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Brooke was raped by Eddie Dorrance. She went on a date with him, but he raped her afterward. I believe that is when she had the abortion. Eddie died in 1978, and this was at Christmastime. So, it must have been 1977.

So, three of the major female characters of All My Children were rape victims: Brooke, Erica, and Ruth.

Above, I may have been a year too early. Eddie may have died in 1979.

Claudette's husband was named Spencer Montgomery. It was never said if Spencer was related to Travis and Jackson. They all had presegious relatives. When Jackson was first introduced, Sallie Gracie was playing an aunt of the two brothers. Anyway, the show never stated if these three men were related or not.

Claudette's father was actually Jason Maxwell, although Margo had been married to Harry Flax at the time of her birth. Margo had been trying to get two sets of child support over the years.

To say that Erica and Margo were friends is an exageration. Margo resented Erica. Margo allowed Erica to live in her apartment, but it was only because Margo was feeling a financial pinch and needed the extra money. Margo had struggled to send Claudette to a private school and was now needing to have money for Claudette's lavish wedding. Margo also was jealous of Erica because she was a new, young model and the career of Margo was coming to an end because of her age. Also, Erica was having an affair with Jason, Margo's former lover and Claudette's father.

Margo moved to Pine Valley because her career as a model was over. She took a job at the Boutique.

Later, Claudette visited Margo and announced that her marriage to Spencer was over.

Paulette Breen was the original Claudette, and probably the one that most people remember. She moved to Pine Valley and became involved with the drug smuggling because she was a drug user and could not afford it so she allowed herself to be used in the sales. It was not Eddie Dorrance who was initially involved. Rather it was Hal Shea, the first husband of Kitty. Hal was using the name Hal Short. He was having drug shipments sent to The Boutique in shipments of soap. Both Kitty and Margo worked for Ann, who had bought The Boutique from Sidney when she left Pine Valley.

Claudette eventually took a drug overdose, and she was sent away to prison. She later returned to Pine Valley being played by Susan Platt-Winston. She possibly would have died had Dr. Frank Grant not been there when she collasped.

Following Kitty's death, Myrtil left Pine Valley. Both Erica and Claudette wanted Lincoln for themselves. Claudette, I think, actually fell in love with Lincoln.

It was Myrtil who initially found the Kitty look-alike, Kelly Cole. Kelly was a musician (both a singer and songwriter) who was managed by Eddie Dorance. Eddie controlled Kelly by giving her drugs, and she was dependant on him.

Myrtil brought Kelly to Pine Valley. Eddie followed. She became a singer at The Chateau, and he became the manager after Nick Davis (former husband of Kelly) left Pine Valley. Ellen Shepherd also worked at The Chateau at the time, along with its Ma"tre d Freddie.

Kelly even tried getting drugs from Dr. Joe Martin by pretending to be sick with narcolespy.

Claudette also had a one-night stand with Phil Brent (Erica's second husband). Susan Platt-Winston was pregant at the time, so I am pretty sure that the show toyed with the idea of a child whose parents were Claudette and Phil.

Rather than that, they decided to make Claudette the killer of Eddie. I understand that Susan Platt-Winston only had about a 48-hour notice that she was being written off the show. She had a death scene in which she confessed to the killing. Her acting in this scene was horrible, and I think that it was intentional because she was angry about being written off.

Kitty had initially come to Pine Valley looking for her mother. She even asked Kate Martin if she had any knowledge about her birth, but Kate knew little. Kitty died, and Kelly never found out anything about their mother.

Shelley Burch's characters (Delilah) simply disappeared. She had lost her buisness when her back-stabbing partner, Gabrielle, stole her fashion designing business out from under her nose. Delila had tried to keep the business and be a mother to Sami too, but Gabrielle took advantage of her absence and tried to pass the designs off as her own. So, the business collasped because Gabielle had been trusted. I think Delilah got into a cab, and the cab sped away. Actually, Delila was kidnapped with Lord Bove and Elizabeth Sanders were behind it. Rafe looked and looked and mourned the disappearence of Delilah.

I learned that Tally Hindman was played by Toni Ann Johnson.

I am not sure who Matt is, but Mark Lewis is the boy that Susan befriended.

