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Re Francesca James Her first soap role was a several months stint on ATWT as a nurse in a clinic. When the clinic was dropped, so was her role she recounts this in a 1979 SOD interview.

There was also talk many years earlier of Edge of Night going to primetime. I think this was around the time that Peyton Place had it's initial success. CBS went with Our Private World instead.

Gail Brown (Clarice AW) is sister to Karen Black (Airport 75, Trilogy of Terror etc)

Peter Brandon also played Tom Albini on AW in 1979 and yet another role for Bruce Gray Dexter Parsons AW 1979

Cali Timmons (AW,RH) siblings Michael and Margo are members of the band Cowboy Junkies.

Kate Collins (Natalie AMC) daughter of astronaut Michael Collins

Constance Towers (Helena GH) was wife of John Gavin actor (Psycho etc) and Ambassador to Mexico.

Slick Jones mentioned in the Soap Hoppers thread that Patrick O'Connell (Neil Everest GL) was the father of singer Billie Ellish . That got me thinking about actors well known in soaps that had siblings/spouses/relatives etc that had made a name for themselves in other areas. Hope you can add to this list. To begin Maeve Kincaid (Vanessa GL) is the sister in law of Meryl Streep. Joan Copeland (Andrea SFT, Monica HTSAM etc ) is the sister of playwright Arthur Miller (Death of A Salesman etc) and one time sister in law of Marilyn Monroe. Hugh Franklin (Charles AMC) was married to author Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time) Over to you guys...

Some additional radio roles Les Damon... Front Page Farrell Vera Allen Young Widder Brown 1947 Backstage wife 1946 Jone Allison...Dorothy Dix at Home Louis Van Rooten Romance of Helen Trent Lora Lawton Leon Janney...Front Page Farell Don MacLaughlin Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters 1946 Helen Shields... Lorenzo Jones 1948

i had a feeling I'd seen him but didn't double check my own list...

Some more requests J Kenneth Campbell Yvette Nipar Randy spelling Ashley Jones Lovelady Powell

Next requests Donald Crabtree Adrienne Frantz Abe Vigoda Vera Moore Alfred Sandor Conrad Bain

Was that something that all CBS soaps adopted at some point for consistency, or was it a show by show thing? I remember Mal introduced the 'previously on Y&R' . How long did that last?

The Paul Reubens appearance was a waste of time. I thought the latest episode was weak - the worst by far. The show has basically become acontinuing story - take away the jokes/laughtrack and it could be a soap.

A SOD article dealing with Ted LePlat's arrival at GL states that he appeared on Secret Storm.

Feb 27 1979 Elizabeth Levin and David Cherill (ex Tom ATWT) new headwriters replacing Linda Grover. Revised opening credits. March 5 James Storm debuts as Mike Powers.

Wes Kenney was offered a bucket load of money to move to GH and admitted it was an offer to good to refuse. Hopefully Bill Bell was OK with it. He faced a similar situation when he parted ways with Irna Phillips to move to Days.

Re Search for Tomorrow A 1954 synopsis mentions a character called Alice Bishop.

My latest requests Marc Alaimo Bradley Cole Doug Wert John Karlen

Re Romance Theater.Amazing start, so many soap names there!

Dylan could have worked as Paul's child from the cult as it was established he had sex with other cult members. How was Nikki's pregnancy explained when it never happened on air?

According to Slick's Soap Hoppers entry, Ms Vola played Mrs Johnson.

Christina Pickles is unrecognisable! Can I ask about Patricia Smiths role of Cynthia Bradley Gardner on SFT in the late 50's. As Gardner was Jo's maiden name, how were they connected?

Thanks guys .You are amazing!

re Hugh McPhillips. He won a guest actor Emmy for his Days role. What was Hugh Pearson's part in the story? How long was he on for?