August 1960 TV Radio Mirror William Redfield, who in his role on As the World Turns is dying of leukemia, put the producers in a dilemma. Letters poured in asking that his life be saved. But the producers just couldn't get around the plot complication by then. Redfield had to "die." The actor admits that he doesn't mind being "dead," because he can now accept TV offers from Alfred Hitchcock and others. Redfield played Tim Cole.

Coincidentally, Redfield also died from leukemia, at age 49 in 1976. And how times have changed. In those days a character had to die and stay dead. Today, he could die on camera, be buried, and show up again a few weeks later with the explanation that it was all faked, his body switched with a double by the CIA while he was secretly held hostage or languished in a coma elsewhere...

August 1969 TV Radio Mirror

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Thanks, CarlD. I had never seen those photos of Eileen, and they are really beautiful.

I'd never seen them either. She looked great. I always wonder how ATWT fans felt about how glamorous Lisa became after her return. I guess they might have just thought she'd gotten a makeover in the big city.

Thanks to saynotoursoap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsME5_9iUOI

ATWT had a dud of a 50th Anniversary celebration, but I don't think it was any worse than what GH is getting. While GH is spending a lot more money, the Nurses Ball is ruined with all that idiotic Britt/Sabrina drama.

What did GL do to celebrate it's 50th (TV) Anniversary? I honestly don't know.

I'd never seen them either. She looked great. I always wonder how ATWT fans felt about how glamorous Lisa became after her return. I guess they might have just thought she'd gotten a makeover in the big city.

I know that my parents thought she looked a lady more befitting the upper class lifestyle of the Eldridge family. It signified a great change in the character from a have-not to a privileged woman and solidified her as the diva of Oakdale.

She seemed to look great in those years, in how she styled herself. I wish she hadn't done the red hair later on.

She seemed to look great in those years, in how she styled herself. I wish she hadn't done the red hair later on.

Oh, yes. I agree. Her appearance circa 1986 made her look older in my opinion. I never thought it suited her at all.

Around 1982 she got the Little Orphan Annie-style red curls, which still confuses me. I guess that's the risk of fashion though.

When Lisa returned to the show in 67 with her new blonde and glamorous look,they showed flashbacks to highlight the change.

Around 1982 she got the Little Orphan Annie-style red curls, which still confuses me. I guess that's the risk of fashion though.

Good Lord, I had blocked that from my psyche. Thanks for reminding me. Poor Kathy Hays and Pat Bruder also had some unfortunate experimentations with perms and dye jobs through the years.

Seeing Kathrn Hays as blonde always freaks me out a little, especially the one she had in the early 80s.

Seeing Kathrn Hays as blonde always freaks me out a little, especially the one she had in the early 80s.

Actually, I thought the short-lived beard that Don Hastings had was more of a visual shocker.

I blocked that out.