Contessa Donatella

Donna Swajeski's Writing: AW 1989-1992 (as was said), PC 2001-2002, GL 2005-2009 (a major contributor to "Otalia"), and AMC 2010-1011. I believe she is in some kind of children's work now.

Anyone know who wrote "Jammy"? I loved that story. Only the death was terrible. Ellen & Jilly & Swajeski wrote "Otalia" which was very fine storytelling. I figure that Ellen Weston inflicted Sandy & that darned sock puppet on the show. Of course, she did more/bad, too. ::Maryanne Carruthers, Carrie Nye, having the young adults go tunneling & then fall through a hole, Eden getting Ben to act as a male escort, Ben committing suicide, (I never got over missing Ben.) Conboy hired WRESTLER Marty to play Shane. Conboy overspent his budget. Thank God "ConWest" was only there for a single year's tenure. So, clue me in, what did Slezak have to say about JFP?

I did not like Heather in the distant past. And, I did not like Noelle in the recent past. I just liked Martha & I was mad that whole time!

For what it's worth, this is Aggie's IMDB Trivia: She became ABC's overall daytime consultant in October 2000. It was her hand that opened the All My Children (1970) photo album on the opening montage sequence from 1970-1989. When she went into labor and had to go to the hospital to deliver one of her children she brought her Dictaphone along so that she could continue working. During the 1960s she simultaneously wrote both Guiding Light (1952) & Another World (1964). This led to a few minor problems such as in the 445th episode of Another World (1964) she wrote in the script that the scene takes place in the coffee shop of Cedars Hospital.

Amen, isn't that the truth?! Between what she actually does *to* the shows and the FOJs (Friends of Jill) she can ruin so much. Frankie Frame, Never Forget! Mo = Reardon by birth, Bauer by marriage, Roger's only friend, Michelle's mother by circumstance and tentpole/legacy character, ...

A few weeks ago I was in this active, even congested, Facebook Guiding Light folder & the topic of conversation was Jill Farren Phelps. All of a sudden with no warning "Nancy Wiliams Watt" proceeded to tell us how wonderful Jill was, what a good friend, how much she loved Guiding Light & had contributed to it. I slipped off to look her up & saw that she was a retired GL Writer, so I turned on my polite mode with her. Most people there did not bother! Since then I've seen Jill Lorie Hurst take up for JFP and Nic Coster take up for JFP. This amazes me.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MALIGNANT MELANOMA Back, way back, ... when I was 28 or 29 and had a large, dark, malignant melanoma on my left forearm and had to have surgery on it, to get close enough to get a full margin, my surgeon was Dr. Henry Holleman, Sr., in Columbus, MS. He had to take off a partial piece of skin from my thigh to put a graft on the spot where the skin was taken off. They let me leave the hospital that night to go to a party. My friend Jill Wood came in and shampooed my hair. That night at the party everyone wanted me to drop my drawers to show them the skin graft! He was one of the original M*A*S*H surgeons. He was the one played by MacLean Stevenson, who loved to fish, and so, always had fishing lures in his office. I collected unusual glass bottles, including many that were dark blue cobalt color. Each of us brought the other one collectibles! He was a great surgeon and took very good care of me. After the original surgery we went in again and removed many moles and freckles and had them all tested. Later, I saw a plastic surgeon to have the size of my scar reduced. A year later they were afraid my cancer had returned and did many tests to be sure it had not - which it hadn't. As it happened he was in my hospital room the night of the M*A*S*H finale and he was sitting on the side of my bed, patting my hand.

