Enjoyed the Jordan Clarke article. It really humanized him. I had no idea about his daughter's death.

Jordan Clarkes wife Valerie Hawkins was also an actress. In the 60's she did a horror film called 'Sting Of Death" about a jellyfish monster....LOL. Also in the 60's she was the girl in the Texaco ads dressed as a firefighter. I've seen some on youtube. Her daughter commented on one.

God the show sucked at that time. Though I had to laugh at Miss Sally's nightgown being devored by a feathered boa. That and Zimmer's overacting in that clip looks like a parody of soaps.

I don't remember Miss Sally going after H.B. (I know she was Billy's real mom) but she looked pretty damn good...(I thought of her as an old broad at the time.)

Is the clip of her dying at the wedding available?

Looking back to some early Vanessa scenes on youtube, I feel that Maeve Kinkead might have been good as a recast for Brenda Dickson as Jill on Y&R.

That would have been interesting, although I wonder if she would have fit the Y&R style.

Wow, I never knew Fred Scollay was on GL.

That would have been interesting, although I wonder if she would have fit the Y&R style.

I think she would have fit in nicely. I can picture her going up against Katherine and the Abbott's. She had elements of Brenda and Deborah Adair in her early Vanessa.

Edited June 17, 201510 yr by SoapDope

Fred Scollay was Dr. Tim Sullivan for a few months during Bert's amputation story.

Thanks!! Plus, he looked exactly the same when he recurred as a judge on the original L&O in the 90s.

Yup, he was older, yet ageless if that makes sense!

I think Y&R at that time, with its endless pauses and slow pacing, just wouldn't have been a good fit for her.

Edited June 17, 201510 yr by TimWil

I know this arc had to painful for longterm GL, who grew up loving and caring for Bert.

I think the idea of it was to be inspirational, which it may have been if Charita hadn't been ill