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[NothinButAttitude]

Thanks for the new clip, Carl!

I love the fire that the Adamson women have. From reading up on them lately, I wish we had strong, ambitious women that Laine and Sunny nowadays.

And I noticed you posted a new clip of Liza. I love Sherry Mathis so much. She plays a tragic heroine so well.

[DRW50]

Sunny seems like one of those female characters who only had a chance on soaps from the late '70s to the mid '80s. I wish we had more now.

Sherry had a lot of spirit that helped make Liza seem less like a victim. Something else rare on soaps now, which are all about degrading women.

[NothinButAttitude]

I would love a character like Sunny on soaps nowadays. A young female journalist that is passionate about social issues. At least it'd bring the show back to social issues. I am actually interested to see more of Ted trying to gentrify this so called Julia Street. I want to see how Janet, who was clearly shocked, will react to him going behind her back and doing so. I wanna see where Gary is going to fall into this whole situation seeing as he was married to Carolyn, who according to Buck has an office on Julia Street, and Lanie, Gary's mistress. I'm sure he had to choose a side, thus hurting one of his women.

And I agree with what you said about Sherry/Liza. In most of Liza's perils, I'd be annoyed if it was acted out by the likes of Amelie Heinle nowadays; however, Sherry has so much passion and spirit (as you stated) that I don't grow tired of Liza. I actually care for her. Just doing all this reading and seeing a lot of Liza's whole arc saddens me. I hate how she always gets the short end of the stick. From her losing Steve and Travis to her going on to having failed relationships with Lloyd, Kentucky, and Hogan, I just feel bad for her. I want Liza to win.

[amybrickwallace]

Rod Arrants still speaks the world of Sherry. He loved working with her, and they remained the best of friends until she passed in 1994.

[DRW50]

September 1953 Radio TV Mirror

[amybrickwallace]

Now that is beautiful.

[DRW50]

I'd forgotten I had it.

I wish we could see that material.

[slick jones]

This guy is a real putz! What a columnist...

http://33.media.tumblr.com/4b8d315c7171495eab85d49f38aba827/tumblr_n804nmgxeg1sjau62o1_400.gif

[amybrickwallace]

Carl, I have never been able to figure out why Sherry never recorded an album. She recorded one song on John Gabriel's (RH) album from the late 70s entitled John Gabriel & Friends, which featured several other soap stars like Michael Storm. The song she sang was the song "Steve" had written for "Liza", "You Can Love Again". I do believe that album is still up for grabs on eBay.

Edited June 24, 2015 by amybrickwallace

[Paul Raven]

Apparently, Lynn Loring (Patti) had a go at a singing career. In 1962 she signed with Dere Records and released at least one single 'My Name is Ann'. This was at the time she was appearing on the TV series 'Fair Exchange'.

Also,I never knew that while on Search,she also did radio soaps 'Ma Perkins' and 'Second Mrs Burton'.

Edited June 28, 2015 by Paul Raven

[amybrickwallace]

Wow, I never knew she had recorded an album. You really do learn something new every day!!

[DRW50]

This is from an early 1969 TV Yearbook

(magazines sure got a lot of use out of that Melba/Larry/Mary photo)

[danfling]

I think that Leigh Lassen would have been a good replacement as Alice on Another World following the departure of Jacqueline Courtney to One Life to Live.

[Paul Raven]

Sort of one step removed from soaps but you might find it interesting.re Dino Narizzano's (Len Whiting) wife Aileen.

Of Scottish heritage, Aileen Malcolm Narizano was born near Wimbledon, London, England. Her father was killed during the Second World War, and she was brought up for several years in Guildford, Surrey, to the south of London. She later continued her education in Wimbledon and later at Parliament Hill School before leaving school at sixteen years old. She also spent some time in the Chelsea School of Art, which eventually became part of the University of the Arts London. By this time, however, Aileen was in North America. In the late 1950s she moved briefly to New York City, USA, and then on to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she worked for the Toronto Daily Star newspaper. She also attended the Ontario College of Art and Design where she met her husband. They returned to New York City (NYC) in 1962 to pursue their careers as artists. She worked chiefly on the stage, but also became a writer, publishing seven books.

After twenty-five years, the purchase of a floor (“loft”) of an old doll factory in SoHo, NYC, (which once had a view of the World Trade Centre), and having five children (three of whom were adopted), her husband died. Aileen later met somebody from Tortola, and moved to the British Virgin Islands to be with him in 1990. She lived near Hog’s Valley Point (between Fish Bay and Brandywine Bay) for some ten years, but after the relationship broke up in 2000 she moved to Tobacco Wharf, Roadtown, where she now lives “in an apartment she loves”. A well-known BVI artist, many of Aileen’s art works are displayed at The Gallery, on Main Street. “Her use of vibrant colours, detailed textures & patterns, and comical scenes from the British Virgin Islands are fascinating and entertaining” (http://www.thegallerybvi.com/Aileen_Malcolm_Gallery.htm). However, Aileen still depends upon the rent of her NYC loft as her art sales – as is the case for many artists on Tortola - “only pay for her art supplies”. Until recently Aileen sold mostly to people on the islands, but The Gallery website has now broadened this base ( http://www.thegallerybvi.com/).