ABOUT JACKIE COURTNEY, FROM HER DAUGHTER: My mother was first diagnosed with malignant melanoma on her right cheek in the fall of 2004. Luckily, the cancer had not spread, and no further treatment was necessary after her surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. About to undergo a gall bladder operation in March ’10, a shadow was discovered in my mother’s lungs during routine pre-surgery tests. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the melanoma rearing its ugly head again. As before, it was removed (along with her right upper lobe) at MSKCC and had thankfully not spread. We hoped it would be at least another 5 years before anything resurfaced. However, in August ’10, she began to lose control of her left hand and arm, and the worst news hit: the melanoma had metastasized to the right parietal lobe of her brain, forming five tumors. Three were removed through surgery, and radiation was recommended to follow. September and October were extremely stressful and frightening for my mother. Having brain tumors really played havoc with her life and even had her questioning her sanity at time. My mother planned to celebrate the end of her radiation treatment by visiting me and my partner in Michigan for 12 days. In addition to the cancer, she had been taking care of my grandmother with dementia 24-7 for the past 4 years…she knew she needed a break and looked forward to a vacation. Regrettably, her doctors had not revealed her true prognosis, that it was unlikely for her to live more than a few months (which is clearly stated on the AIM site…I just didn’t know about it at the time). Right before she flew out, one of her doctors did tell me over the phone and urged me to convince her to spend whatever time she had left with me in Michigan as we had always been EXTREMELY close. My mother was a bit in denial when I broke the news (NOT a position I ever thought I’d be in!), but she agreed. Unfortunately, she took a turn for the worse only a week into her visit, and Hospice was immediately called in. Two months to the day of flying out to Michigan, my mother departed this life, joining in Heaven so many of her beloved relatives and friends who had predeceased her. My mother truly touched everyone she met. She was known for her beautiful smile, which genuinely lit up a room. She was also routinely recognized for her hearty laugh…though she was quite the giggler, as well! Jacquie had no problem being goofy and vulnerable. So many casually uttered statements immediately sparked a remembered tune, prompting her to burst into song (typically accompanied by me and even my grandmother–it’s a family “trait”). Likewise, my mother’s catalogue of “inside jokes” with friends and family was vast. She lived to make others happy and more comfortable. She was continually seeking that “special something” to brighten a loved one’s day. Even as her own income dwindled, she continued to donate money to various charities. In her last months, donating to melanoma research and education was something she urged everyone to do. No matter her own situation, she always felt there was someone less fortunate. Indeed, Jacquie was generally self-effacing, never believing she was very special…yet to those of us who loved her, she was extraordinary. I, for one, feel beyond blessed to have had her for a mother for 40 wonderful years. Jennifer Desiderio, daughter

Just heard about this new movie, A Case of Blue. And who would have a lead role, but Stephen Schnetzer (Cass)! The showrunner for the film sent along a link to the trailer, as well as movie and FB links. SS has a beard, and it looks like an interesting flick for him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AlG6QTTQdc https://www.acaseofblue.com https://www.facebook.com/ACOBfeaturefilm/ She died at the age of 64 of metastatic melanoma; born Sept. 24, 1946- -died Dec. 20, 2010.

I was wondering what in the heck happened on this Feb. 14th, 1992 in or around Springfield?

I thought it was so sad that she died as young as she did of skin cancer. Oh, I'm so sorry, I got discombobulated. It should be under GL. There was some discussion earlier about killing off characters on GL. I messed up & ended up on the wrong thread.

"Some people don't like killing any character on a soap, but I believe that the death can be as important as the life if it shakes up the town and spins great story for the characters left behind. This was one of those cases." - Jill Lorie Hurst, GL, Otalia, Gus's death (I knew I'd find these quotes I was looking for! Although I still think "End Days GL" had a high body count: the infant Max, Gus (even though it propelled Otalia story & EW thought long & hard about it after learning that Ricky was leaving, Tammy which was heart-breaking in the extreme, and then Coop, OY VEY) <Pause.> How many *is* that? That's 4 -- and they all 4 stung like the dickens!

WLS: What, in your mind, is your finest moment? Jane Elliot: No question about it. "Guiding Light." The story [head writer] Doug Marland created for me was just so good and so rare. Thanks to Doug, I learned who I was as an actor. He stretched me. He pulled me. And I rose to the occasion. He made me look good and I made him look good. ... But, to play Carrie Todd, I had to go very, very deep. And it wasn’t just because of her madness. She was a fully fleshed out, fully realized character living a really rich life. It was a very complete role. And I loved playing opposite Jerry verDorn [Ross], the most generous actor I’ve ever worked with. It was a once in a lifetime thing and I knew it at the time. No 20/20 hindsight necessary."

"Julie Pinson auditioned for the part of Lily when Chris Goutman had it in his head to burn Martha Byrne." - Donna L. Bridges Oh, thank you for the clarification.

After McKinsey left the role of Iris in November 1981, NBC's Texas eventually lost one million viewers in the Nielsen ratings and was canceled in 1982. MARY STUART...If America's three contributions to world culture are musical comedy, jazz, and soap opera, … ROY WINSOR ...lf Irna Phillips is to be called the mother of soap opera, then Roy Winsor must be called father of the television soap opera [Fanlore has it that they were working her long days, 4 days per week. Fanlore also has it that Chris Goutman wanted Bev on "Another World" at the very end of the show, briefly, and that P&G wouldn't have any of it because they were bent out of shape at her departure from "Guiding Light" years before.] Oh, thank you for the clarification. By the way, did Lucky write "Lorelei"?

