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David Canary played Arthur Benson a producer of the movie You Can Love Again,which Steve Kaslo supplied the title song.

Marland seemed to forget his own rules at the end of his tenure.None of the characters had any link to the Hughes,Stewart and Snyder families. Reading old newspaper articles I saw the name of Warren Swanson as Irna Phillips lawyer in her 1968 lawsuit against Screen Gems over ownership of DOOL. Swansomn also worked for Irna as a co writer of ATWT. Talk about versatile. The linked article mentions he also worked with Steve Babecki on a guide to Chicago museums. There was a Katherine Babecki who also wrote ATWT.Wonder if there was any connection? Some of the info in the article is way off.He created 15 shows??? http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-05-17/news/0005170103_1_mr-swanson-mayor-richard-j-daley-city-attorney Warren L. Swanson wore many hats--he was an attorney, a soap-opera writer and the co-author of well-known guides to Chicago. He dreamed up the idea of the first Easter Seal telethon and owned some prime real estate in the city. "He was a Renaissance man," said his son, Sheridan Christopher. "He tried everything and he had a knack for it." The 66-year-old South Loop resident who lived two doors away from Mayor Richard M. Daley died May 7 of a brain hemorrhage in Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago. Mr. Swanson was born and lived most of his life in Chicago. Mr. Swanson graduated from the University of Chicago and then Northwestern Law School. He at one time tutored former Gov. James Thompson through law school, his son said. During the early part of his career, Mr. Swanson butted heads with the late Mayor Richard J. Daley. As one of two special prosecutors in a vote fraud probe 40 years ago, Mr. Swanson won convictions against three Democratic precinct workers who pleaded guilty to altering ballots in the 1960 election. Then, in 1968, when board members of a civic group he headed, the Citizens of Greater Chicago, decided to give the late mayor an award for "safeguarding lives and property" during the Democratic convention, Mr. Swanson resigned the group in protest. But he considered himself a friend of the younger Daley and his wife, Maggie. Mr. Swanson's partner of 17 years, Thomas Brown, called him "one of the finest attorneys I know." Mr. Swanson helped the city of Palos Heights incorporate during the 1950s and then stayed on as the city attorney for 40 years. It was while working as an attorney that Mr. Swanson landed a job writing for soap operas. Back in the '60s, many of the well-known TV dramas were being created in Chicago. An attorney friend who had been asked to write a courtroom drama for "As the World Turns" was not interested and so he passed on the job to Mr. Swanson who took the assignment and ran with it. He became the lead writer for "As the World Turns" and "Another World" and helped create 15 other shows, including "Somerset." In 1977, Mr. Swanson joined forces with Steve Babecki and wrote a 38-page guide to Chicago-area museums, "Museums of Chicago." Mr. Swanson also owned such properties as the building housing the Ann Taylor store on Oak Street and he once owned the Helene Curtis building in the North Loop. Survivors also include a grandson. Services were held Friday; the family is planning a celebration of his life at an as yet undetermined date in June.

Rick Edelstein wrote for a few soaps over the years. He co wrote The Doctors with Rita Lakin in 1968/69, episodes of which are currently being shown on Retro TV.

60's popstar Leslie Gore has died age 68. In the early 80's she appeared on AMC as songwriter June Gordon. http://au.eonline.com/news/626030/lesley-gore-dies-it-s-my-party-singer-was-68-battled-cancer

1974 interview with Bill Bell. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1973/10/14/page/240/article/just-plain-bill Some highlights *He patterned the character of Laura Horton on his wife Lee. *He doesn't like to kill off characters. *He watches other soaps Love of Life and Search for Tomorrow are mentioned. *Doctors and lawyers are always present rather than businessmen as it provides more story (that would change in the 80's) *CBS wanted younger viewers but were hesitant to use 'young' in the title. *He was not allowed to do an interracial marriage story (on Days?)

For the record Pamela Shoop came on as Alison in mid March 73. and Milton Berle's brother Jack also appeared in a semi recurring role.

