Members DeeeDee Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 In the past 6 years AMC lost Ruth Warrick, Eileen Herlie & James Mitchell, OLTL lost Phil Carey & Clint Richie, B&B lost Darlene Conley, Y&R lost Michael Evans, GH lost Anna Lee & Days lost Frances Reid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 RIP! All of the "soaps are dying" talk...it just really makes news like this even harder to take. I have no doubts that DAYS will honor her and Alice as best they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dc cubs Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Kennylicious found this wonderful video tribute to Alice Horton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 RIP Frances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 4, 2010 Administrator Share Posted February 4, 2010 RIP Frances Reid I really hope Ken Corday, Gary Tomlin, Chris Whitesell, Dena Higley and others on the writing team, directing team, and producing team will give Frances/Alice Horton a proper tribute. And I really hope a lot of former cast members will return for the funeral. DAYS cannot screw this up, they just can't. What a sad day. We've lost a legend. Thanks, Jason47 for the wonderful tribute page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 This is so hard to hear. I know that these actors had long and happy lives but I think it's made worse because it feels like the genre is also leaving Frances, what a wonderful actress she was, and such charm and vitality. I think it says a lot about Frances and her work as Alice that even as so many regimes came and went, most of them used Alice. They didn't see her as expendable, or unworthy. Alice was a key part of the stories which helped revive DAYS in the "supercouple" era and she was a key part of the stories which helped revive DAYS again when Jim Reilly took over as headwriter. She was a major asset to her show and to the soap genre and she helped make people feel warm and safe for so many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 4, 2010 Administrator Share Posted February 4, 2010 Frances/Alice's last episode (December 26, 2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDe928cOx-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 RIP. Getting old isn't easy and from her appearances on DOOL it looked like she was having an ever-increasing hard time. I hope she was not in any pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 She lived a long very fulfilled life and was loved by many. My condolences go out to her family, friends, co-workers and the DAYS fans whose lives she touched. Even in the later years she still had such a sparkle and brought so much to that show. Such a sad time for soap fans. RIP Frances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 im so sad. she was wonderful. i had the chance to meet her - twice. she was amazing and just like you would expect. susan hayes told me back in nov that she was in a full time care home now. i knew things were not good but that doesn't make this any easier. her episodes of Perry Mason were on in reruns the other day, so glad i was able to watch them. i also just got a dvd with her in it, she plays rock hudsons wife. i doubt days will - or should - address this anytime soon. i do kind og hope they wait and if it doesnt get picked up her funeral can be the finale and if it does maybe they will have more of a budget to bring back some old faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dm. Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 RIP Frances Truly a sad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 4, 2010 Administrator Share Posted February 4, 2010 I don't think it's going to be addressed (in stories) anytime soon either. DAYS is getting ready for May sweeps right now, and they'll probably need another month or so to plan Alice's funeral. I'm thinking maybe it will happen in July? For now, we'll probably get a "RIP" card at the end of Thursday or Friday's episode. I really hope money will not be an issue for returning cast members. Just take the minimum that SAG/AFTRA allows. Ken Corday and Gary Tomlin have to find a way to make this work if money is an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I agree, but there is only so much that they can do. If it doesnt work out i will settle for Missy Reeves, jennifer HAS to be there. i really wish that her episode of American Dreams was on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Frances also appeared as the lead on 'Portia Faces Life',as Grace on As The World Turns and Rose on The Edge of Night, She also appeared in the Rock Hudson movie 'Seconds' among others. Interestingly,she did not appear as Alice in the pilot episode. A sad day in the soap world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 The loss of a legend. Frances Reid was revered, Deidre Hall said that when Frances received her Lifetime Achievement Emmy and she was right. She was revered on that set, in the business and in the genre as a whole. I take some small comfort in knowing that she lived a life most people never dream of having and that she did so till her 95th year. A truly lovely lady who played a truly lovely character. I have the feeling that Alice and Frances were one in the same. Rest in Peace, Frances, you will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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