OLTL Tribute Thread

[jam6242]

I don't know the actor sitting with Wanda, but I think that memorial might have been for Vinnie, not Jim Craig. 

Found the first article in a March 6, 1981, newspaper re Vinnie's death.

Nat Polen died in May 1981.  Found the second article in an August 22, 1981 newspaper.

It appears that Jim Craig's death wasn't commemorated on-screen.  Found the third article in an August 2, 1982, newspaper.

 

@slick jonesDon't know whether you already have this name, but a real priest, Father George Moore, appeared as the priest for Vinnie's funeral.

 

 

 

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[slick jones]

Thanks @jam6242

 

 

[Paul Raven]

A couple of questions following on from those articles posted.

How much longer did Anna remain on the show? Like her husband, Anna just faded away, but do we have a final airdate?

In the synopsis 'Richard and Betty separate'. Who is Betty?

Edited November 8, 2021 by Paul Raven

[slick jones]

Becky Lee.

Anna lasted until mid-1982 as a talk-to and babysitter.

 

 

[MissPalmer]

Thank you very much! Definitively, it must be Vinnie's funeral....Wanda is in big sorrow....and maybe that man next to her could be her brother (Paul, I think)....the one who appeared in her wedding in February 1975

[slick jones]

Yeah, Since Joel Higgins was a bigger name by then they must have recast for Vinnie's funeral.

Too bad we never got to see Donna-- Jason's mother.

[Nicholas Blair]

Thanks to everyone for all the information. For years I thought OLTL was set in "Landview" until a scene where Viki and Joe register at an inn, and the hotel register clearly shows "Llanview, Pa." That may have been around the time that Viki had to choose between her two husbands. I was not familiar with the Welsh influence in that part of Pennsylvania.

But then, thanks to the mushy diction of the young actors on Y&R, I thought that show was set in "General City"! Several years later I read something about "Genoa City."

Speaking of Richard and "Betty" (Becky Lee), I thought Jill Voight was an absolute delight and that she and Richard were an adorable couple. JV had a genuine Southern accent of the slightly nasal variety, what linguists call the "Inland South" accent. I liked Mary Gordon Murray well enough as the recast Becky Lee with all the rough edges gone, but Jill Voight was one of a kind.

[John]

[MissPalmer]

The summary is for the 6 March episode? Or for tge entire week? What's the name of the newspaper? Thanks!

[jam6242]

This particular clipping is from the York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record.  It's from Lynda Hirsch's syndicated column.

[MissPalmer]

Thank you!

[slick jones]

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Actor identified.  The man hugging Wanda is actor Bill Fiore. I'm presuming it's Wanda's brother Paul.

 

Fiore is best known for this commercial and appeared as a lawyer on RTPP.

[j swift]

Yeah, I always forget that the Buchanan's didn't literally bring the "D" (as in BDE) to Llanview when Asa moved to town

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Thanks for the reminder

[victoria foxton]

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Edited November 12, 2021 by victoria foxton

[danfling]

When Cassie and Rob first met and their storyline began, which actress (Cusi Cram or Ava Haddad) was playing Cassie?

I really liked Ted Marceaux as Rob.  I like Mark Arnold (Rob #2), but I think that Mr. Marceaux was better.   I have been suprised that his career has not been bigger since leaving One Life to Live.