GL Head writer Nancy Curlee Demorest had this to say when asked if she had any story regrets over the years: "Although Maureen's death was a lynchpin in a carefully conceived and well-executed story, Ellen Parker was so fine, and so well loved, that her absence left a hole in the show that was later hard to fill." ... 'Mo', Reardon by birth, Bauer by marriage, Michelle's 'mother' by circumstance, tentpole legacy character, Roger's only real friend, lost to the ages ... On one page there is a clip of the Roger/Holly/Marital Rape scene & after the clip, each actor speaks. Zaslow: When people ask me what scene, what story I was the most proud of, it's this, it's the rape. For that we used hand-held cameras for the first time, to give people the sense, the feeling of Holly being menaced by Roger. And, well, it's like this, we did it in one day. Garrett: No soap had previously done this, dealt with marital rape and it was just beginning to come out in the real public view, as well. To this day I get letters from women who are victims of danger in their own homes, telling me what the show meant to them, and means to them, still. Holly took Roger to court and they twisted it all around and tried to make it seem that she had done something to cause it, something wrong. Well, that part of the story went on for days and I would walk home, and Holly was afraid and I was afraid. And, I would say over and over and over again, "It's not my life. It's Holly's life. It's not my life. It's Holly's life. It's not my life. It's Holly's life." Elana Levine is a professor with the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee who will publish a book in © Mar. 2020 HER STORIES: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History." https://www.dukeupress.edu/her-stories "At NBC programmers admitted that they went to a 90-minute show 'because they couldn't come up with a better idea.'" From a Wiki column with Vicky Wyndham, recently: "Oh my God. And also Harding Lemay, Pete Lemay, writing wonderfully for seven years; they just wrote so wonderfully for all of us that he created the myth that then I was able to dine out on, for the rest of my life on that show. Together we created this character that had enough substance and a track record for the show. Even after he left and it went to ninety minutes for two years. It gave the show a certain track record and my character became the anchor person. You have to have a certain amount of range and do different kinds of acting. You know you’ve got to … if you can get any comedy in anywhere, you’ve got to try for it. Many actors aren’t that flexible. I can be real nasty, really quick. That was good. So it didn’t matter that she became a good character. She still had all those edges. She could be sarcastic. She could be bitchy. She could be manipulating in good ways and bad. And she could be awfully funny. She also had this artistic side. Then I had these wonderful fans who loved the show and it’s really amazing, really quite a phenomena, because those fans outwardly they looked like pretty simple folk, typical ladies, but they are amazingly bright. And so appreciative when they know you’re giving them everything you’ve got. Audiences are like that. Hollywood, whoever Hollywood is, keeps forgetting audiences aren’t stupid!" - Victoria Wyndham about Pete Lemay

OH! I am so glad you've done this list in this fashion. Of course we don't agree about everyone. However, I adored Nancy Curlee Demorest, Pam K. Long, Millee Taggart, Bridget & Jerome, felt totally sorry for Claire because she had only a year there, pitched a great same sex story for Holly & Olivia & got shot down & then fought pretty much non-stop with Rauch & they even fired her & her son but then rehired them-crazy; I could not stand B&E at GL even though I liked them at other shows; detested the Nursery Rhyme story & know that Maureen hated doing it/also detested clone, walking through painting & time travel. GL is not Reilly's ball of wax. I don't like McTavish anywhere; I was okay with Lucky & Kreizman; I adore Jilly! Last and not least, I could not stand anything at all about "ConWest" - both the EP & the HW, did not belong at GL, especially not near the end. Weston was a nightmare in an interview, for just one example. And, he spent too much. I don't have the quote I'm thinking of right at hand but Jill Lorie, when speaking of Gus's motorcycle death, says that what's important about death on a soap opera is what you make out of it. It is similar to Nancy Curlee's quote about Mo's death, which I have somewhere around here.

Miss Ford spoke the concluding line in the scene. She delivered it straight to the camera for my benefit in the control room, paused for a split second, and added with grim explicitness, "Whatever the [&#33;@#&#036;%^&amp;*] that means." She grinned at me later as we passed in the corridor, but she had made the point for herself and the rest of the cast. The dialogue I wrote was far less literary after that visit to the studio. -- Harding Lemay, EIGHT YEARS IN ANOTHER WORLD, 1981. Whoa! Remarkable censor!! He goes on to describe the game he plays with her where he scores against himself (but not against her) when she "adjusts" her lines to cut verbiage out of what he has written for her. Connie was special to him from the very first day. When Vicky Wyndham came over to take on the part of Rachel, from Robin Strasser, VW & Connie did not immediately hit it off. But, very soon, they did & were fast friends & righteous colleagues forever after. Connie was special to me, too! I estimate that I am one of many people who had crushes on Connie.

