Members OLTL_fan Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 RIP. I never knew she was on OLTL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 This was probably done in late 1976, but that is interesting, no mention of Doris Quinlan (although I think Joe Stuart was there by this time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Or Gordon Russell, who had been official HW for a few years by then. (i know Don Wallace is usually credited with Paul Roberts as co-HWs with Agnes in the early years). I believe Stuart didn't join till mid '77, but am not certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZoeTate Posted October 8, 2011 Members Share Posted October 8, 2011 So strange that three soaps are canceled and their original matriarch figures - Helen Wagner, Mary Fickett and now Doris Belack have all passed away before the actual last episode. Tragic in the case of Mary and Doris that their parts were reduced/or they were forced to leave. Anna could have been a wonderful character still on One Life, a show that desperately needed someone with common sense. Patricia Elliott couldn't cut it. Remember an episode of Ellen(the sticom not the boring talk show) where Doris was reunited with Alice Hirson(who hilariously played Ellen's mother) as they were in the middle of a card game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 8, 2011 I guess you could say that Wanda replaced Anna in that role, and Marilyn Chris was great, although she was basically a spare part for many years until her exit. I never knew Doris was on Ellen. Did they do an in joke about OLTL? Alice was wonderful on that show. She was also very good on St. Elsewhere. It's too bad they can't bring the Siegels back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZoeTate Posted October 8, 2011 Members Share Posted October 8, 2011 Carl I wish they'd found a way to do some OLTL aside, but nah. It was cool seeing the two actresses reunited years after One Life. Alice Hirson was a hoot on Ellen. Anna was such a no b.s. character, she gave it to people like it was. I loved her voice too. She was connected to so many characters. Wasn't it assumed she had loved Joe Riley for years since she and Eileen and Joe all grew up together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 8, 2011 I think that was a neat idea for the early years of the show, that the blue collar characters like Vinnie and Anna are in love with or have a crush on the lead characters (although Vinnie wanted Niki, not Viki), sort of representing the average viewer who may have been drawn to a Joe or a Viki. Then they both got to find love on their own terms, with happy endings (compared to most couples on soaps anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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