She ages but never does so in a bad way. She's quite a rarity. Both she and Fiona are similar in that way, along with Andrea Evans.

Of course! All of my faves naturally age very well .

The only problem is when you look at them you feel kind of old and out of shape.

Well I'm young so that would be a scary thought right now .

I'd add Jessica Tuck and Susan Haskell to that list, too.

Yes. Susan doesn't seem to age. Jessica does but has that great face which wears it well.

I felt like OLTL and ATWT were sister shows, in some ways, and one of them was that the actresses aged very gracefully.

Granted it's hard to tell--he only had brief runs at Doctors and AW again, but all his talkas a consultant (where he was best friends with Jill PF of all people) make me think he was starting to not get soaps.

Actually, I think Lemay grew to understand soaps. However, the industry changed -- and not for the better.

Plus, if we're going to look at friendships with JFP as a liability, then we might as well add Nancy Curlee to that list.

As for Malone, though, I've said before that I felt he paid lip service to OLTL's history, despite Megan's death and all those consultations with AN. If Malone truly cared about the show's history, then why is it I felt as if I watching a brand-new show, with an all-new cast, every time I tuned in? Heck, even Ron Carlivati did a better job of reaching into the show's past and using it to enhance the current stories, IMO.

Sorry for the bad scanning. This is from a November 1990 Weekly.

Edited March 4, 201213 yr by CarlD2

8/6/91 Digest

Actually, I think Lemay grew to understand soaps. However, the industry changed -- and not for the better.

Plus, if we're going to look at friendships with JFP as a liability, then we might as well add Nancy Curlee to that list.

As for Malone, though, I've said before that I felt he paid lip service to OLTL's history, despite Megan's death and all those consultations with AN. If Malone truly cared about the show's history, then why is it I felt as if I watching a brand-new show, with an all-new cast, every time I tuned in? Heck, even Ron Carlivati did a better job of reaching into the show's past and using it to enhance the current stories, IMO.

We're going to have to agree to disagree, particularly the last comment (IMHo it was Ron who played lip service to the show's past, I would hate to have seen Malone and Griffith do the same). It can be argued that Malone should have tried harder to bring on less new characters, and reached into the show's past more. But, as you said, the show really was in dire states. I don't think his overhaul was as total as other successful ones, like Monty's at GH, at any rate.

Great post Carl--thanks. It's a shame more was not done with Valerie--but I suspect her first love is the theatre and she certainly hasn't wanted in terms of acclaim in that depeartment since.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYS5BROQxw0&feature=related

When she left she said it was because they did nothing with her. If they had tried, I wonder if she would have stayed. I guess they would have used her in the RJ story but that was never about Sheila.

As for Malone and history, I think he did genuinely care about some of the show's history. Dorian/Viki, for instance. He used Wanda until Marilyn Chris left. He still used Larry, whereas JFP or whoever dumped the man by the roadside. Unfortunately there is a time when rewriting history in the past damages the show in the future - and I think in the long run Todd and the Victor rewrites effectively killed the show.

Edited March 5, 201213 yr by CarlD2

I sometimes forget that Sheila was introduced during the final year or so of the Rauch era. Were there any noticable differences in her character from that time to when Gottlieb and Malone arrived (not counting relationships, just the character herself)?

The part about NW's Max & Sheila possibly being a couple is interesting. I wonder what she & JDP's Max would've been like together.

Speaking of which: how late in 1991 did NW leave? Wasn't there a period of time between his departure and JDP coming back?

Edited March 5, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

When she left she said it was because they did nothing with her. If they had tried, I wonder if she would have stayed. I guess they would have used her in the RJ story but that was never about Sheila.

As for Malone and history, I think he did genuinely care about some of the show's history. Dorian/Viki, for instance. He used Wanda until Marilyn Chris left. He still used Larry, whereas JFP or whoever dumped the man by the roadside. Unfortunately there is a time when rewriting history in the past damages the show in the future - and I think in the long run Todd and the Victor rewrites effectively killed the show.

I agree Carl, though I hate to blame one team for what was used from their material later on by other teams, I think it's a fair point.

Wrong thread I guess?

Edited March 8, 201213 yr by CarlD2