May 88 After romping in the sack with Herb, Laura phoned Herb`s wife, Diane, and told her that Bob may harm Herb. Herb`s bloody body is in the bathroom at Laura`s motel room. Hal vowed to protect Barbara, who received a phone call from James. Holden plotted revenge against Emily and Tonio after he learned that they are having an affair. Shannon pressured Duncan to marry her. Craig refused to admit that Margo helped to rescue him. John and Susan overheard Bob arguing with Laura, who insisted she knows Bob loves her. Meg fretted that Tonio will lose his business to Craig, who rightfully owns the company. Holden admitted to Emily that he still loves Lily. Roy is determined to marry Jessica, who hasn`t said ``yes`` yet.

May 88 A mystery woman, Collette, secretly watched as Sean and Felicia`s kidnappers quizzed them about Frisco`s disappearance. The duo was later released. After Scott returned from spending a few days alone with Bobbie, he fumed to learn that Medi-Tech is pulling out of its deal to take over General Hospital. Cheryl returned, but refused Tiffany`s plea that she have a kidney transplant. Lucy found proof that Scott arranged the happenings around the hospital that caused the accreditation committee to put the hospital on six months probation. Colton was quick on the uptake when Felicia accidentally said she knew where Frisco was last seen.

OK Thanks May 88 After finding a body microphone on Diana, Jose Torres ordered Roman to kill Diana to prove his desire to become a part of the Torres crime family. Abe helped Roman fake Diana`s death, then Roman shot Diana in the face in front of Jose and his thugs. Shane was devastated when Kimberly was arrested on prostitution charges, but she kept mum that it was all part of her scheme to smoke the Slasher out of hiding. When Harper refused to father a child for Anjelica, she decided that Justin would be the perfect daddy for her child. Someone attacked Kimberly. Roman warned Diana that she`s to stay in hiding now that Torres believes she`s dead.

May 1988 Steven insisted to Beth that he always felt he couldn`t hold a candle to Eric, but he hopes there`s a chance he can patch things up with her. After letting Caroline think that they`re getting married, Ridge asked Brooke to move in with him. Eric and Beth later speculated on who could have sent the letter that tipped Storm, Donna and Brooke to Steven`s whereabouts. Brooke learned that Stephanie knows about Eric`s and Beth`s romance.

May 1988 Nina was ecstatic, but Phillip ran out of Kay`s mansion when she told him that the paternity tests show that Phillip is the father of Nina`s baby. Paul told Jack that his investigation of Brad turned up the fact that Brad had once married a shy but wealthy young woman after working as the family`s gardener. The girl`s family later had the marriage annulled. Traci admitted that she`s pregnant after John guessed that she`s going to make him a grandfather. Jason told Tim he has a publisher who is thinking about printing Traci`s novel. At Victor`s insistence, Nikki went to Casey for a medical checkup.

Sept 6 1968 Chicago Tribune Gretchen Walther ex Patti SFT takes over the role of Martha Novotny. I have never heard of that character.Does anyone know more?

