I spoke too soon! I'm glad it's here.

The dish about Paul Tulley, Trish Van Devere, etc. is good stuff. Her mention at the end almost makes me wonder if they invented Karen #2 (Karen Wolek) when she declined to return.

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Great interview from Niki Flacks. Thanks. So many actors still out there that could and should be interviewed. Everyone has their own memories/perspectives. Trish Van Devere also had a very short run as Patti on SFT. She didn't seem suited for soaps. It seems like her attitude rather than her acting was the problem.

In regards to writer credits, I was looking at those 1976-77 episodes that we got not too long ago. Most don't have full credits but the August 7, 1976 one says this:

Story By:

Gordon Russell

and
Sam Hall

Written By
Gordon Russell
Ted Dazan
Don Wallace
Enid Rudd

IIRC Van Devere once said she only did OLTL to make money for her downtown theater company or something.

She has a very colorful history both as Mrs. George C. Scott (who usually insisted on her being cast in his projects, like The Changeling) and in more recent years, but she was brilliant in the long-lost '80s indie Vengeance is Mine with Brooke Adams, which was rediscovered not long ago.

Enid Rudd was an actress turned playwright.

Enid (Pulver) Rudd 86 years old, passed away on August 7, 2015 in Jensen Beach, Florida, her second home for over 40 years. Enid (Pulver) Rudd was an accomplished actress and playwright as well as a writer for television. As a young actress, she starred in the movies So Young So Bad (with Anne Jackson, Rita Moreno, and Paul Henried), and in Crowded Paradise (with Hume Cronyn). She also starred as Ophelia in Hamlet at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York and performed on numerous television shows, including the Kraft Television Theater.

After turning down a contract with Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Enid became a noted playwright. Peterpat, which starred Dick Shawn and Joan Hackett, was performed on Broadway in 1964 with subsequent productions in several European countries. The play toured the United States under the title, The Marriage Gambol, starring Patty Duke and John Astin.

Enid's other plays included The Other Side of Newark, Does Anybody Here Do The Peabody?, Rumours in the Palace, A Step Out of Line, and Dearest Cousin. The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner was produced on Hollywood Television Theater and starred Charles Durning.

Enid was also a staff writer for the television soap opera, One Life to Live.

Enid was born in Newark, New Jersey to Pauline and Meyer Silverman. She lived most of her life in West Orange, New Jersey with her beloved husband of over 60 years, Honorable Bernard Rudd. Enid and Bernie always had a home filled with family and friends. They had a wonderful life together and loved to entertain and travel.

Enid was predeceased by her husband, Bernard and by her son, Charles. She is survived by her son, Matthew, his wife, Jann and her grandchildren, Maxwell and Ivan.