53 minutes ago, SoapDope78 said:

Did Justice have much to do as Hope ?

I remember more about Mattson. Her romance with Ben mainly.

All I remember about Justice when she was on is that she worked at that diner, but for some reason wore a very sexy waitress outfit. And she seemed more world-weary than either Mattson or Roussel. I vaguely remember her trying to help someone--maybe it was Tim, the doctor Jordan Clarke played? And he was maybe drunk? There was rock music playing on the jukebox. They talked about liking the music. For some reason they played Santana in the background a lot during this period.

(I suspect one of the reasons it's close to impossible to see these episodes is because of music rights issues.)

I wish I could remember more. I just remember thinking when Justice showed up as Hope, "Wow, she's REALLY different from the last actress."

Maybe they were always intending to put her in a story with Alan and they picked this actress because they thought she would have good chemistry with him? Then maybe they realized they already had the town bombshell (Rita) and decided to find a third a side of the triangle who would contrast more with Rita. Because the Alan/Rita thing was foreshadowed for a VERY long time.

36 minutes ago, Stevel said:

The Katherine Justice version would have been when my grandmother called Hope "the oldest teenager on television"

Yup, pretty much.

I had no idea Mary Stuart wrote either.

Justice pops up a lot on old TV shows from the 60's and 70's. She was in the very first adaption of Columbo when it was a one off TV movie in 1968 before it was made into the series. In the first film Falk really hadn't developed the character yet. The second TV film in 1971 that sold the series starred the wonderful Lee Grant as the murderer. Peter Falk really found the character of Columbo in that one with his signature disheveled look and daffy demeanor.

Justice was pushing 40 when she played Hope circa 1977/78.

weird--just looked Justice up. in a picture from Mannix, she looks very similar to Lenore Kasdorf.

I remember Justice from the short lived syndicated night time soap opera Dangerous Women where she played a dual role as the hardened con with a heart of gold named Rita and her evil twin sister Roxy. She was in her late 40s when playing the part in the early 90s, so I find it hard to believe she was hired to play a young Hope in the late 70s (she would have bene mid 30s).