Chicago Tribume Oct 1 1992 On any given day, viewers of ``Loving,`` which airs weekdays at 11:30 a.m. on ABC-Ch. 7, can rely on the show to provide their daily dose of melodrama. At the same time, ratings watchers can rely on `Loving` to land on the bottom of the Nielsen heap. Fans don`t care much about ratings; they`re hooked. But in a tight economy, with wanting the most bang for their buck, networks aren`t much swayed by rah-rah types. They want to see the ratings improve. For that reason,`Loving,' which is owned by ABC, will be undergoing some serious nip-and-tuck surgery. It starts with a neat little crossover story that involves the network`s highly rated`All My Children.`` In the next four weeks there will be two soaps in each one, as several characters will be traversing the fictional towns of ``AMC`s`` Pine Valley and`Loving`s` Corinth. When the dust settles, actor Jean LeClerc, who has played Jeremy Hunter for nine years on ``AMC,`` will be a permanent cast member on`Loving.`` Those responsible for the decision-network execs, ``Loving`` producer Haidee Grainger and`Loving' co-creator/``AMC`` head writer Agnes Nixon-hope to deliver the soap alive and kicking into the `90s. Grainger came on board`Loving`` just three months ago. `All My Children` is No. 2. I know how strong they are. We felt it a very propitious time to bring some of their characters to our , Grainger says. ``It is genuinely our belief that `Loving` is here to stay. It is my task to get it out of 11th place.` She might be cheered by Bill Bell`s strategy last spring when he introduced the evil Sheila and big numbers to his half-hour`The Bold and the Beautiful`from his top-rated`The Young and The Restless.`` Her task is not easy, says Grainger, a former network executive. Daytime television, like prime-time, has seen a decrease in its audience in the last decade. A ratings point is very significant,` she explains.`We went into 10th place last week. It`s been like a huge battleship in the water that`s very difficult to turn, and that`s what we`re attempting.`` For Nixon, who invented Jeremy-an artist, a cosmopolitan and a ladies man-the challenge is to ensure a smooth segue for the character. ``I know the man, I`m not letting go of him,' she explains.`He has been a great investment both professionally and emotionally for me. We had already done a (short-term) crossover involving Jeremy before with the two shows that worked quite well. `We have so much story on `Children` that we thought we could spare him.`` In fact, in recent months LeClerc has not had a frontburner storyline; the actor will be highly visible in fictional Corinth. Nixon, who has launched so many successes in daytime, says `Loving`should have had a better introduction in 1983, when the soap was born. `Loving` is the best kept secret in daytime,' she says.`ABC made a terrible mistake by not hammocking it between (the already established) `All My Children` and `One Life To Live.` ` Nixon says all her characters share a style, that they are all drawn from the same broad canvas. The crossover, she says will be story-driven and character-driven, not superimposed by the network. ``In my head, (`OLTL`s setting of) Llanview and Pine Valley are adjacent. Corinth is another nearby town. Years ago I used to have crossover stories: people would visit the same psychiatristsfrom the different shows. `I always see every town as its own little universe but it is also part of the greater world. If you ask `How long does it take to get from Pine Valley to Corinth?` I would say `two acts.` `` - Meanwhile, here are the specific changes on ``AMC`` and ``Loving``: Carter, played by John Wesley Shipp (who will be leaving in November), flees to Corinth after wreaking havoc on `AMC`s Trevor (James Kiberd). Trevor will pursue Carter to Corinth. And thus will Kiberd join the cast of `Loving.` Beginning this week.Loving`s Hannah (played by Rebecca Gayheart) and Dinahlee (Jessica Collins) will be in Pine Valley for two weeks. Dinahlee winds up in Carter`s path. And Jeremy is offered a job at the university in Corinth and decides to accept it, which takes us back to the top of our `Loving` story long enough to add that LeClerc joins the soap Oct. 23.

