Old interview with Alice Haining

[soapfan770]

This old and rather short interview appeared in the 1/20/00 issue of the defunct Soap News. The interviewer only asks about her time as Angel on ATWT:

[DRW50]

Thanks. I liked Angel a lot, there was something so tragic and ethereal about her that appealed to me when I was young and getting into soaps.

I wonder if Marland remembered her from when he was headwriter at Loving. What was her character like on Loving?

[SFK]

I wondered where I knew that name from, the original Liza recast.

[LoyaltoAMC]

I remember her as Liza on AMC and have watched some of her episodes on youtube, and I thought she was very good. She had chemistry with Jennifer Bassey and Peter Bergman, her two major screen partners during her short stint on the show. I think the problem was that Marcy Walker was just SO popular and identified with the role, that she was nearly impossible to replace at the time. Also, the storyline of her trying to break up Cliff and Nina wasn't popular, made even worse with that dreadful Heather Stamford having just assumed the role of Nina around the same time Alice joined as Liza. Essentially she's a good actress who had the misfortune of trying to replace a very popular actress in a storyline that wasn't working.

[SFK]

Oh wow, I didn't know that she had eps on YouTube, I'll have to go check them out. Do you remember how long she was on the show? How would you compare the experience of her as a recast compared to that of Jamie Luner? I know that's a broad question, but just your overall impressions.

[DRW50]

HamiltonBernique has quite a few 1984 episodes up. Just type in Liza. I think Marcy's last episodes were in May or June 1984.

Here's one which has Marian warning AH's Liza about being involved with a married man.

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[SFK]

Thanks Carl! I was thinking she looked like a young Gillian Spencer and there popped Daisy in the next scene. Marian's look reminds me so much of various school teachers I encountered growing up.