Members AbcNbc247 Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 The story was that Liza Chapman became pregnant. And since Janet couldn’t have children, she was let go. But I think that they intended to bring her back. But not long after she had the baby, she was killed in a car accident 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Xanthe Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 Janet wasn't the same generation as Pat and Alice, was she? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Efulton Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 No she was the younger sister of Jim and William Matthews. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joseph Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 My and I thought I knew things about this soap, I never heard of "Janet" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 27, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 Lisa had moved on to secret Storm and only played her new role for a short time before the accident. i think Janet was dropped once Agnes Nixon took over. Janet was another of Irna Phillips older single gals who entered into doomed affairs with married men - see Edith Hughes and Kim Reynolds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joseph Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 Thanks for The Info, Makes Sense as Agnes was always about Youth, while I'm now sad to discover this new story on Liza/Janet, at least she had the chance to have her baby before passing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mona Kane Croft Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 I've always been a little surprised that Harding Lemay did not choose to bring Janet Matthews back to the show. Janet seems like the kind of internally conflicted character Lemay would have enjoyed writing for. Plus, she could have provided motherly advice to Pat, Russ, and Alice after Mary Matthews died. And Janet most certainly would have had conflicts with her sister in law, Liz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joseph Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 I like to think they let her off Canvas over Respect for the actress, if not who could've play her 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members antmunoz Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) He probably had no idea Janet existed. It was a fan who actually told him about Pat’s abortion and murder trial. He wasn’t given backgrounds on most of the characters. I think he only knew who Liz was because Nancy Wickwire had so recently departed the show. Possibly the character was still mentioned. Aunt Janet and Grandma? Who dem? Edited July 27, 2022 by antmunoz Spelling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Jdee43 Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 There were so many characters they could have brought back from the late 60s: Sam, Lahoma, Missy, Bill. The first three went to Somerset; were they played out so much on there that they couldn't be brought back? Is the Somerset spin-off one of the reasons Another World lost its history by the late 70s, 80s? Some of its late 60s history went to that show, never to be heard of again. Also I'm sure the writers and producers being ignorant of that history was another important factor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 Yep. That seemed to be Irna's thing: the good, wholesome family with the scandalous aunt either having an affair with a married man or having an out of wedlock baby. Still can't believe Al Bundy shot Mac Please register in order to view this content I tend to believe that this is the reason. There was so much turnaround behind the scenes post Rauch/Lemay and with the Internet not existing yet, probably no one wanted to take the effort to learn the history and they just decided to do their own things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 An article about Chapman’s death. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mona Kane Croft Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 I agree, there was a lot of history to be continued on AW with many of those characters. But to his credit, Harding Lemay did bring back Sam Lucas for about a year around 1973-74. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members antmunoz Posted July 27, 2022 Members Share Posted July 27, 2022 He did, and somewhat regretted it. Mr. Lemay was not a fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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