As soon as she had arrived on Tortola twenty years ago Aileen knew she had done the right thing and come to the right island. It was small – which she liked. It had good light – important for an artist. It had good people whose habit of saying “good morning” when you first met calmed you down and got you in a good frame of mind.

Two decades have led to numerous changes in Tortola although they haven’t affected Aileen very much. But it seems like for every gain there is a loss. There are many more people. The buildings are bigger and there are more of them. Too few have car-parking facilities – this is true even many of the newly built structures. The traffic, especially the “rush hour” traffic has increased, along with the number of vehicles. The number of parking spots has not kept up. Perhaps Tortola should try a “Park and Ride” system like many overseas cities. Also on the down side there are the ongoing water and sewage problems that may or may not be solved by the new water contracts.

The High School is having challenges and this is a problem as education is so important for the country. Maybe a few smaller high schools (in West End, East End etc.) would have been better than one large one. Aileen would like to see a greater encouragement of poetry in the BVI and of local artists. She wishes there had been more artistic progress and less business and building progress in recent years. The place has become very “North American” concerned too much with “acquisition”. However, Aileen has also noticed a change in the local women. They look after their bodies better, are more professional, and better turned out – they will soon be overtaking the men. The medical facilities are also much improved and continue to get better. The new movie theatre is particularly good for kids and families, providing a service that Roadtown did not have before.

Aileen has tried to “give back” to the BVI over the years by teaching drawing, and swimming. She is well known for contributing her prints for charity raffles. She also believes that her appreciation for the islands and the people is a positive factor.

Aileen is very happy with the way her last ten years have worked out - although less pleased with the first decade. She wishes she could have “found herself sooner”, but “everything is for a reason”. She is now, she feels, more tolerant and a better painter. The future for Aileen will be more of the same in the BVI. Tortola has “a magic: you can’t say what it is”. Aileen is happy with who she is and happy with where she is. She enjoys being a single person who doesn’t have to constantly please others. She still travels to NYC every year to see her children, and hopes to travel up the Amazon River to see Peru in the near future. But her home will remain at Tobacco Wharf.

Draft of April 20th, 2010 of interview of April 20th, 2010

AND THIS FROM 2015

On Tuesday 10th March, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College received a generous donation of boxes filled with collectible music on compact disks from the estate of the late Aileen Malcolm, a long time resident of Tortola. The extensive collection spans over two decades of music and captures a unique transition of music from the classical and romantic eras to the rhythm and blues, dance, and pop eras of some of the best selling artists of all time. The outstanding voice and melodies comprise of music genres from Opera, Pop, Rock and Roll, Jazz, R&B, Country, Gospel, Reggae, and even Soca that were once cherished by the late Aileen, now passed down by her daughter Ravenna Narizzano through local friends and residents Ms. Bobbi Fawcett and Lisa Gray to a new home at the College.

. Students as well as the general public will have the opportunity to come and listen to collections of the Beach Boys, Kenny G, Ray Charles, Culture Club, Beethoven, Elton John, Ottis Redding, Nat King Cole, The Brubeck Quartet, Rolling Stones, Mozart, Dizzy Gillespie, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion, Bob Marley, Basie, and Toni Braxton just to name a few. Ms. Joan Lindsay Acting Director of the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) expressed her sincere gratitude on behalf of the College, to the donor's representatives as the collection is a tremendous addition to the existing music collection maintained by the LRC particularly to be donated by one individual. The late Aileen Malcolm was a painter, romance novelist, poet and songwriter who had strong beliefs of using art as a vehicle of expression, education and activism.Music is an art in many ways and given her mother's strong beliefs, Ravenna thought twice about discarding the collection. Instead, she strongly felt that her mother would be proud to know that her collection is at the College where it may one day inspire creative ambitions artistically in some way to an individual. "Despite travelling the world, Tortola was my mom's favorite and it became her home for 25 years," Ravenna exclaimed. Aileen's passion for Tortola can be seen through her meticulous artwork. One of her paintings is currently on display at the Old Government House Museum, and other paintings can be found at Images Custom Framing and Gallery, or at www.aileenmalcolm.com.

Edited July 16, 2015 by Paul Raven

[danfling]

A HUGE mystery to me is what happened to actress Leigh Lassen and her husband (They later divorced.) Terry Logan.