ATWT: Rosemary Prinz on Irna Phillips: 'She Was The Meanest Bitch On The Planet'

[DramatistDreamer]

I agree. I have worked with numerous actors (mainly in the theater, I admit) who are down to earth people who just happen to act. You can find loopy people in every profession and walk of life, if you scrutinize long enough.

I have found the vast majority (I mean 95%) of the actors I've worked with were professional and grounded very much in reality.

[DRW50]

She didn't address it directly either, but she just wanted it addressed somewhat. I can see both sides, but I side a little more with her.

[Juliajms]

Didn't AMC mention 9/11 directly? I swear I remember Erica having a conversation about it with Kendall or Bianca. Can't swear to it though.

[Mitch]

It depends on how she said it. She may have some perspective now and see what Phillips was up against and how a woman had to be that way to get the suits to deal with her. It could be half admiring, half laughing at it all now as in "Geez, Irna was a pain in the ass back in the day wasnt she??" For some reason I read it as Prinz kind of laughing about it now.

[august1229]

Gh didn't mention 911 but if a man wore a suit, he'd have a little flag pin.

I thought it was interesting that ATWT was on when interrupted by the JFK news. It sounded like it was done live then, with the bit about not telling the actors.

[P.J.]

ATWT was a live broadcast until 1975.

[John]

That's right. It was the soap to switch from Live to tape

[amybrickwallace]

Yikes. I know others like Harding Lemay had their problems with Irna, but that was the first time I heard someone who worked with her describe her that bluntly!!!