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The first time I saw that pic I could hardly believe that was her. This was before she started wearing her infamous wigs.

Has it been mentioned in this thread that Leslie Denniston was also a temp Gwyn?

Are those pics from LaGuardia's Soap World?

Linda didn't name the actress. Actually, my guess is Robin, based on physical type and the fact that Linda was a glamourpuss Dorian-type in real life, but I could be wrong. Maybe he meant Jacquie (who he dated, right?) or even Erika...

I *think* Joe's the one who discouraged Linda Dano from leaving the show and told her she'd never play lead like (_____). Linda said she thought back on that when she won her Emmy.

I've been saving this gif for when somebody has a real freakout, but here ya go:

LOL, and I found 9:12 really funny for some reason... Susan's face when the woman says, "I have a question for Julia Barr." And WTH, Susan's giving autographs at commercial breaks (12:25)? Very cute.

I love the way Erica looks in that first scene with Jack (who is looking very Phil Hartman in the SNL spoof). Susan sounds like she has a bit of a cold when she sits down with Jenny. She looks like she's dressed for the Budapest remote with Dimitri.

Yeah, what's so funny is that I have little recollection of REAL Silver/Erica scenes. I remember Silver more with Jeremy, Goldie, Dr. Lazarre, and of course Natalie. I did see Palmer find her in Timmy's toy chest that day, and of course he dumped her in his pond. That's another early Dixie memory, her freaking out finding her cuz she, "keeps (her) eyes open so (she) can see snakes!"

I was intrigued by the idea that Erica had a sister and a stepmother (Goldie, Louise Shaffer) and I thought the Dr. Lazarre (Charles Keating) stuff was pretty neat as a kid. I can't really comment on any impression her acting may have made on me. I do remember that she played more of the innocent victim ingenue while Claire (the first, "The role of so-and-so will now be played by" that I clearly remember) was pluckier in the role and she of course got to play the darker-jealousy stuff with Natalie. I've talked about this all before, but Dr. Lazarre had this sort of gold/jeweled amulet thing that looked like a fancy spoon handle or something and he would pull it ut and hypnotize Noelle/Silver with it. There was a figt on a boat at Cobbler Island where Goldie and Silver's house was and Goldie got pushed overboard and drowned. Later, the vision of Goldie's ghost atarted appearing at the top of the stairs freaking Silver out and it was really a hoax and Goldie had some weird smoke and mirrors set-up where she was still alive and appearing as a projection... so nuts, I wish I could rewatch that era and fill in all the blanks.

That is definitely the first REAL Silver, Rosalind Ingledew Allen. She was still known as Noelle at this point and she had a thing with Jeremy. She would sleep walk (eyes wide ass open) and eventually it was revealed that she was being hypnotized by Dr. Lazarre to kill Erica in her hypnotic state.

LOL, there were other posed stills from that Terrence-gets-his-ass-whooped-by-Deconstruction photo shoot that I remember seeing and DW does a poor job of selling ANY of them. Wow, so Ripa and Thrower were totally effing. Would probably seem like a lifetime ago for her if she saw that layout.

WoST closed shop a couple of years ago.

I bet Erika and Robin woulda eaten that up. Steve Kanaly would have been a little more on the mark, but like JVD, would be missing that particular gruff, angry streak that Clint Ritchie had. He was good as Seabone on AMC but he had a gently, sleepy quality that I find in JVD's Clint.

Disco finger, a la Travolta... I'm assuming it was pointing straight up into the air in the prior frame.

Love that disco pic. Mark's awkward on the verge of white man's overbite stance and Erica in full on pose. Carl, I did not know that about ML playing Eric in flashbacks, really wish I could see that. He does resemble Albert Stratton (who was of course cast later).

Susan Lucci the ESThole. I like these grainy b&w peaks inside these soap actors' relatively modest apartments. Reminds me of the Beverlee and Scott McKinsey doing jazz hands one Carl!

Oh my God. In another time and place, Liza and Andreas would be beige and calling me Daddy. On the bed, at the piano, and the one in between, these are the hottest pictures of her in her youth that I have ever seen. (The one of her standing kind of looks like a robot Margie Impert.)

"Just give yourself to me. Just GIVE it." Go 'head Max!

When Max went down and that horse popped up I just about died. See, I thought that was pretty hot even if the kissing was understandably a *little* half-hearted seeing as how they're scene partners and not real-life lovers (I assume). When's the last time anything's been really "hot" on a soap? Just a bunch of idiots walking around in black underwear.

2:35 took my breath away. And I love the way she looked before she cut her hair in the Betty Ford s/l ("NO, I am not going to a CLINIC!") Clips almost entirely provided by the All About Erica video.

Granted, I was in elementary school, but I definitely remember glamorous Nexus and sordid Foxy's, and I didn't even get that they were in separate locales. It was seamless (and exciting) to my young mind. Capitol tried something similar with Atlantic City, having the Cleggs for example take very realistic limo rides up I-95 to Jordy's casino. In hindsight, I think it was pretty damn brilliant to give Erica her satellite life in New York. It's absolutely realistic that Erica would have had to go there to achieve the career she did opposed to trying to make her an international supastar out of Pine Valley, and it was beyond feasible given Manhattan's relatively close proximity to the Philly burbs. The perfect answer to what the '80s were calling for in terms of glamour while staying true to the show. Wish I could relive it.

I had to laugh at her being cast as a deaf mute. Twice. I feel like a bit of a jerk for sort of assuming that there wouldn't be much depth here. She has an interesting story. So I guess she was Paris' "grandma" for a little while there. That picture of her in the blue blouse reminds me of this picture of Carolyn:

Yeah, I think Lisbeth "left quietly" or whatever. The episodes I have leave so many blanks in between so I try to piece together by reading the synopses. Gosh, that stage punch is so awful! Brenda looks so cute eating bon bons and bobbing around on Jordy's water bed. I guess Lisbeth hadn't had a ride on it yet. I *just* noticed that his name is engraved in his comforter. As you can see, Jordy turned the cabana out back into his bachelor pad. As for Tyler, I know that he and Julie adopted a little girl, Allison, but I don't think he's in most of the later episodes I have with Cat Hickland. I really need to rewatch those tapes, I think I'd have a better understanding of what was going on now. I think the last Lisbeth episode I have is Sloane and Trey's wedding where Thomas is her date and she and Jordy keep eyeing each other. Of course Thomas ends up with Kelly, Jordy with Leann (before she takes a tumble).

I seem to remember reading something about a subtle sexual subtext to the Myrna/Trey relationship in the beginning but I don't know if that was a writer thing, an actor thing, or fan interpretation. Myrna was undoubtedly devoted to Trey in any case and had a lot riding on his success. A few of the early Carolyn Jones episodes I've seen have featured Myrna's visits to his office at the Capitol. And in that Biograpy clip, we see that Myrna is his escort to Tyler's ceremony.