Watching more of the mid-80s ATWT, I continue to be disappointed that Lyla's sister Maggie was written out and then never really mentioned again. There's something quirky, funny, yet also down-to-earth about her which helps enliven what could be tedious stories about baby adoption and mobsters and so on. I think she would have fit in very well in Marland's ATWT if he'd written for her.

I looked up the actress' name, and aside from learning she played Chekhov's ex-flame Irina in a Star Trek TOS episode, Mary Linda Rapleye also put up some clips of her time at OLTL (as Ivan Kipling's wife Faith) and at ATWT. I hadn't seen the clips anywhere else so I didn't want to just post this in one of the ATWT tribute threads, in case you hadn't seen them either. One is of Maggie pretending to be Cal Randolph's Southern-fried wife, complete with red wig, and beating a mobster in a high stakes poker game. Another is a fantasy sequence Cal has about Maggie, a fur coat, and Teddy Pendergrass music. As with a lot of 80s love scenes it's fairly risque, although that might just be down to the look on his face when the fantasy is over...

http://marylindarapelye.com/60s.html

http://marylindarapelye.com/80s.html

I just watched the OLTL clip. It is of Faith on a date with Larry, and they end up talking about the differences between him and Ivan and what each other means to them.

I find she has a very strong likability about her. She kind of resembles Robin Strasser/Brynn Thayer and especially Philece Sampler.

Thanks, I'd forgotten to give a description for the OLTL clip. I guess this must have been right before Ivan put the chip in her and in Larry. I don't think she'd be so glowing about him if she knew about that...

She does look like Philece Sampler, you're right. And a bit like Felicity La Fortune. There's also a believable family resemblance to Anne Sward and Margaret Colin/Hillary Bailey. That was good casting.

I know it's presumptuous starting a thread on this but I'm always happy to find any other scraps of old soap stuff and in case anyone else is the same I thought they might want to know. I don't know if those clips were anywhere else but I hadn't seen them on Youtube or anything.

The OLTL clip was definitely some time in 1980, IMO. And yes, way before the mind chip craziness.

Was Faith in the mind chip story? I should try to see more of that if it's online I guess. I mostly remember it for the hilarious image of Larry wearing a headband. At least he got to be the hero though.

Was Faith in the mind chip story? I should try to see more of that if it's online I guess. I mostly remember it for the hilarious image of Larry wearing a headband. At least he got to be the hero though.

No, she wasn't. Ivan and Faith left to South America. When Ivan returned, Faith wasn't with him.

Thanks! I guess that was down to Rapleye already being on ATWT by that time. Did they say what had happened to her?

Thanks! I guess that was down to Rapleye already being on ATWT by that time. Did they say what had happened to her?

Unfortunately, I am not certain. Llanview Labyrinth has dead links for their 1981-1988 summaries, and the OLTL History Pages summaries are too vague.

Edited July 12, 201015 yr by Amello