Roxie Shayne) GH Edie Lehman (Katherine)

I think that Mickey's recovery /re-integration was maybe a little rushed, After everything he'd been through, for him to return to being a respected lawyer and upstanding citizen seemed a waste. Maybe he could have uncomfortable at being pressured to return to his old life and the rivalry with Bill could have been simmering. Maggie could be caught in the middle dealing with her own issues.

Only some radio soaps in the 50's. Seems like a good time to promote the Soaphoppers thread in the Cancelled soaps section, Hundreds of performers and their appearances in radio, daytime and primetime soaps. Some surprising names there.

Michael Nader was on ATWT (Kevin Thompson) in the 70's.

I wonder if there were plans to do more with Marie, as later evidenced with Lanna but they were dropped because Kate Woodville didn't do much with the role. The Doug/Julie/Larry Atwood story that followed made better use of them (but having Julie raped was not necessary) but they never really delved into a child for them. It could have tied in with the Robert story as Doug could have wanted a son but Julie was unwilling or found it difficult to conceive or Doug could have discovered he was now impotent. The reveal that Doug did have a son would have set a whole bunch of stuff in motion. Maybe that could have led to a murder mystery with more heightened drama than an outside character (Larry Atwood) being the victim. Susan Oliver is a fine actress but was saddled with taking on Laura at a time when the character had nothing to do.I think had Flannery still been around even mundane scenes would have been more interesting as viewers were more invested. They were going with professional stories for Bill/Laura which was fair enough but that leading to Kate Winograd getting involved with Bill wasn't well received. Were viewers simply not prepared to see any threat to that marriage or the combination of a dull character and poorly developed story meant it was not well received? After the wife beating story Mickey/Maggie had the Janice story which served them better, although losing Janice and turning Maggie into a drunk was a misguided move. Perhaps Maggie could have turned away from Mickey because he could not give her a child. Maybe bring back Jay from the farm...

Thanks for posting this - very interesting to read. I have to agree with most of what you wrote. Ann Marcus had a tough job to fill in that Days had been pretty much guided by Bill Bell and the PFS since its debut and they were both top notch writers who had an insight and set a tone that was hard to replicate. But as you pointed out PFS was beginning to falter and ratings were reflecting that. Days had 2 powerhouse stories that carried it through the 60's and 70's - the trevails of Julie, culminating in her finding Doug and the Bill/Laura/Mickey saga. By the end of her tenure, both of those stories had been resolved and we had Bill and Laura/Doug and Julie happily wed. The challenge then was to keep those popular couples prominent without breaking them up - always a challenge in a soap. The story planned for the Duvalls was obviously changed so it was all a bit muddled under Marcus and there was the additional issue of Susan Flannery no longer playing Laura, which changed the dynamics. Having Mickey and Maggie playing happy families and doing the next door neighbor /social issue story was a poor choice. Why should we care about the Bartons? There should have been more drama mined from Maggie trying to fit into Salem. The other issue with these characters is that they were all middle aged and in the case of Bill and Mickey looked every day of it so hardly appealing to younger viewers soaps were always chasing.

Yes are we counting actors who came back to the same show or took the character to another? Two that fit into that category AMC Karen Lynn Gorney (Tara 2 returns) AW Tom Eplin (Jake - went to ATWT) AMC Susan Blanchard (Mary) Charles Frank (Jeff) AW Gail Brown (Clarice) Laura Malone (Blaine) Susan Trusman (Pat ) ATWT Colleen Zenk (Barbara)

Thanks, I completely forgot about Assante - I believe he was shifted onto TD once HTSAM was cancelled. Don't recall Gerard appearing on Days

Amy. I know you follow The Doctors so I'm sure you can add to this list Carolee Campbell Gil Gerard Armand Assante Nancy Stafford Kathryn Harrold

Yes apart from appearing as himself on Santa Barbara.

