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[asafi]

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[janea4old]

 

These are fascinating, thanks for posting!

I just found Lilyan Chauvin on page 12 of SoapHoppers
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/55788-soap-hoppers-the-soap-actors-and-roles-thread/page/12
@slick jones have you seen these interviews?

I see that she died in 2008 but she had a blog and a website, which are still maintained.  It mentions some GH actors who were her students or were coached in French by her.  Kin Shriner spoke at her memorial service.
https://lilyanchauvin.blogspot.com/
https://lilyanchauvin.com/

 

Edited December 13, 2024 by janea4old

[yrfan1983]

Great finds, thanks! I just saw this blog post from Tonya Walker (GH/OLTL) on how Lilyan coached her to be a villain

"As I have just received the news of Lilyan’s passing I am so struck by how much she means and meant to my life. I have always attributed my success in acting to her as well as my surviving the 80’s. Lilyan was my coach, my friend, my mother many times. Her soup, french bread , and couch made me feel at home on many occasions when I had a broken heart or was stressed from my work or personal life. When I needed to be propped up she was always there. Even now, as I beat myself for not seeing her since I moved away, I can hear her telling me to “knock it off” ...I can hear her saying, “Stop this. I know you loved me and that you were taking care of your children, husband and family.” At the same time she is quietly reminding me to take care of those who are still here and not to set myself up with regrets like this ever again. She is reminding me to make sure that I make time to see people who are special to me. We never know how long we will have to see them.With regard to acting,Lilyan taught me how to be a villain. I was always the “ingénue” until I met her. She gave me tools to use that served me notably well, as I was often recognized as “Best Villain” by magazines etc. in Daytime Television. I remember on General Hospital, I worked with her on every script. I was sure they wouldn’t take me seriously when I was supposed to be intimidating, frightening or even angry. I was afraid people would take one look at this blue eyed blonde face and laugh, thinking “You have got to be kidding!” Well, Lilyan put a stop to all that chatter and got me to focus on my strength… to find my strength, and to have true confidence in it. She did this so well in fact that I began to known for years as a formidable “Bad Girl” on Daytime Television and this has lasted for 20 years. I had to cast myself in a film I produced as a “Mom” because no one else would! I had the good fortune to know Lilyan’s mom too. No one loved their mother more than Lilyan did. She took such good care of her mother until the day she died, and took such joy in doing so. She nourished all living things…from her plants on her porch to her friends and family. I am teaching today as well as acting and producing. I think of her at every class. I only hope that I will be able to be half as good a teacher, friend, daughter, director and producer as she was… That will keep Lilyan Chauvin alive in my heart until I see her again someday.
With Love,

Tonja Walker

[DRW50]

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Thanks for these - all new to me.

[soapfan770]

Background for Shawn Garrett the saga from the 1998 anniversary books:

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[asafi]

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[FrenchFan]

I think the date is wrong. This is #2859 from Wednesday June 6th, 1984. It is indeed Karl Bruck's last appearance as Maestro Fautsch. After the Brooks family was dismissed, he last aired on December 1982, but was brought back to teach Nikki the piano in 4 episodes (April-June 1984).

[Planet Soap]

In rewatching 1997, what did you all think of the Kurt Costner story?

https://youtu.be/INQ3O993vRA?si=dqgbz5pSqEklzmYl

[DRW50]

Dull and a waste of time.

[Planet Soap]

I had similar feelings.

Edited December 29, 2024 by Planet Soap

[soapfan770]

Well said LOL.

I did think Linda Dona, who appears in that episode as the dead wife Linda in Kurt’s flashback would’ve made a better Ashley than Shattuck did. 

If I recall correctly the letter Ashley found contained a written confession from Linda detailing a very sordid affair with the next door neighbor(?) who was also married. 

Also felt bad that Hope exited paired up with him after a brief and boring triangle.

Edited December 29, 2024 by soapfan770

[kalbir]

That pretty much describes first half of 1997.

Bill Bell's second worst nepotism. That casting derailed a potential Victor/Nikki/Brad/Ashley quad and none of the subsequent storylines worked.

[DRW50]

I still don't even know why they brought poor Signy Coleman back. The worst part, as SPW or SOD panned at the time, was the romantic dinner where he had to perform a tracheotomy on her (was he out with Ashley and saw her choking - I can't remember).

I did like that we saw the wife reading the letter, IIRC, which was not the usual flashback style of the show. I agree she would have been a better Ashley. 

Shattuck was an all time failed casting choice, even if she became tolerable later on. 

[Paul Raven]

When Brenda left, Ashley should have been written out for an extended time, at least a year.

The character needed a break and this was the time. Wait until Eileen came back or a stronger recast, had that not occurred. Long running characters need to be treated carefully and the marriage to Cole during that time was unnecessary and pointless.

[soapfan770]

Pretty much. 
 

Anyone remember why DD left the show in ‘96? I was actually surprised when he returned in late ‘98 because it felt like at that point the show had long moved past from him and then initially felt like they struggled when they teased him with Grace.

Yeah that was one of Kurt’s many “deep dark” secrets behind the dead wife & dead daughter etc that he had been a brilliant doctor which he kept hidden until Hope choked. I remember SOD giving it a thumbs down for the week. 
 

(Barring a few performances, I also have never been much of a fan of McCloskey’s work either, although I know it wasn’t his fault Santa Barbara did give him the short end of the stick) 

Shattuck never became tolerable for me. Her groveling confession to Victor that she is Cole’s other woman in the Jabot Lab was the worst acting I had ever seen on Y&R up to that point. I still remember what life ED breathed into Ashley once she returned, as Ashley was still in the middle of the art forgery story that still befuddles me to this day.

Yeah Bell only waited a little over two months to bring on Shattuck after Epperson left. Ashley should’ve been in full rage and ready to take revenge on Mari Jo, but their confrontation scenes came out as so empty as Shattuck didn’t have any spark or edge at all and the show just kept moving forward.