Speaking of Connie, as someone was a little while ago, was this famous ad, which I think was for a red lipstick, always rendered in B&W or is there a color version? I was always grateful that Lemay latched onto Connie so quickly. Didn't he call her his first collaborator, whether she knew she was or not? We call the YouTube videos of her "The Lovely Ada" and practically *count* the number of times she uses a tea towel over her shoulder!

She blamed Bill Clinton for the loss of life and equipment (helicopters) in Mogadishu; she blamed him for the World Trade Center Attack Sept. 11, 2001; she was fixated on the people who had jumped out of the WTC to their deaths. Besides trying to be a writer, she was trying to run a working farm and was overcome.

I "met" Barbara Morgenroth online at RATSm back in the day, and, boy, oh, boy, she was a wild one! They had written odd ball soap stuff. She was very political. But, she was also a devout Jew.

Blog 242 Ed Fry wrote, “My friend and colleague, Sally Spencer, passed away yesterday. She had been ill with leukemia, treated, home and by all accounts doing well.” “She and I were "almost TV man and wife", but we were instant and long term friends. I'm heartsick at this news. She is one of those vivid, generous, loving, wise, smiling souls that the world can never have enough of,” he added. According to Fry, Spencer put all of her “deep empathy and intelligence” to become an educator and was working as a Professor of Special Education at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) prior to her death. She was the one who had helped pioneer SIMPACT, technology developed to provide a highly realistic virtual platform for studying various practical subjects like social work, teaching, nursing, counseling and more. Her efforts to further the campus’ reputation locally, nationally and internationally made her one of the vital members of the university. Fry concluded his statement as: “May the Angels sing to you in seven octaves of welcome, Sally, to that place of beauty and rest you so richly deserve. See you further along, my friend.” Tributes started pouring in for the deceased star in the comments from the fans. **The other MJ McKinnon was Kathleen Layman who died Oct. 26, 2014, MJ McKinnon, AW

I was wonder who can explain one thing for me -- and that is :What the heck happened on What the heck happened on this one Feb. 14th?!!! February 14, 92 ? *Holly Norris and Daniel St. John elope.* February 14, 92 ? *Holly Norris and Daniel St. John are taken hostage.* February 14, 92 ? *Harley Cooper is kidnapped.* February 14, 92 ? *Daniel St. John dies.* (WTH happened on Feb. 14?) Quote "For me, the Guiding Light was always a porch light, just outside the Bauer’s kitchen. Outside, a bad moon may be rising, forces gathering to do you harm, foes behind bushes...Outside, friends may be treacherous, lovers untrue... But if you ran like hell, and made it to the porch, and banged through that screen door, inside there would be warmth and light and the smell of good things cooking. The Guiding Light was about love and home truths and compassion prevailing. For me, anyway, that’s what it was all about." -Nancy Curlee Former GL Headwriter April 2009

I really hate that both of the MJ MCKinnons are now dead. My mother & I both cried over Zane for 3 days! There's a script where Aggie put the Coffee Shop of Cedars Hospital at AW. That cracks me up. I adored Felicia with Zane!

