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Mike McGavin has updated/ upgraded the Minor Characters pages at the AWHP.   Looks fantastic!

On 8/28/2022 at 10:03 PM, Joseph said:

Thanks! I've seem one that was posted the day of Anne's Death that's basically just the last part, even shared it on Facebook because the Bon Voyage and Kiss were so touching, Nice seeing it on A Context 

Great! And, there's even more to the day! A four part video is up on YT. This was the 4th one.

Editing In: Still about Anne Heche, I heard today that her organ donations went to 8 separate individuals! That just chokes me up. So wonderful. Correction: It is not known how many individuals received organ donations. Some unsavory types are saying that they will sell the names of them & claimed the number.

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by Tonksadora
new info found to be inaccurate, untrue.

Perusing the minor characters list briefly reminded me of confusing it was to see Bill Shanks pop up on AW months after a  high-profile exit on ATWT. I wonder if he was ever planned to have a larger role. 

 

15 hours ago, slick jones said:

Mike McGavin has updated/ upgraded the Minor Characters pages at the AWHP.   Looks fantastic!

Well, that was fun. I was amazed at how many of them I remembered ... and how many went on to bigger things. 

18 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Perusing the minor characters list briefly reminded me of confusing it was to see Bill Shanks pop up on AW months after a  high-profile exit on ATWT. I wonder if he was ever planned to have a larger role. 

 

On the one hand it appears the part of Mark was recast after only a few weeks. On the other Amanda whom he had been dating reconciled with Sam after a couple of months and that seemed to leave the character nowhere. Seems a lot like planned obsolescence since they didn't set up any other storyline for him.

I noticed the entries for Jake's parents Alice and Ray (as they were called to set up the Kevin half brother storyline).  It made me wonder who had played Jake's mother, then called Helen, who had lunch with Kathleen the day Marissa was flying back to Bay City in August 1986. Since she's not in the Minor Characters I suppose if she's anywhere she's just listed as a Day Player without a character name.

18 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Perusing the minor characters list briefly reminded me of confusing it was to see Bill Shanks pop up on AW months after a  high-profile exit on ATWT. I wonder if he was ever planned to have a larger role. 

 

I remembered this bit of trivia from our review of the classic SOD news Tumblr of April 16, 1991

 @Franko & I searched for Tom and Mavis and found that the character was re-named Mark, then re-cast, and no word of Mavis was ever found

 

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by j swift

Good eye @j swift . I am trying to remember if the soaps here ever had a major  character named Mavis. Corrie, of course, had an iconic character with that name. 

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Good eye @j swift . I am trying to remember if the soaps here ever had a major  character named Mavis. Corrie, of course, had an iconic character with that name. 

The only character I can think of is Mavis Cobb on Texas. She was Lurlene's aunt and played by Dody Goodman.

2 hours ago, j swift said:

I remembered this bit of trivia from our review of the classic SOD news Tumblr of April 16, 1991

 @Franko & I searched for Tom and Mavis and found that the character was re-named Mark, then re-cast, and no word of Mavis was ever found

 

During this period, SOD had a lot of scoops about casting for new roles that never came to fruition. I recall talk of casting a model named Bliss. Speculation was that Bliss was going to turn out to be Felicia's daughter.

Edited August 31, 20223 yr by robbwolff
Corrected typo

12 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Good eye @j swift . I am trying to remember if the soaps here ever had a major  character named Mavis. Corrie, of course, had an iconic character with that name. 

What was the name that Alicia Coppola said turned into Lorna? I thought it was something weird and old fashioned.  Could it have been Mavis?

16 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

What was the name that Alicia Coppola said turned into Lorna? I thought it was something weird and old fashioned.  Could it have been Mavis?

LORNA DEVON

GENERAL INFORMATION
First Appearance: April 25, 1991

Given that the information was published in the 4/16/91. Mark (renamed from Tom) was introduced on 4/10, and Lorna on 4/25, that is a brilliant guess!

15 hours ago, j swift said:

LORNA DEVON

GENERAL INFORMATION
First Appearance: April 25, 1991

Given that the information was published in the 4/16/91. Mark (renamed from Tom) was introduced on 4/10, and Lorna on 4/25, that is a brilliant guess!

Searched the forum, confirmed (I should have done this as a proper quote, these are @Forever8  's comments )   

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Alicia Coppola (Lorna Devon -

She said originally the character's name was going to be Mavis Lane. She said she glad they changed it and that she still has her audition sides.

 

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Trying to make quote better

Look at us, we're all so friggin' brilliant and resourceful! I've always liked the name "Mavis." I once wanted to name a pair of twins "Mavis and Miranda," which my brother rightfully mocked me for. (Our mom has a cousin Avis, which, of course, was the name of Sigourney Weaver's character on Somerset.)

Meg Myles played Mavis Stone on SFT.

Alice Hirson was Maevis Anderson (Miss Ellie's bestie) on Dallas.

I invited some other F'ANNEs to contribute to my Anne Heche was statement.

8 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Good eye @j swift . I am trying to remember if the soaps here ever had a major  character named Mavis. Corrie, of course, had an iconic character with that name. 

Corrie also had the memorable name Ena Sharples, which was one of the best soap character names of all time, LOL!