~-BUFFALO COURIEREXPRESS, Sunday, November 22, 1981 Jon Michael Reed
A NEW YORK masquerade ball is being taped for "One Life to Live" that will "unveil" at least one long-kept plot secret and introduce a couple of new or returning characters to the Llandview scene. The episodes are scheduled to air at the end of this month. Joining the soap at that time will be actress, beauty book author and cosmetics spokeswoman Arlene Dahl, as Mimi King's cocktail singer-pianist mother, Lucinda.
"OLTL' producer Joe Stuart says, "Arlene Dahl will portray a character whose primary goal is to see her daughter married to a wealthy Buchanan. We spent several months casting the role and are delighted to have someone of Ms. Dahl's experience and stunning good looks join the show."" Stuart also crowed that his show is firmly entrenched as the No. 2 daytime serial and in recent weeks came close to toppling "General Hospital" from the No 1 spot.
The masquerade ball will take place on an elaborate new set that represents Asa and Samantha's home. Nearly $20,000 was spent on costumes for the special party sequences.
Also at the end of this month, the character of Tony Lord, Pat Ashley's one-time lord and master, will resurface after a two-year absence. Tony will be played by Chip Lucia, since the original Tony, George Reinholt, wasn't available or, for that matter, wanted. (Reinholt's Peck's bad boy reputation among daytime circles hasn't won him a tender spot in the hearts of soap producers.)
Ilene Kristen, the original Delia on "Ryan's Hope," will portray Georgina, Tony's auto mechanic sidekick.
Andrea Evans-Massey has been informed that her character of Tina Clayton will be shipped off to college in December. Andrea became a 'hyphenate"" when she married her costar, Wayne Massey (Johnny Drummond), last year. Under any name, Andrea's Miss Goody-Two Shoes interpretation of Tina was at cross purposes with the writers' intentions for the character. Tina progressed from a teen tease to a young adult vamp, but Evans-Massey never quite matured into a believable temptress. *Wayne and his character of Johnny, meanwhile, will become further involved with the character of Becky Abbott, played by Mary Murray, following Mary's temporary leave-of-absence from the soap to star in the Broadway revival of the Neil Stmon musical, "Little Me.
*Well Andrea got a second chance and proved them wrong.
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