Blog 319 Nancy Curlee Demorest Nancy Curlee is an American soap opera writer. She was head writer of Guiding Light from 1990 to 1994. Her time at the helm of GL is often considered a golden period for the show. Curlee is married to fellow soap opera writer Stephen Demorest. She retired to be a full-time mother. She has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy Awards. In 1993, Curlee and her GL writing team won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team.[1] Her last GL writing team consisted of Stephen Demorest, Lorraine Broderick, James E. Reilly, Nancy Williams Watt, Michael Conforti, Bill Elverman, James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten, Roger Newman, Trent Jones, N. Gail Lawrence, Pete T. Rich, Sally Mandel, Patrick Mulcahey, Dorothy Ann Purser, Peggy Schibi, Courtney Simon, and Wisner Washam Positions held Guiding Light Co-head writer: 1990 - 1994 Breakdown Writer: 1987 - 1990 Script Writer: 1985 - 1990 ABC Daytime Story Consultant: 1996 - 1998 Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Awards WINS (1986, 1990 & 1993; Best Writing; Guiding Light) NOMINATIONS (1989 & 1992; Best Writing; Guiding Light) Writers Guild of America Award WINS (1992 season; Guiding Light) NOMINATIONS (1989 & 1995 seasons; Guiding Light) Head writing tenure Preceded by Pam Long Head writer of Guiding Light (with Stephen Demorest) (with James E. Reilly: 1991 – 1992) (with Lorraine Broderick: 1992 – 1993) 1991– 1994 Succeeded by Stephen Demorest Patrick Mulcahey Nancy Williams Watt January 1990 � Roger Thorpe is accused of being Chelsea Reardon's stalker. January 1990 � Holly Norris is accused of being Chelsea Reardon's stalker. January 4, 90 � Roger Thorpe attempts to blackmail Vanessa Chamberlain. January 9, 90 � Neil Everest is falsely accused of raping Beth Raines. February 1990 � Frank Cooper & Dana Jones get engaged. February 1990 � Shayne Lewis is born. February 1990 � Dana Jones & Frank Cooper split up. February 1990 � Fifth Street fire. February 1990 � "Pops" Cooper dies. February 14, 1990 � Phillip Spaulding & Beth Raines become engaged. February 23, 90 � Roger Thorpe and Henry Chamberlain play a high stakes poker game. March 1990 � Dana Jones dies. March 6, 90 � Gary Swanson and Blake Thorpe Spaulding break into the trailer of Neil Everest. March 6, 90 � Blake Thorpe Spaulding callously ruins some of Beth Raines' artwork. March 12, 1990 � Alexandra Spaulding & Roger Thorpe wed. March 19, 1990 � Beth Raines announces that she's pregnant. March 28, 90 � Blake Thorpe Spaulding illegally searches the medical records of Beth Raines. March 28, 90 � Ross Marler and Reva Shayne get into an argument. March 29, 90 � Roger Thorpe and Holly Norris are accused of having an affair. April 17, 90 � Roger Thorpe and Vanessa Chamberlain are accused of having an affair. April 18, 90 � Blake Thorpe Spaulding fakes a pregnancy test. April 20, 90 � Dylan Lewis crosses state lines with Samantha Marler, a minor. April 23, 1990 � Beth Raines learns who the father of her unborn child is. May 1990 � Reva Shayne leaves town. May 1990 � Harley Cooper begins working as nanny for the Lewis family. May 4, 90 � Alan-Michael Spaulding blackmails Alex and Phillip Spaulding for access to his trust fund. May 14, 1990 � Justin Marler & Daniel St. John return to town. May 14, 1990 � Johnny Bauer leaves town. May 14, 90 � Roger Thorpe steals a deed from Ruth Price. May 16, 90 � Reva Shayne accuses Vanessa Chamberlain of having an affair with Josh Lewis. May 21, 90 � Ruth Price is kidnapped. May 23, 90 � Reva Shayne makes a scene at the Springfield Country Club by dancing on the tables and stripping. June 1990 � Roger Thorpe takes over Towers. June 1990 � There is an explosion at Towers. June 1990 � Neil Everest dies. June 1990 � Gary Swanson is shot. June 1990 � Blake & Phillip Spaulding divorce. June 1990 � Harley & Alan-Michael Spaulding divorce. June 1990 � Blake Thorpe & Alan-Michael Spaulding marry. June 1990 � Alan-Michael Spaulding is kidnapped. June 1, 90 � Roger Thorpe blackmails Billy Lewis. June 29, 90 � Reva Shayne attempts to smother Shayne Lewis. July 1990 � Ross Marler & Holly Norris get engaged. July 10, 1990 � It is revealed that Alan Spaulding kidnapped Beth and