Days Wesley Eure Gloria Loring Staci Greason Lisa Trusel

Anne Meachem was on The Brighter Day and Kim Johnston was Diana on ATWT. I'm trying to think of performers who had fairly prominent roles on a show but never accepted another daytime gig. Y&R Trish Stewart Pam Peters Thom Bierdz Brenda Dickson (!) Wings Hauser

BRIGHT HORIZON CBS 1943 MICHAEL WEST has the distinction of having been a radio character before his serial, "Bright Horizon," was even born. For Michael was previously so successful, in "Big Sister," that a whole new show was written around him. At that time, the part was played by Joe Julian. But, with the birth of "Bright Hórizon," the role was taken over by actor -singer -producer Richard Kollmar-who has some very special distinctions of his own. Baritone -voiced Dick Kollmar is known to Broadway as a singing star who has had romantic leads in such musical hits as "Knickerbocker Holiday" and "Too Many Girls." This past summer, he has been both producing and starring in his own gay musical comedy, "Early to Bed." But, to the networks, triple -threat Kollmar is a straight actor. In fact, the bulk of his bigtime broadcastine was once devoted to being "ghost actor" for other singers. He's been the speaking voice for such operatic stars as John Charles Thomas, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Tibbett and others in many a dramatized musical air show. Since then, he's made a name in such dramatic roles as David in "Claudia and David," and the original John in "John's Other Wife." Actually married to Broadway columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, he's been very busy, on the airwaves, as husband of innumerable heroines. His "Bright Horizon" wife a role created by Sammie Hill-is now being played by Joan Alexander. They've been through plenty of marital excitement together, as the following pages show. For here are the pictures of those who enact the main characters in this serial, with a synopsis of their particular contributions to the story's development-so far. MICHAEL WEST (played by Richard Kollmar) is very much in love with his wife, Carol, but their'marriage has a tragic history. Wounded and released from service, he had settled down in Riverfield to fight a home -front battle as district attorney. Then, suddenly, he disappeared. He lost his memory in Chicago, where Margaret discovered him, convinced him that they were man and wife and took him to far-off San Francisco to regain his health. CAROL WEST (Joan Alexander) is Michael's real wife, who believed in him even during his strange disappearance. At that time, she was expecting their baby and could do little to join in the nationwide hunt for him. When he was finally discovered, she flew out to California only to learn that he couldn't recognize her yet. She brought him back to Riverfield, where her loving kindness is helping him to 'rebuild his former life. MARGARET ANDERSON (Lesley Woods) is both lovely and talented-but determined to get what she wants. What she wanted most .was Michael and, when she found him suffering from amnesia, she didn't even consider either his wife or her own husband. When the latter found them in California, she promised to start a new life there with Ted (Jackie Grimes), her son by a former marriage who had been living with her mother (Irene Hubbard). CHARLES MCCAREY (Richard Keith), Michael's best friend, is secretly in love with Cato! but he had already proved his devotion to both of them by marrying Margaret, in a vain attempt to keep her from interfering with their happiness. Having helped Carol to find her husband, he is now back in Riverfield-where he runs a defense factory-helping Michael fight the subversive activities of Vexie Garbett (James Van Dyke). - BARBARA (Renee Terry) is Michael's 17 -year -old niece and has lived with the Wests since the disappearance of her father, who was a missionary in China. She has a lovely singing voice . and her vocal studies once took her to San Francisco, where she almost discovered her missing Uncle Michael. She didn't see him then, however, and he was finally identified through a picture in -a magazine PENNY (Will Geer.) works in McCarey's 'defense factory and is his loyal "stooge" whenever there's .dirty work to be done, in order to beat Garbett's hired thugs at their own game. He has his. hands full, too. Garbett-who owns most of Riverfield and is supposed to be its most respectable pillar of society-is a very nasty customer indeed and not a bit above trying to kidnap the fighting young district attorney, who is trying to prosecute Garbett for the latter's "black market- and political crimes. LILY (Alice Goodkin), a hard-bóiled ,little waitress in a restaurant owned by Garbett, helps Penny, gather incriminating evidence against the gangsters. She is one of several minor characters who are frequently heard during the course of 'Bright Horizon." Another important -though -small role is that of Madame Duprey (Anne Thomas), Barbara's 'talkative and temperamental French singing 'teacher BONNIE (Audrey. Totter) and her husband, Jerry Reilly (Johnny Gibson), are a happy-go-lucky couple who were Michael's friends in San Francisco, before he discovered who he really. was. Other friends of his, back in Riverfield, include Mr. Boyce (Bill Johnstone), who owns the newspaper in which Michael has attacked Garbett for his political views, and June Clark, the pretty girl reporter played by Coral Tempest.

Jan Miner Linda's First Love Phyllis Parker Whispering Streets 1955 Tony Randall Light of the World Jarrod 1948 Five Star Matinee 'No Tower of Strength' Jack Merrill 1956

They are from the Paley Center.