http://nycitywoman.com/features/my-life-writing-s “Welcome to your world as a soap writer,” said the head writer of As The World Turns, when she asked me to join her writing staff in the early 1980’s after two years as her assistant. At the time, there were fourteen soap operas on television and As The World Turns, which had been on the air since 1956, was one of the longest running. I was thrilled! My words would come alive on national television for the millions of viewers who tuned in every day. I thought it doesn’t get better than that. Meg Ryan, a journalism student at NYU, had just debuted in a small role in the movieRich and Famous and she was was hired to play Betsy as the female lead in what is known in soap speak as a supercouple. It had taken years for Betsy and her beloved Steve, played by Frank Runyeon, to overcome their many obstacles. They were finally about to marry when Hollywood called: They wanted Meg. We had two weeks to write her off. Our head writer was in tears; Meg could go but she refused to kill Betsy. Our executive producer was more rational and explained that soap opera couples usually only get two weeks of marital bliss because happily married couples on soaps are boring. So after the honeymoon, Betsy was in a car crash and presumed dead. (Downton Abbey fans take note.) Several months later a beautiful blond came out of a coma and, when the bandages were removed, our new Betsy, played by Lindsay Frost, was introduced. Of course she didn’t look like Meg Ryan so we made it clear that plastic surgery had been necessary because of the accident. I wrote her tearful homecoming when the “new Betsy” picked up a phone and said, “Grandma, I’m home.” Marisa Tomei was also in the cast playing a waif who married a prince in a Charles/Diana style wedding. Julianne Moore joined the show in the late ’80s playing identical twins, which was interesting for me because I am the mother of identical twins. I soon learned that developing and maintaining a soap opera is unlike any other type of television show because it is on Monday through Friday all year long. There is no hiatus and no repeats. It’s the novel that never ends and there are some essential plot twists that every soap opera writer learns to respect: When someone gets in a car, they are usually not going to make it to their destination, especially if it’s raining. A one-night stand will likely produce a child. Rarely does a woman give birth in a hospital. Elevators, remote cabins, and the kitchen floor are some favorite places. Everybody in town is somehow related. For instance: The man is your father, your uncle, and your first cousin once removed and he’s only ten years older than you! As a soap opera viewer, you will surely witness SORAS (soap opera rapid aging syndrome). For example, a ten-year-old girl goes to boarding school and when she returns home several months later, she’s eighteen, because there are more stories for teenagers than for ten-year-olds. If a character dies and the body isn’t found, he or she is likely to return. In one of my favorite story meetings, a new executive producer wanted to bring back a character who had been killed by a jealous wife and turned into a shrunken head. The shrunken head had been seen on air, but the producer was adamant. “Make it work,” he said. And so we did. Painful as it was for me, it was not unusual to be fired when new head writers or executive producers came on board and wanted to hire their own people. Therefore every time a 13-week cycle ended there was a chance you’d be let go. I was fired from As The World Turns the first time after just one cycle when a new executive producer and head writer took over the show. At the time I was a single mother in New York City and it was important for me to stay here and resist the lure of Los Angeles, where there are many more television writing jobs, so my children could have a stable life. I was subsequently called back by As The World Turns in the early ’90s and stayed on staff for several years until the head writer died and a new regime came in. Between stints I wrote scripts for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and Full Frontal Fashion,introductions for the hosts of America Movie Classics (AMC), and