Unsung Soap Stars

[soapfan770]

Whatever happened to Laurie Heineman on AW? She won an Emmy for Lead Actress beating out colleagues Wyndham and McKinsey yet never did another soap again and disappeared in the '80s. She had done ATWT before AW, yet it strikes me as odd someone could beat out the best of daytime yet vanish afterward(Hello Lila Kedrova and Mercedes Ruehl!)

[SFK]

ROYA! God rest her soul, she was Erica Kane and Tina Clayton rolled into one, I loved her as a kid, that gorgeous, exotic face.

[DRW50]

Yes, that, and I want to see the Bob/Kim/Jennifer saga on ATWT. And the stories with Sara and Charlotte and Kit Vested on GL.

Even the bit they showed of Nancy's Dorian on Daytime to Remember was staggering. And she went on to play a very different role on ATWT.

[SFK]

Good question. She was also there at the Emmy broadcast I mentioned earlier with all of the past best actor/actress winners.

[DRW50]

When SPW interviewed her in the late 90s she said she found less and less acting work she enjoyed, so she became a therapist. She also said she had to just wear a dress she had, as she couldn't go to wardrobe since she no longer worked at AW. She also had to submit the few reels she had bought before she left (when she said goodbye to Alice and when she told someone she had once been a prostitute). She said she thinks they created the supporting actor/actress categories the next year because of her win.

[SFK]

I remember watching that at WoST, the way she fell apart on the stand. I'm afraid that we missed some REALLY great stuff with her on OLTL. What I'd give to see that episode where she gave a big party and replaced Eugenia's portrait, unveiling one of herself while Viki was bedridden upstairs. Then Dorian shat a brick when Viki surprised the crowd and descended the stairs in a gossamer white gown.

[MichaelGL]

Ah now I want to see this stuff, I've always been curious about 70s OLTL, mostly about Pinkerton's run and early Viki vs Dorian, but this makes me even more curiouser.

[soapfan770]

That's funny because the following year Irene Dailey won for Lead Actress, even though Dailey was more fit for a Supporting Actress nom than a Lead Actress one(Suzanne Rogers was the first Supporting Actress winner)

[DRW50]

It makes you wonder if someone just really, really hated Beverlee McKinsey and Vicky Wyndham.

[DeeeDee]

+1.

[DRW50]

Laura Malone

Gail Brown

Susan Brown

Peter Hansen

Charles Grant

Nicholas Pryor

Pat Crowley

Christine Jones

Shelley Burch

Barbara Treutelaar

[DeeeDee]

Kristina Wagner is very underrated.

You're right that she isn't Meryl & she's Laura-Lite in a lot of ways but they don't make them like her anymore either.

Sharon Wyatt can do it ALL. She would've made an awesome Melinda Cramer.

[DeeeDee]

David Lago

John Danelle

James Patrick Stuart

Lisa Wilkinson

Jonelle Allen

Randy Brooks

Beau Kayser

Laurence Lau

Josie Davis

Diego Serrano

Mark Pinter

Matt Crane

John Enos

Ted King

Eric Steinberg

Lena Cardwell

Dylan Fergus

Deanna Wright

Dalton James

Kathleen Noone

[Jikk77]

Not neccesarily unsung but i feel they deserved a chance on another soap

Charissa Cree Chamorro

Erika Page

Amy Van Horne

Jessica Morris

Lauren Woodland

Greg Vaughan

Sebastian Roche

Ted King

Esta Terblanche

Erin Torpey

Lindze Letherman

Sabryn Genet

Alexa Havins

[SFK]

This is purely speculation, but I'm wondering if LH's tape showcased that subtle, austere '70s woman who was more in tune with the tastes of the time. Iris and Rachel, I mean, those ladies were an experience, maybe a little too much for some judges? Who knows...

Well as long as she didn't have to work with a character named Chrissshhhunnn.