hid her, many years ago. July 20, 90 � Reva Shayne steals clothing from a store in Florida as well as a car. July 23, 90 � Reva Shayne drives off a bridge in the Florida Keys and is presumed dead. July 23, 90 � Samantha Marler is paralyzed. August 1990 � Phillip Spaulding fakes his own death. August 1990 � Blake Spaulding has a "miscarriage." August 1990 � A.C. Mallet is introduced. September 1990 � Marah Lewis begins school. September 17, 1990 � Beth Raines & Rick Bauer marry. September 17, 1990 � India Von Halkein returns to town. September 17, 1990 � Samantha Marler turns 18. October 1990 � Ross Marler & Holly Norris break up. October 4, 1990 � Phillip Spaulding returns to town. November 26, 1990 � Alan-Michael Spaulding and Blake Thorpe Spaulding are kidnapped. November 26, 1990 � Blake Thorpe Spaulding attempts to kill Gary Swanson. November 26, 90 � Alan �Michael Spaulding is accidentally shot. November 26, 90 � Blake Thorpe Spaulding is jailed for shooting and killing Alan-Michael Spaulding. November 28, 1990 � Elizabeth "Lizzie" Spaulding is born. December 1990 � Harley Cooper begins working in a design firm for Mindy Lewis. December 1990 � Rick Bauer loses his medical license December 10, 1990 � Phillip Spaulding is exonerated on all charges. December 10, 1990 � Gary Swanson learns about Blake Thorpe's faked pregnancy. December 24, 1990 � Harley leaves town. December 24, 1990 � Hampton Speakes & Gilly Grant become engaged. December 31, 1990 � Harley Cooper & Josh Lewis get engaged. January 1991 � India Von Halkein leaves town. January 1991 � Guiding Light changes its opening theme and music. January 1991 � Blake & Alan-Michael Spaulding divorce. January 1991 � Josh goes to Italy. January 1991 � Vanessa Chamberlain is named president of Lewis Oil. January 1991 � Rick Bauer leaves Springfield. January 1991 � Samantha Marler has her operation. January 1991 � Billy Lewis and Nadine Cooper marry. January 1991 � Mindy Lewis goes to Chicago with Roger Thorpe. February 1991 � Beth Raines and Phillip Spaulding wed. March 5, 1991 � Suzanne Devereaux appears in Springfield. March 11, 1991 � Kat Speakes is introduced. March 14, 1991 - Francesca Vizzini comes to town. March 26, 1991 � Mindy Lewis is pregnant. April 2, 1991 � Hart Jessup appears in town. April 1991 � Josh Lewis and Harley Cooper break up. April 1991 � Marah & Shayne Lewis join their father in Italy. April 1991 � Stavros Kouperakis and Eleni Andros arrive in Springfield. April 16, 1991 � Grandpa Jessup dies. May 7, 1991 � Mindy Lewis suffers a miscarriage. May 7, 1991 � Roger Thorpe learns that Hart Jessup is his son. May 21, 1991 � Bridget Reardon appears in Springfield. July 1991 � A.C. Mallet is beat up. July 4, 1991 � Alexandra Spaulding and Roger Thorpe divorce. July 1991 � Billy & Nadine Lewis renew their vows. July 1991 � Nick McHenry is introduced. July 1991 � Julie Camaletti is introduced. August 1991 � Harley Cooper is arrested for prostitution. September 1991 � Harley Cooper joins the police academy. September 1991 � A.C. Mallet joins the police force. September 1991 � Vanessa Chamberlain wins the 'Man of the Year' award. September 1991 � Jean Wetherill moves to Springfield. October 1991 � Dylan Lewis is injured in an explosion. October 1991 � Daniel St.John is named as the head of neurology at Cedars Hospital. November 1991 � Jean Wetherill dies. December 1991 � Daniel St.John and Holly Norris are engaged. December 1991 � Alexandra Spaulding learns she had twins many years ago. January 1991 � India Von Halkein leaves town. January 1991 � Guiding Light changes its opening theme and music. January 1991 � Blake & Alan-Michael Spaulding divorce. January 1991 � Josh goes to Italy. January 1991 � Vanessa Chamberlain is named president of Lewis Oil. January 1991 � Rick Bauer leaves Springfield. January 1991 � Samantha Marler has her operation. January 1991 � Billy Lewis and Nadine Cooper marry. January 1991 � Mindy Lewis goes to Chicago with Roger Thorpe. February 1991 � Beth Raines and Phillip Spaulding wed. March 5, 1991 � Suzanne Devereaux appears in Springfield. March 11, 1991 � Kat Speakes is introduced. March 14, 1991 - Francesca Vizzini comes to town. March 26, 1991 � Mindy Lewis is pregnant. April 2, 1991 � Hart