a documentary series for PBS, to name a few. The ABC’s of Soaps Every soap has a Bible written by its creator that outlines the show’s theme. For As The World Turns it was: As the world turns, we know the bleakness of winter, the promise of spring, the fullness of summer and the harvest of autumn. Like other show Bibles, As The World Turns included a description of the core families and detailed back stories of the main characters. The head writer writes long term story projections of up to two years. Following these story lines the head writer maps out the week scene by scene. She (or he) has a staff of six to ten associate writers. Each writer writes one day of the week. There are breakdown writers and scriptwriters. Breakdown writers write the narrative script and the scriptwriter dialogues it. There is also a script editor who makes sure all the days track. It’s like an assembly line that can’t break down and writers can’t miss their deadlines. If you are assigned the script for a Friday episode you know they really like your work because you are writing the script that brings the audience back on Monday. As Agnes Nixon, the creator of several soap operas, once famously said “Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.” On As The World Turns I was a breakdown writer, which I preferred because you got to work closely with the head writer and contribute more to the story. On Loving andDays Of Our Lives, I wrote dialogue scripts. Some soap fans think you only write for certain characters when in fact you write for whoever lands in your day. I’m often asked where I got my ideas for these highly dramatic and often complicated soap opera stories. The answer is simple—from everyday life. And no matter how fantastical the plot might seem, soap stories were very well-researched. Soap operas proudly used their story lines to cover a variety of issues. Because the audience was so broad the shows reached many people and made a difference in their lives. In the early 1960's a character on Guiding Light had a Pap smear and discovered that she was in the early stages of uterine cancer. Her brush with the disease educated daytime viewers about the test’s value. The show also tackled breast cancer by showing a character getting a mammogram on air. Both Guiding Light and As The World Turns addressed the dangers of teenage alcoholism. Another World aired a daring abortion story in the seventies and Guiding Light had an explosive storyline that brought marital rape to the forefront. As The World Turns introduced a gay character in the eighties and, in 2007, broke ground with the love story of two gay men. Several soaps highlighted story lines on the challenges faced by returning veterans. HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, and multiple personalities have also been addressed. Today there are only four daytime soap operas on the air. One reason is that game shows, reality shows, and talk shows are cheaper to produce. Also, the massive audience of stay-at-home housewives who thrived on soaps has evaporated. In response to these factors prime time TV converted the soap opera format to once-a-week evening serials with such shows as Dallas, Dynasty, Hill Street Blues, ER, and, more recently, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Revenge, Downton Abbey, and The Good Wife. Now cable TV has entered the mix with serials like Homeland, Boardwalk Empire and Girls that are more sophisticated and racy. In the ’50s soaps, married couples slept in separate beds. In the ’60s if a couple was in bed together, one foot had to be on the floor. Today if a couple is in bed, we have what we call the figure eight sheet wrapped around the man’s waist and up to the woman’s shoulders. The advent of cable has loosened the rules because they have fewer restrictions. That goes for the internet as well, where the genre is thriving with numerous web series becoming “guilty pleasures.” So it looks like the ongoing story is alive and well and here to stay! Julie Poll has written scripts for several soap operas, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, documentaries and specials. She is the author of the As The World Turns, Guiding Light, and Another World anniversary books.

