Seeing this latest trend in best/worst threads, I thought to start my own.

Who are some of your favourite daytime divas, those bigger-than-life, magnetic, super stylish femmes fatales of daytime? It can be anyone from a long-forgotten guest star in the '70s to the main female protagonist on the show. Villainess, fairy godmother, the characters ethics and morality are not the point.

And not to forget: is there a particularly soapy name of a female character you like? Like e.g. Dominique Deveraux (not daytime, but hey), Angelique DuVal, Helena Cassadine, those French/Italian/German/Greek sounding names, that sort of thing.

P. S. If a mod could change the b in the title to a capital, I'd be grateful.

Edited October 19, 200916 yr by Sylph

Shoulder pads really must be back. Anne Hathaway and Jane Fonda had them at the Globes tonight.

Shoulder pads really must be back. Anne Hathaway and Jane Fonda had them at the Globes tonight.

LOL

I was thinking the same thing as I watched the Golden Globes. They may be quintessential 80's, but they'll slowly creep their way back at some point!

Daytimefan have you heard anything about a show Joan was supposed to do not long after Dynasty ended, where she would have been a sleuth (but always walking through the front door, not doing grub work). It would have been produced by Motown.

Daytimefan have you heard anything about a show Joan was supposed to do not long after Dynasty ended, where she would have been a sleuth (but always walking through the front door, not doing grub work). It would have been produced by Motown.

I have never heard of that! Any other details you could supply? If anything, the age she's at now would be ideal for such a show.

It was in a 1989 Digest, not long after Dynasty was done. If I can find the whole thing I'll type it up.

I think it would have been a great idea, I'm sorry it didn't happen.

I wonder if ITV might ever consider giving her a try for a detective show, instead of constantly recasting Marple.

It was in a 1989 Digest, not long after Dynasty was done. If I can find the whole thing I'll type it up.

I think it would have been a great idea, I'm sorry it didn't happen.

I wonder if ITV might ever consider giving her a try for a detective show, instead of constantly recasting Marple.

What Joan needs is a nice little show that runs 6 episodes a year in a good timeslot in September on the BBC that films 3 months out of the year. A stylish, septuagenarian sleuth with a light touch of humour.

That would be great. Does the BBC even do that anymore

I really, really want to see Joan play the lead in a series centered around the British tabloid industry.

Not sure which thread this would be appropriate in. Does anyone remember Shelly Burch, who played the always fabulous Delilah Ralston on OLTL? In 1989 she starred in the Papermill Playhouse version of Showboat in the marquee role of "Julie", the black girl who passed for white until it all caught up with her. Anyway, youtube has the whole production up and it's worth a look if you like that sort of thing. Here is Shelly singing her character's signature tune at about the 4:15 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaeQGmTwEZ0&feature=related

she was so beautiful and talented, I don't know why she didn't have a bigger career.

Shelley was so charismatic and beautiful and ethereal - the essence of what a young vixen/heroine on a soap should be, and something most soaps regularly fail at. She still looked great when she came back in 2001.

She has a very pretty voice, although I don't think she puts enough pain into the song, the way Helen Morgan did.

I was just reading a Digest article on her a few days ago, it was from somewhere around 1989. She had battled eating disorders for several years and had low self-esteem. In 1989 she'd also moved to Florida, which I guess helped her decision to leave OLTL. She seemed to focus a lot on her faith.

I'm sorry she didn't have more soap work, but then they don't cast someone like her on soaps now, sadly.

Edited February 1, 201114 yr by CarlD2

Glamorous...

I really, really want to see Joan play the lead in a series centered around the British tabloid industry.

That would be AMAZING. Handled by the BBC that would be sizzling.

I thought Elsa was talking about this photo! But then I saw you posted the Vanity Fair one on the previous page in the Plastic thread! LOL.

In both of them she does look great. Black looks phenomenal on her.

I thought Elsa was talking about this photo! But then I saw you posted the Vanity Fair one on the previous page in the Plastic thread! LOL.

In both of them she does look great. Black looks phenomenal on her.

Black does look phenomenal on her. On a lot of people black washes them out but on Joan it just makes her look...luxurious? She glistens and gleams and shines. Delicious.