You mentioned that Viki, Dorian, Tina, Blair, Renee, and Alex all wore furs. The character that I especially remember wearing furs was Delila Garretson. Later, after she had left the show for the second time, I read an interview with Shelley Burch in which she said that she had an eating disorder which caused her to leave the show the first time. The large furs were used to conceal her lack of size.

In the clip above, there is a commercial for Brim coffee. Featured in the commercial as the police sargeant is Mari Gorman, who played Taffy Sims on The Edge of Night. Fran Carlon (As the World Turns) is seen later in the commerical.

I have a question about the above pictures.

In one photograph of the wedding of Erica and Tom, there is a little boy. It does not appear to be Phillip Lima (little Phil). Who is it?

I will add that my favorite Benny was Larry Fleishman and that my favorite Charlie/Little Phil was Robert Duncan McNeil.

I am more interested in his father. She never appeared on a serial from New York City.

She was on other serials too. I know that she was on Paradise Bay.

I know that Christopher Marlowe is the son of the late Hugh Marlow (Another World) and an actress named K. T. Stevens. Is Elizabeth Stack the daughter of the late Robert Stack?

Claire Mallis (Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord #2), Lee Patterson (Joe Riley, Sr.), Paul Joynt (Greg Huddleston), Nat Pollen (Dr. Jim Craig #2), and Gerald Anthony (Marco Corelli) from that clip are all desceased.

I did not care for Kassie DePaiva at first. She get a lot better!

However, I never cared for the pairing of Todd and Blair. After he returned from Ireland, I felt that both characters should have moved onto some other romantic partners.

I preferred Todd with Tea.

I was so glad last night to see Barbara Rodell as Lee on the clips. I had never seen her on Another World before. The first time I saw her was on The Secret Storm.

It should be noted that Candice Earley, who played Donna for many years, was herself a recast. Franscesca Poston had originated the role.

I think that he may have played that role.

In that clip above, Brooke English is talking to her dying father, Phillip English.

Phillip is played by the same actor (James Hawthorne) who had played Dr. Kenneth Bryson on The Edge of Night.

On that clip above, Tina says, "I've never really been with a man before." Who is she talking to?

I remember vaguely that she had a boyfriend who was her lawyer after she returned from Califoria. He learned that she was the daughter of Victor and tried to encourage her to go after her inheritance (which he had his eyes on). Is that the person?

Yes, Luke was friends with both Laura and Scottie. Then, he suddenly raped Laura - and she hated him. Scotty continued to be Luke's friend until he learned that his wife had been raped and (probably later) the identy of the rapist.

No writer was listed in those credits. I wonder who was writing?

Also, Alan Nourse was listed. That must have been before he was on either The Edge of Night as Roy Cameron and on As the World Turns as Otto Martin. (He later returned to The Edge of Night as Joe Pollock.)

I absolutely HATED Fiona Hutchinson and the character of Gabrielle. She gave absolutely no enjoyment to me in watching the show. Then, how she stole Delila's desiging business absolute was downright mean, deciteful, and underhanded! Most of the time, such actions are punished in the end, but she got away from it. I hate that the show brought her back after she had departed!

Sadie was not exactly a housekeeper herself. She was the head of the housekeeping for Llanview Hospital, although she did work for the Siegel family as a second job. One book says that she also worked for the Vernon family, but I don't remember that.

The first African-American actress in a contract role on a soap opera was Miki Grant on Another World, during the time that Agnes Nixon was the headwriter. The Edge of Night had featured Al Freeman, Jr. before that, but it was not a contract role. Also, when Ms. Nixon was the headwriter of The Guiding Light, there were African-American performers (James Earl Ray, Cecily Tyson, Billy Dee Williams) but these were not contract roles.

Irna Phillips integrated The Brighter Day in the early 1960s when Rex Ingram was hired to play a character. The show was cancelled quickly after that.

Meg Mundy was in the pilot only.

Burke Moses did play Curtis. After that, he also played Bulge on One Life to Live.

I think that Ms. Goodrich and Agnes Nixon resemble each other a lot.

request: Do you anything to post about Lovelady Powell (Birdie Clayborn) or Judi Rollin (Didi Clayborn)?