Syracuse University has a collection of SFT material from headwriter Ralph Ellis.Would love to read through this! The Ralph Ellis Search for Tomorrow Collection consists of material from Ralph Ellis' work on the serial Search for Tomorrow during the 1970s. The collection is divided into five series. Story projections contains four projected plot outlines, each for six months to a year in advance. 1973 Writers Guild Award materialconsists of a precis. Accompanying material contains Ralph Ellis' own notes on the collection. These three series are quite small. The majority of the collection consists of breakdowns and scripts. Breakdowns contains 92 weekly outlines of plot developments. Studio and draft scriptscontains 587 scripts for episodes of the series; the majority are studio scripts, some are drafts, and for a few episodes both studio and draft scripts are present. Corresponding four-digit episode numbers are provided for all breakdowns and scripts.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-03-03/features/ct-tribu-remarkable-alden-20130303_1_soap-opera-daytime-serials-daytime-televisionRemarkableWoman: Kay Alden Nelson She turned a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity into a successful career in daytime television March 03, 2013|By Jenniffer Weigel, Tribune NewspapersKay Alden Nelson's big break into daytime television sounds like a plot out of one of her soap opera scripts. "I was doing a dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on how daytime television serials can be used as mediators for social change," recalls Nelson, 66. Her research included a trip to New York to watch tapings of "Search for Tomorrow" and submerging herself in the world of soap operas. "I'd read about how Bill Bell (creator of soaps, including "Another World") just launched a new show called 'The Young and the Restless.' This was 1973. They said he lived on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, so I called information and asked for a William J. Bell on Lake Shore Drive. I called the number, and he actually answered the phone!" Even more amazing, Bell agreed to an interview. Impressed with Nelson's thorough knowledge of his shows and her desire to become a writer, he offered the young graduate student a primer in the craft of scripting daytime serials — and, eventually, a job. Nelson launched her writing career with "The Young and the Restless" in 1974; she was named the show's head writer in 1998, a position she held until she left in 2006. She has been a writer and script editor for "The Bold and the Beautiful," another Bell show, since 2007. Nelson has won five Emmy Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards. Bell died in 2005. Nelson calls their working relationship "the greatest mentorship a person could ever have." She has been based in the Chicago area for her entire writing career, living in Streeterville with her husband, Vern. They have three children. The following is an edited version of our conversation. Q: How did you come up with that topic for a dissertation? A: I was watching this soap opera called "Where the Heart Is," and there was this really fascinating, value-oriented argument happening between this mother and daughter, (who was) dating her professor. The mother was saying, "This is a really bad idea," and the daughter was saying, "No, Mom, he loves me!" So I said to my friend, "I really wonder how many people are having their lives more significantly impacted right now watching this soap opera than those who watched (President Richard) Nixon's speech (on television) last night?" I was surprised (the dissertation proposal) was accepted. This was 1972: There weren't a lot of dissertations out there about social change, and nobody admitted to watching soap operas, yet they were extremely popular. When I started my research, there were 14 on the air. Now there are four (on network TV). Q: Do you think a soap opera can influence social change today? A: It still has the ability to bring awareness to people. We won three Emmys for best daytime show with "The Bold and the Beautiful." The first year we won was with a heart transplant story. The next year involved death with dignity. Bradley (Bill Bell's son, now executive producer and head writer for "The Bold and the Beautiful") likes to do a message story every year. This last year, we did a story about kids aging out of foster care, which is a huge problem. Having a message and making an impact with the story ... it's a priority for Bradley. He is such a wonderful man. Q: Back to that first interview with Bill Bell. How did it lead to a job? A: He asked me, "What do you want to do with this degree when you finish it?" I said, "I have always thought that I would teach, but now, having been to these studios where these shows are made and after doing all this research, I would love to write these shows." He was amazed at how much I knew about his shows. I ended up staying 2-1/2 hours. At the end of the interview I was borrowing some scripts ... and he said, "If you're really sincere in your interest, I'll give you an outline like I give my writers and see what you can do." Q: Not everyone would be so brave! A: I had mentally decided that if the interview went well, I would find a way to say I wanted to write for him — but I was totally thrown when the conversation started out this way. And I am not a risk taker, so ordinarily I would not have done it. But I realized, "This question is now in the air, and if I don't grab this moment, I may not have another chance." It was sort of a heart-stopping moment I have never forgotten, and I was very conscious that I was stepping outside of my comfort zone. Q: How soon after that did you get hired? A: It was over Thanksgiving. So after the holidays, I sent him a script, and he special-delivered me back another outline and a note saying, "This is a pretty good first attempt — your young characters are pretty good. It's very overwritten. Here's another outline, and take a crack at this one." And there was a check for $50. I'm in graduate school, so that was like a million bucks! After a few more trial scripts he said, "This is your show. What would you do next?" So I wrote some story ideas and sent those to him. Then one morning in April 1974, my phone rings, and I pick it up, and he says, "Kay, it's Bill Bell. I have a job for you if you want it." That May I packed all of my stuff in a van and drove to Chicago. My entire family lived in the Chicago area ... and I stayed with them 2-1/2 years. Q: How did you negotiate writing for a show that taped in Los Angeles while living in Chicago? A: Bill was very much the man in charge, and in daytime television back in the day, the head writer is the person who controls the show. He didn't want to raise his children in Los Angeles, and he was able to do it from here. He never pressured me to move. I had little kids and ... he respected that I didn't want to raise my children out there. Q: What's the best writing advice you've ever gotten? A: Bill said, "Write for the ear, not for the eye." And then it clicked. Even now, I tell my writers, "Read your material out loud." Because if you can't say it, an actor can't say it. Q: What advice would you give aspiring writers? A: Get a foot in the door. If you can get a job as a receptionist or anything in a production office or as an intern, get in the door. When I got the job, I remember ... my first day in that May of 1974, and I said to my mother, "I intend to make myself indispensable." I don't even know where that came from, except that I felt so fortunate that I'd gotten my foot in the door for something I really wanted to do. I intended to make it work. Q: That attitude applies to any ambition, doesn't it? A: I was the kid who did extra credit on the extra credit. If there was anything else I could do, I would do it. If it meant staying up all night, I would do it. ... There's a sense of entitlement we see a lot today, and that drives me insane. You need to be willing to put in the time, and that might be exhausting, but it will pay off.

