On 1/9/2023 at 5:45 PM, slick jones said:

Probably one of America's Treasures, Sally Field dipped her toes into the Soap World first in 1991 in the Motion Picture, SOAPDISH. She recently reminisced about the fun she had with Whoopi Goldberg on THE VIEW.

SALLY FIELD

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STEEL MAGNOLIAS M'Lynn Eatenton 1989
SOAPDISH     Celeste Talbert    1991

Sally Field and Whoopi Goldberg again talking about Soapdish on The View, May 5, 2026.
At 2:36 of the youtube, Sally tells how the movie came about. She said that during the filming of Steel Magnolias in Natchitoches, Louisiana, she would watch soaps, such as General Hospital, Young and the Restless, "or whatever" on TV during her lunch breaks. Bobby Harling wrote the play and screenplay for Steel Magnolias, and he was on set during filming. He would laughingly ask Sally what happened today, and she'd tell him, "Well you wouldn't believe what happened". And he told her he was going to write something about that, and he did - and it was Soapdish.
(Note, I'm summarizing, just watch and hear it in Sally's own words.). Another panelist from the View asked Whoopi and Sally questions about a 1991 Entertainment Weekly article about Soapdish, which claimed Sally thought it would be fun to play "a b!tch with a heart of gold" (This is quoting the words in the EW article), but Sally says she wouldn't have said that.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by janea4old

Andy Ridings also did a brief arc on OneLife to Live in Latec2029/early 2010. Dorian was mayor and taking orders from Mitch. Ridings played an aide to Dorian.