Jessup appears in town. April 1991 � Josh Lewis and Harley Cooper break up. April 1991 � Marah & Shayne Lewis join their father in Italy. April 1991 � Stavros Kouperakis and Eleni Andros arrive in Springfield. April 16, 1991 � Grandpa Jessup dies. May 7, 1991 � Mindy Lewis suffers a miscarriage. May 7, 1991 � Roger Thorpe learns that Hart Jessup is his son. May 21, 1991 � Bridget Reardon appears in Springfield. July 1991 � A.C. Mallet is beat up. July 4, 1991 � Alexandra Spaulding and Roger Thorpe divorce. July 1991 � Billy & Nadine Lewis renew their vows. July 1991 � Nick McHenry is introduced. July 1991 � Julie Camaletti is introduced. August 1991 � Harley Cooper is arrested for prostitution. September 1991 � Harley Cooper joins the police academy. September 1991 � A.C. Mallet joins the police force. September 1991 � Vanessa Chamberlain wins the 'Man of the Year' award. September 1991 � Jean Wetherill moves to Springfield. October 1991 � Dylan Lewis is injured in an explosion. October 1991 � Daniel St.John is named as the head of neurology at Cedars Hospital. November 1991 � Jean Wetherill dies. December 1991 � Daniel St.John and Holly Norris are engaged. December 1991 � Alexandra Spaulding learns she had twins many years ago. December 17, 1991 � Lillian Raines is diagnosed with breast cancer. February 1992 - Eleni Andros and Alan-Michael Spaulding marry. February 1992 � Nick McHenry and Mindy Lewis get engaged. February 1992 � Eve Guthrie first appears in Springfield. February 3, 92 � Vanessa is nearly raped. February 14, 92 � Holly Norris and Daniel St. John elope. February 14, 92 � Holly Norris and Daniel St. John are taken hostage. February 14, 92 � Harley Cooper is kidnapped. February 14, 92 � Daniel St. John dies. April 1992 � Jenna Bradshaw first appears in a storyline. April 1992 � Harley Cooper poses as a personal assistant for Jenna Bradshaw. April 1992 � Harley Cooper is coerced into stealing a ring for Jenna Bradshaw. April 1992 � Frank Cooper poses as his sister, Harley Cooper's, boyfriend. April 1992 � Nick McHenry receives a journalism award. April 15, 92 � Harley Cooper graduates from the police academy. April 30, 92 � Gilly Grant and Hampton Speakes get married. April 30, 92 � David Grant first appears in town. May 1992 � Hart Jessup leaves town. May 1992 � Billy Lewis and Nadine Cooper split up. May 4, 92 � Frank Cooper keeps money that he knows was stolen. May 4, 92 � Alex Spaulding hires Roger Thorpe to bring Eve Guthrie to town. May 13, 92 � Blake Marler steals a file on Jenna Bradshaw from Ross Marler's office. May 13, 92 � Gilly Grant is fired from WSPR so that Blake Thorpe can take over her job. June 11, 92 � Roger Thorpe breaks into Mindy Lewis' boathouse. June 25, 92 � Nick McHenry is arrested. June 26, 92 � Mindy Lewis and Nick McHenry split up. June 26, 92 � Springfield blackout. July 1992 � Alexandra Spaulding leaves town. July 1992 � Vanessa Chamberlain is named president of Spaulding enterprises. July 1992 � Eleni and Alan-Michael Spaulding divorce. July 1992 � Blake Thorpe leaves town. August 21, 92 � Nick McHenry punches Roger Thorpe. August 24, 92 � There is a car bombing at Towers. September 1992 � Musette and AC Mallet are caught in an explosion. September 1992 � AC Mallet looses his hearing and is paralyzed. September 1992 � Eleni returns to Greece. September 1992 � Lillian Raines is cured of breast cancer. September 1992 � Bridget Reardon becomes pregnant. September 1992 � Nadine Cooper fakes a pregnancy. September 1992 � Billy and Nadine get back together. September 7, 92 � Frank Cooper punches Alan-Michael Spaulding. September 21, 92 � Vanessa Chamberlain cancels her wedding to Fletcher Reade. September 30, 92 � Holly Norris humiliates Blake Thorpe at the Lakeland Country Club. October 1992 � Lillian Raines and Ed Bauer begin to have an affair. October 1992 � Intimate photos of Blake Thorpe and Ross Marler are made public. October 1, 92 � Nick McHenry goes to Paris to sear for clues about Musette. October 6, 92 � Nick McHenry is falsely arrested for stealing Spaulding documents. November 1992 � AC Mallet regains his hearing. November 1992 � Ross Marler wins an election and becomes a Senator. November 1992 � Ross Marler gives up his election seat. November 11, 92 � Nick McHenry breaks into Spaulding Enterprises. November 17, 92 � Nick McHenry installs a bug in the Spaulding Mansion. December 1992 � Harley Cooper is taken hostage. December 1992 � Pierre dies. December 1992 � Bridget Reardon pretends to leave town. December 1992 � Nick Spaulding and Eve Guthrie get involved. December 1992 � Holly Norris attempts suicide. December 1992 � Roger Thorpe saves the life of Holly Norris. December 25, 92 � Jenna Bradshaw finds out that she's not related to anyone in town. December 25, 92 � AC Mallet begins to walk again. 