Paul Raven

Her name didn't stay on the credits for that long so there seems to be some confusion about the whole period.

When the show expanded Bill Bell collapsed the Lance/Lorie/Lucas/Leslie storyline. Lance left town, and Lorie shifted to Robert and then Michael before Victor,Leslie had amnesia and got involved with Jonas, leaving Lucas to hook up with Casey. Didn't Jonas get involved with Casey when Les regained her memory? I think all of this sprang from Bill having exhausted the story and wanting to intro new complications while waiting to re-introduce Lance. Also to use established characters to support new storylines for the hour.

Don't recall ever seeing any photos of Erica's wedding to Phil Brent. was it a church ceremony? September 1978 wedding #3 Erica marries Tom February 1984 Wedding #4 Erica and Adam Chandler

SPW Jan 7 1995 The USA network is planning to launch a new soap 'The Drive'. Leah Laiman, who's written for a number of soaps (she was most recently co-headwriter of Guiging Light; she also created the short lived Fox teen soap 'Tribes'), is the show's creator. According to Laiman, The Drive will be set in Miami's South Beach and revolve around characters who range in age from 18-34. "It's not going to have the same emphasis the daytime shows do on the older more staid core-type families. I think it's going to be a lot hipper. We're looking for something that has a little more oomph.It's a great mix of young models - people trying to make it-and it's got a lot of style.' The Drive is set to premiere in September

I think it was Brown that also brought back Marianne Randolph. She teased Mitch and Alice, which would have been interesting.

It's such a pity that GL took an axe to the cast to make way for newbies. If only they has kept a better mix. Tghe show had nothing to fall back on as each new writers dropped some of the previous gegimes and introduced new characters We had remnants of the Bauers, Reardons, Shaynes, Lewis but no strong core. How many of those older/longer running characters actually wanted to leave? Justin for example?

First time ever reading about Irna/Lee. She was Lee Phillip not Phillips so I wonder what happened there?

Re Carolyn Ann Clarke Her first role was Love of Life - a week as a student nurse

A 1974 article on soaps stated that top writers like Gillian Houghton (Secret Storm) could earn upwards of $100,000 per year.

Jillian and the various franks Michael Hawkins . Originally hired for f/back scenes only? Was going to be killed off but ABC demanded Frank recover so he was kept on. Had trouble remembering his lines and was generally unreliable. Andrew Robinson. Wasn't accepted by viewers as he was associated with his psycho role in Dirty Harry. Daniel Hugh Kelly.most popular Frank but left at the end of his contract Geoffrey Pierson. John Sanderford

Been a while since I made any requests, so here goes... Joanna Cassidy Henrietta Moore Bartlett Robinson Ron Hussman James Hyde Walt Willey

And this is Vanessa post surgery. She was even more menacing when she appeared with her face covered.

Didn't Doug write ATWT (and Lucinda ) for like 8 years? For sure in that time there would be instances when she wasn't happy about the writing or particular plot points. Maybe she is focusing on those times and forgetting the good stuff...human nature to do that. Several GH writers (Pat Falken Smith for one complained publically about the ad libbing going on (Geary and Rogers, maybe others who followed their lead) .

I don't believe so. I think that this was like 'Victor and the bomb shelter' where Bill Bell wanted to go in a different direction with the character so past criminal misdeeds were swept under the rug. Of course this would become commonplace later on, where just about every character should have faced jail time at some point.

This photo from the PP pilot shows that Gyl Rowland actually played Selena Cross. The Cross family were dropped and there are some other actors dropped also. By the looks of that photo in addition to Selena and her father Lucas (from the book/movie) there appears to be a mother and younger daughter. Minnette King, James Anderson and Stephanie Lynn fill out the Cross family in addition to Gyl Rowland. In addition Sarah Shelby has a role. Perhaps the role filled by Laura Harrington in the show (Dr Rossi's receptionist?) OR maybe a school teacher?

Re Robert Hogan Add Day in Court 'a villian'

Rosemary Prinz was earning $1000.00 per ep for How To Survive a Marriage in 1974 and on a guarantee of 3 eps per week. That's roughly 15,000 a week in today's money. I believe that made her the highest paid daytime actor at the time.

March 1977 Cast photo

re David Gautreaux Add Another World 'Sin Stalker' (silhouette/arms/legs etc used to play the killer)

I recall reading that Jackie Zeman was on $300,000 per year when she returned to GH in the early 80's.

June 1972 Erica Kane marries Jeff Martin

Re Dennis Parlato Add Roger Hampton - One Life To Live

I guess a similar situation arose when James Mitchell refused to have Palmer be anti-gay, although it would fit his character. At the same time, it did give Palmer more nuance as those contradictions in people do exist and ultimately was amore interesting choice.

re Loving Add Dr Friedman - David Rosenbaum

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