9 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Not really, no, although she was my favorite Lily and always will be. (she was also the first Lily I ever saw)

Lucinda is a wonder, yes. Liz worked miracles.

29 minutes ago, MarlandFan said:

While Heather Rattray was a bit of a shock when she first took over the role of Lily (she was much taller than Byrne and Lily was suddenly being written as a semi-ruthless business woman), I came to like her very much. She played Lily as more mature and sophisticated than Byrne did -- which came in handy during the very traumatic Angel storyline. I was sad when Rattray left the role. Once Byrne returned in 1993, Lily immediately went back to being petulant and sour.

Fascinating - thank you, both!

When I have more time, I plan to watch a period of ATWT. I was going to start with Cady McClain's era (since I'm a big fan of hers), but any recommendations on a year to start where I could access every episode (like early 90s or so)? I'm not big on missing episodes.

9 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

another actress played Lily for the first half of the 90s! Was this actress popular? I honestly had no idea that Martha Byrne only came on starting mid-1995 (I know she played her for a few years in the 80s).

Martha Byrne runs were 1985-1989 and 1993-2008. Heather Rattray run was 1989-1992.

1 minute ago, alwaysAMC said:

any recommendations on a year to start where I could access every episode (like early 90s or so)? I'm not big on missing episodes.

Douglas Marland era, September 1985 until his material runs out in June 1994, but there are a lot of gaps on YT.

The best years were 1986 and 1987, but 1990 is also very good.

3 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Martha Byrne runs were 1985-1989 and 1993-2008. Heather Rattray run was 1989-1992.

Douglas Marland era, September 1985 until his material runs out in June 1994, but there are a lot of gaps on YT.

The best years were 1986 and 1987, but 1990 is also very good.

Ahhh ok, this site gave me wrong information on the dates. I should have just trusted Wiki instead.

https://cbsastheworldturns.fandom.com/wiki/Lily_Walsh

Appreciate it!

You're welcome @alwaysAMC

51 minutes ago, MarlandFan said:

While Heather Rattray was a bit of a shock when she first took over the role of Lily (she was much taller than Byrne and Lily was suddenly being written as a semi-ruthless business woman), I came to like her very much. She played Lily as more mature and sophisticated than Byrne did -- which came in handy during the very traumatic Angel storyline. I was sad when Rattray left the role. Once Byrne returned in 1993, Lily immediately went back to being petulant and sour.

I felt the same. The hairstyle department and wardrobe tried to make Martha look like Heather but she still looked immature and her childish acting didn't help either.

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