1993 1/93 � Mindy Lewis returns to town. 1/8/93 � Maureen Bauer dies. 1/8/93 � Harley Cooper and AC Mallet travel to Washington DC and learn that Buzz Cooper did not die in the Vietnam War. 2/5/93 � Buzz Cooper is introduced. 2/8/93 � Eleni Andros learns that Frank Cooper is the father of her baby. 2/15/93 � Bridget Reardon gives birth. 2/25/93 � Roger Thorpe and Jenna Bradshaw take control of Spaulding Enterprises. 3/1/93 � Alan-Michael Spaulding and Nick McHenry take over the Springfield Journal. 4/93 � Hart returns to town. 4/93 � AC Mallet learns that Rex Mancini really is Buzz Cooper. 4/93 � Alan-Michael Spaulding and Eleni Andros divorce. 5/93 � Billy Lewis and Nadine Cooper divorce. 5/12/93 � Frank Cooper and Eleni Andros marry. 5/12/93 � Marina Cooper is born. 5/12/93 � Harley & Frank Cooper learn that Rex Mancini is really their father. 6/93 � Macaulay West appears in town, along with his boathouse. 6/93 � Billy Lewis and Vanessa Chamberlain marry. 7/93 � Eve Guthrie is released from a psychiatric hospital. 7/4/93 � Roger Thorpe proposes to Holly Reade. 7/12/93 � Vinny Morrison is killed. 8/93 � Josh Lewis returns to town. 8/93 � Dylan Lewis burns down his house. 8/10/93 � Roger Thorpe and Jenna Bradshaw marry. 9/93 � Hart Jessup leaves town. 9/93 � Dylan Lewis buys the Jessup Farm. 9/93 � AC Mallet and Harley Cooper marry. 9/93 � Lucy Cooper arrives in town. 10/8/93 � Bess Lowell moves to Springfield. 10/22/93 � Marina Cooper has surgery on her ears. 11/93 � Patrick Cutter appears in Springfield. 11/93 � Eleni Andros Cooper is kidnapped. 11/93 � Tangie Hill moves into Springfield. 12/93 � Nick McHenry and Mindy Lewis become engaged. 12/93 � Roger Thorpe is shot. 12/93 � Holly Reade finds Roger Thorpe alive. 12/93 � Blake Thorpe and Ross Marler become engaged. January 1994 � Bridget Reardon moves into the boardinghouse and begins running it. January 1994 � Nick McHenry and Mindy Lewis move into the Spaulding Mansion. 1/1/94 � Billy Lewis begins drinking again. 1/1/94 � There is a huge fire at the lighthouse. 1/26/94 � Roger Thorpe is caught by the police, and names Billy Lewis as the man who shot him. February 1994 � Billy Lewis confesses to shooting Roger Thorpe. March 1994 � Bridget Reardon decides to try and gain custody of her son, Peter. April 1994 � Mindy Lewis and Nick McHenry get married. May 1994 � Eleni Andros and Frank Cooper separate. June 1994 � Pauly Hardman returns to jail. 6/6/94 � Bridget Reardon and Vanessa Chamberlain agree to share joint custody of Peter. 6/13/94 � Blake Thorpe and Ross Marler get married. 7/11/94 � Kat Speakes moves to Europe 7/15/94 � Matt Reardon first appears on Guiding Light. 7/15/94 � Nadine and Buzz Cooper appear on the television show, Soul Mates. 7/19/94 � Alan-Michael Spaulding learns that his father has been released from prison. 7/27/94 � Bridget Reardon turns 20. 8/5/94 � Alan-Michael Spaulding is blown up in an explosion. 8/12/94 � Frank and Eleni Cooper renew their vows. 8/12/94 � Dylan Lewis�s truck is hijacked. 8/19/94 � Gabriella Lopez first appears on Guiding Light. 9/23/94 � Ed Bauer and Eve Guthrie announce that they are engaged. 10/2/94 � Guiding Light airs its 12,000th episode. 10/3/94 � Tangie Hill shoots Alan Spaulding. 10/13/94 � Dylan Lewis is blinded in a hit and run car accident. 10/22/94 � Ed Bauer falls off the wagon, after 13 years of being sober. 12/9/94 � Josh Lewis meets Annie Dutton. 12/12/94 � Jenna Bradshaw leaves Springfield. 12/16/94 � David Grant marries Gabriella Lopez. 12/25/94 � Jenna Bradshaw announces the birth of her son, Henry Cooper Bradshaw. 12/31/94 � Dylan Lewis goes to Duluth, Minnesota to attend a school for the blind.