June 13 1962 Tony and Connie attend a party at the country club, much to her disappointment: she complains that Tony dragged her there just so he could see Barbara. Sure enough, Barbara, in an effort to be polite, asks the couple to join her table and Tony readily accepts. Later, Connie confides to Barbara that she knows who Tony prefers. When Tony asks Barbara to dance, he apologizes for his behavior the night he learned she was pregnant with Rick's baby. Ultimately, Barbara advises him not to let Connie go. Connie tells Tony to admit he still loves Barbara and then leaves the party, knowing her theory is true

Feb 26 1964 Joanne tells Stu that Isabel has been spreading wild rumors by claiming that Patti had an affair with Isabel's husband. In the meantime, Patti wants to delay her marriage to Brad because of Isabel's claims. Brad agrees to postpone the wedding, but ultimately wants Patti to forget about Isabel's vendetta and concentrate on their upcoming life together

Sharlene's original backstory as written by Lemay from AWHP Sharlene and Floyd Watts were married out of high school in the early 70's.Floyd was drafted and she went to San Francisco to be near him till he shipped out.She got a waitress job then received word that he had been killed.Devastated she turned to sleeping with army officers as a link to Floyd before drifting into prostitution. Sharlene and Russ secretly became engaged. Willis taunted her that he knew what happened in San Diego. He said that while on shore leave from the Navy, two buddies took him to meet a "B-girl" at a sleazy bar, who turned out to be her. In a panic, Sharlene took off for Chadwell. On the afternoon of Russ and Sharlene's engagement party, Willis told Sharlene that he found one of her former johns. When Sharlene didn't show for the party, Emma threatened Willis that she'd tell Alice that years ago she came to Bay City to ask Steve for money to keep Willis out of jail. Russ tracked Sharlene down in San Francisco and married her despite her reservations. Sharlene was forced to confess her past to Russ, then she took an overdose of sleeping pills. Russ saved Sharlene, then beat Willis to a pulp Russ couldn't make love to Sharlene, who was released from the hospital. Russ finally made love to Sharlene, and they agreed to start a family. Sharlene forgave Willis for his misdeeds. Sharlene grew despondent over her inability to conceive Sharlene told Russ that she fears past abortions have left her sterile. Russ went into a drunken rage at the news, causing Sharlene to move out. Russ moved in with Aunt Liz, who urged him to divorce that tramp Sharlene. Sharlene learned she can bear children. Willis convinced Russ to take Sharlene back, but Russ's drinking problem escalated. Russ attacked Sharlene in a drunken fit Russ swore off alcohol, but Sharlene continued to live with Alice Liz threatened to expose Sharlene's ugly past if she doesn't leave Russ Jim and Russ put a stop to Aunt Liz's meddling. Russ and Sharlene reconciled Russ and Sharlene broke up permanently, and Sharlene moved back to Oklahoma

Laurie Heinemanns Sharlene did not have DID.That was a rewrite as was the existence of Jason Frame. BTW How dis the writing get around that Jason had never been mentioned in the 70's? Why not make Chris Robinson Willis or Vince? (obviously as there was a Vince already that would be an issue)

David and Ellen in 66

Audra Lindley as Liz Matthews

The second Vanessa Bonnie Bartlett

Jan 5 1966 Everyone prepares for Ellen and David's wedding and imminent move to San Francisco. Judge Lowell, Claire, Paul, and Dan have all come to approve of the marriage. While Paul looks forward to having Ellen as his new mother, Dan cannot accept her as his mother, but he is happy for the couple nonetheless. The only person who challenges Ellen as the new Mrs. Stewart is Franny, the housekeeper, who refuses to abdicate control of the household. But Ellen is determined to be mistress of her own home and decides that Franny will not move with them to the West Coast. During the confrontation between the two women, Franny tries to blackmail Ellen, which leads to violent and tragic results.

No back in the mid 90's.