I saw Helen in the play 2 Lives at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey about 10 years ago. She was amazing and garnered rave reviews for her performance. She riveting as a grieving mother and brought a number of audience members to tears with her performance.

Current pic of Helen Gallagher from the Ryan's Hope facebook page

Eve Blazo has four sweet photos of her as a child with her pops John Blazo (Pat #2)


https://instagram.com/p/3P5eHzwzVG/

John Blazo (Pat #2) website about his music with a bio and there are some current photos of him

http://johnblazojazz.biz/

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I wish someone could interview him. It would be nice if he knew he had a few fans as Pat...

He's held up very well. He wasn't Malcolm, but he did indeed put his own stamp on the role of Pat.

Ilene Kristen would be in another "Saints vs. Sinners" week on FF.

Ilene Kristen (Delia #1) and Robin Mattson (Delia #4) on the same team on Saints vs. Sinners Day 4

I wish someone could interview him.

His bio mentioning RH and was a taste of success and how he chose to go down different path after that -- so I don't think he would mind talking about it

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RH and Loving ads halfway through this.

"The event of the year!"

She didn't even last a year...

"The event of the year!"

She didn't even last a year...

Robin only signed a six month contract with RH.

Really? For such a major character? That's odd.

Really? For such a major character? That's odd.

ABC offering her the RH role after they couldn't do right by her with a GH contract seemed odd, too.

We Love Soaps April 19, 2013

WE LOVE SOAPS: After GH you played Delia for a while on RYAN'S HOPE in 1984.

ROBIN MATTSON: It was a good move for me in terms of the reasons I left GENERAL HOSPITAL, which were strictly business. The terms were met by the same network when I went to RYAN'S HOPE, which was a half hour show. It was sort of a political move. They weren't, in my understanding, doing right by me in my job at GENERAL HOSPITAL. So the same network (ABC) said to me, "Hey, come over and do this half hour show. We want to kind of reinvent Delia Ryan." And I did. It was a short-term deal and it worked well for me. I liked the show a lot. Business is business.

Robin Mattson is a very fine actress, but she just wasn't Delia. Ilene Kristen is the definitive Delia to me (in the SOAPNet reruns). I did see both the short-lived Robyn Millan (a casting mistake that was quickly rectified) and Randall Edwards (but not enough for me to have much of an opinion). Thankfully, all turned out for the best as Ilene later returned to RH for the rest of the show's run, and Robin landed one of her best roles - Gina on SB.

I can't imagine why Robyn Millan did so poorly on Ryan's Hope. (and I agree that she did a TERRIBLE job as Delia)

Ilene Kristen was told to watch tapes of Robyn Millan from Where the Heart Is during the early months of the show to help her get an idea of how Delia was supposed to be.

Thank you, safe, for posting those FF episodes. When I wrote to Kelli Maroney and sent a photo for her to autograph, I picked a screen cap of her on FF!! I remember watching one FF where it was RH against GH (I think it was GH, it might have been OLTL, it's been a long time and I don't even know if it is still up on YT). Anyway, I remember howling when Helen Gallagher came out in what was known as the infamous "mauve" dress - the one Maeve wore for EVERY dress-up occasion.

I wish someone would put together an entire DVD set of just the soap opera stars on FF, from the Dawson and Combs eras. There was the Valentine's Week with the stars from AMC and GH from 1982, the Saints vs. Sinners, OLTL vs. GH (in what I believe was the first soap opera FF - Ellen Holly was even on!!!), I could go on and on.

By the way, safe, I love your Chiffon avatar!!!

I can't imagine why Robyn Millan did so poorly on Ryan's Hope. (and I agree that she did a TERRIBLE job as Delia)

Several years ago, in a blog radio interview, Ilene Kristen said Robyn Millan had a drug problem -- perhaps that affected her performance.