B&B: Betty White to join the cast

October 31, 200619 yr

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I read on another board that Betty White will soon be joining the cast as Stephanie's Mother, there will be a back story of Stephanie, Apparently Stephanie was abused as a child and her mother turned a blind eye to it. They said this came from the new TVguide with ER on the cover.

Now that sounds interesting

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I'll [!@#$%^&*] myself if they say Stephanie was born in St. Olaf.

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October 31, 200619 yr

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^ :lol:

I'd die too.

Holy CRAPOLA. I love Betty White!

I'm totally back to watching B&B full-time with this. The last few weeks have been really good. Bradley Bell is finally getting his act together.

Yay!!!

October 31, 200619 yr

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OMG!!!!! I lovvveeeeeee Betty White!!!!

And playing Stephanie's mother?

Masterstroke by B&B.

October 31, 200619 yr

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Was Stephanie's parens married for the lenght of Stephanie's childhood? I hope it is not her father, because she does seem to care about him. I would say either it is an uncle or one of her mother's boyfriends if her parents were seperated.

October 31, 200619 yr

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I wonder if this will lead to a "forgotten child", a la Viki Lord. Maybe Jackie is Stephanie's daughter!

October 31, 200619 yr

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I remember the Where's Betty appearances on NBC soaps in the 80s. Loved her on AW.

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I wonder if this will lead to a "forgotten child", a la Viki Lord. Maybe Jackie is Stephanie's daughter!

Surely you mean Jackie maybe Stephanie's sister. There is no way Jackie could be Stephanie's daughter, at least I don't think there is. LOL.

October 31, 200619 yr

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Any confirmation yet?

October 31, 200619 yr

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Betty just loves to act - no matter the field. That's the reason she's been in the business so long and says she'll never quit. I'm not surprised over her wanting to try a soap.

October 31, 200619 yr

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Who the frig is Betty White?!

October 31, 200619 yr

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Who the frig is Betty White?!

Say WHAAAAT?! Rose Nylund from THE GOLDEN GIRLS?! Ringing a bell?!

October 31, 200619 yr

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Not to mention horny Sue-Ann from Mary Tyler Moore

October 31, 200619 yr

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I think Marland was kidding. :lol:

At least I hope so. :blink:

October 31, 200619 yr

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The Golden Girls?! Thats a show my great gran would have watched! I prefer Ab Fab, darling. So who is this Betty White?

October 31, 200619 yr

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The Golden Girls?! Thats a show my great gran would have watched! I prefer Ab Fab, darling. So who is this Betty White?

Betty White

According to the latest print issue of TVGuide, Betty White will join The Bold and the Beautiful on December 1st in a startling departure from her lovable-ditz roles. The 84-year-old icon will play Ann Douglas, mother of the soap's screwy matriarch Stephanie Forrester [susan Flannery]. Viewers will learn that Stephanie was a victim of severe child abuse at the hands of her drunken father. "Not only did Ann turn a blind eye to her husband's behavior but she shamed Stephanie into silence," reports White, who promises, "big mother-daughter confrontations and – since I'll be around through Christmas – probably some healing." Though White has been a household favorite since the 1950's, the suds gig has at last made her a star in her own home. "My housekeeper and my assistant are insane about B&B," says White. "I've never seen them so excited. After all these years, they think I've finally arrived!"

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