One thing I notice sometimes with LaHubbard is that because she tends to throw out the script and do her own thing, the directors can't follow her. Some of her best lines are missed because the camera isn't on her.

I think people tend to blur the line between scene-stealing and good acting. Susan Lucci commands every scene she is in, but I think she is the epitome of why some soap stars are laughed at, just a horrible actress. Elizabeth Hubbard also steals scenes, but she also makes varied acting choices and sometimes subtle acting (remember when she first found out she had cancer?). I believe EH has been nominated about seven or eight times for Lead Actress (as Lucinda), but has never won. To date, I think Martha Byrne and Maura West are the only Best Actress winners from ATWT.

BTW, Steve, thanks for including Maeve McGuire on your Best Actress list. I loved her as Nicole Travis on EON!

Oh gawd I agree...Lucci is so overrated. IMO she sucks as an actress. It's obvious why it took her so long to one that Emmy. When she won it was like....let's just give it to her already...LOL

One thing I notice sometimes with LaHubbard is that because she tends to throw out the script and do her own thing, the directors can't follow her. Some of her best lines are missed because the camera isn't on her.

It's LaWalsh not LaHubbard....LOL...

Back to La Liz...sometimes I wonder if some of the "lack of buzz" is because of the lack of male leads too. Other than John, she never had a serious romance on ATWT.

James?

James?

And that one made her quit.

James?

I know Liz hated the pairing because they dumbed down Lucinda.

I guess James counts as a male lead, but there wasn't a lot of romance in that rewritten piece of trash story.

I was kind of throwing reasons out there, but I guess it really boils down to the fact that Lucinda hasn't really had a story centered on her in a good ten years, which is probably that crap with James and David. Even her cancer story wasn't as much about her as it was Luke's gettin' smacked on by his stepGAYGramps. She got a pre-nom this year, and I was like WTF did she do this (last) year? It's not like she's going to be submitting that horrid mushroom hunting episode.

I guess James counts as a male lead, but there wasn't a lot of romance in that rewritten piece of trash story.

I was kind of throwing reasons out there, but I guess it really boils down to the fact that Lucinda hasn't really had a story centered on her in a good ten years, which is probably that crap with James and David. Even her cancer story wasn't as much about her as it was Luke's gettin' smacked on by his stepGAYGramps. She got a pre-nom this year, and I was like WTF did she do this (last) year? It's not like she's going to be submitting that horrid mushroom hunting episode.

You mean David being Lucinda's son? That James and Lucinda were former lovers? Yeah, it was a piece of trash!

I was surprised she was in the pre-nom too. I wish she would actually get nominated and win. LOL at your mushroom reference...

I read where Liz knows how fans want more of her and the vets in meaningful storylines.

You mean David being Lucinda's son? That James and Lucinda were former lovers? Yeah, it was a piece of trash!

I was surprised she was in the pre-nom too. I wish she would actually get nominated and win. LOL at your mushroom reference...

I read where Liz knows how fans want more of her and the vets in meaningful storylines.

I'm interested in seeing what happens there because if I recall correctly, nearly every single time Elizabeth Hubbard has been pre-nom'd, she's been nominated

I didn't think Liz had been pre-nom'd in the pre-nom era. Other than Maura and Martha, the only other Lead Actress nominees I recall since 2000 has been CZP.

I didn't think Liz had been pre-nom'd in the pre-nom era. Other than Maura and Martha, the only other Lead Actress nominees I recall since 2000 has been CZP.

Wait, was that not her? Crap, then who was it who has been nominated everytime, is it Stafford? I just read the statistics last night.

This is Liz's first pre-nom. I know we were all surprised that she wasn't pre-nommed the year of her cancer storyline. It was such a shock.

And Quent, Liz has won the Daytime Emmy for Lead Actress. Once for The Doctors in 1974 and then for an afterschool special movie about one of the first ladies.

Wait, was that not her? Crap, then who was it who has been nominated everytime, is it Stafford? I just read the statistics last night.

Just guessing: Susan Flannery.