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IMOGENE COCA

 

AS THE WORLD TURNS       Alice  ___ Hammond   1983

ONE LIFE TO LIVE       Gladys___ Mason     1983-84

 

also.....

YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS        1950

THE IMOGENE COCA SHOW     Betty Crane     1954

GRINDL       Grindl        1963-64    

IT'S ABOUT TIME        Shad    1966-67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANNING CHASE   

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL    Designer/Caterer     Unknown Year

SANTA BARBARA    Nurse Charlotte Baker   1985

SISTERS       Didi Poncell      1991

HYPERION BAY     Jenna    1999

PORT CHARLES     Mrs. Phillips      1999

GENERAL HOSPITAL     Judge Lawry       2006

 

also.....

E.R.           Claire        1996

MAD MEN    Dorothy Campbell     2007-13

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JULIET MILLS

 

ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK    "Alone With Terror" Susan Maroni   12/3/1973

DYNASTY                     Lady Rosalind Bedford    1984

HOTEL                   Grace Cauldwell          1985

ALL MY CHILDREN         Judge Edith Hogan    1985

HOTEL         Joanne Bentley       1987

PASSIONS           Tabitha Lenox    1999-2008

 

also......

THE NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR    Nanny Phoebe Figalilly  1970-71

BORN FREE     Dr. Claire Hanley     1974-75

WILD AT HEART       Georgina       2009

FOUR SEASONS     Lady Florence Combe   2008-09

FROM HERE ON OUT    Dottie Cooper     2014

HOT IN CLEVELAND    Phillipa Scroggs   2010; 2013; 2014; 2015

 

Daughter of Sir John Mills, Sister of Haley Mills, wife of Maxwell Caulfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRADFORD DILLMAN

 

MODERN ROMANCES    Cliff     week of 4/16/1956                     

                       Unknown Role   week of 6/4/1956

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES   Father Damien   1964

KING'S CROSSINGS      Paul Hollister     1982

FALCON CREST         Darryl Clayton     1982-83

DYNASTY                      Hal Lombard     1984

HOTEL                         Paul Stanton        1984

                                            Will Pomeroy    1985

 

also....... 

DOCTOR KILDARE         Reverend Richard Webb    1966

COURT MARTIAL        Captain  David Young     1965-66

ABC WIDE WORLD MYSTERY "PLEASE CALL IT MURDER"

         (based on the novel  THE SEVENTH MASK BY Henry Slesar)      Lieutenant Danny Iannello

 

PILOTS AND PROPOSALS

 

FEAR NO EVIL     Paul Varney      1968

SALEM VILLAGE: THE LAST BRIDE OF SALEM    Matt Clifton    5/8/1974

COVENANT      Eric Noble     1985

 

 

 

RENNE JARRETT

 

PORTIA FACES LIFE/THE INNER FLAME    Shirl Fleming   1954

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Bebe Spode    1957-58

                           Phoebe Smith (Marceau) Jamison  1967-68

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING     Donna Patrick  Unknown Year

LOVE OF LIFE     Eileen McCallion  1969-70

SOMERSET         Ginger Cooper    1972- 73

ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK     "I Never Said Good-Bye"   Alice Laughton       12/3/1973

HOTEL                  Liz Maguire     1985

 

also.....

NANCY         Nancy Smith Hudson        1970-71

ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE    Kathy Wakefield Ellis     1980-81

 

 

 

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DON GALLOWAY

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Unknown Role   Unknown Year

THE SECRET STORM       Kip Rysdale     1962-63

ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK   "The Child Is Mine"  Martin Thatcher   12/7/1972

HOTEL                            Ron Bowman     1984

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Dr. Buzz Stryker    1985-87

DALLAS     Patrick Knelman       1990

 

also.....

ARREST AND TRIAL        Mitchell Harris    1963-64

TOM, DICK AND MARY         Dr. Tom Gentry     1964-65

IRONSIDE         Detective Sergeant Ed Brown     1967-75; 1993 made for tv-movie, THE RETURN OF IRONSIDE

HIZZONER    Donald Timmons       1979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARSHA CLARK

 

THE DOCTORS           Candy-Striper    8/1970   

        (Clark had been the head of Gerald Gordon's fan club)

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW           Unknown Role    Unknown Year

SOMERSET               Unknown Role    Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Nurse Dorothy Stone  ?1977-78?

THE GUIDING LIGHT    Nurse Hillary (Kincaed) Bauer (Reade)  1978-84

ONE LIFE TO LIVE      Tina Clayton Lord Roberts Rogan Vickers Roberts    temporary    1984-85

DYNASTY             Dr. Susan Aames     1988

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Eileen Matheson  the Counterfeitor     1989-90

                            Intruder     Unknown Year

TRIBES         Samantha          1990

GENERAL HOSPITAL     Television Spokeswoman    1993

                         Faux Nurse  (Luke and Laura)  1994

PORT CHARLES     Voice of Killer      1998

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS     Sherry the Secretary  1998-2000

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Judge Karen Fitzpatrick   2003-06; 2008-10; 2016-17

PASSIONS      Madeline     2007

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES    Nurse       2010
 

also....

TRAPPER JOHN, M.D.        Nurse Smythe     1985-86

 

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KATHLEEN CODY

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Laurie Ann Karr Lamont Dallas  1965-67

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Sally Graham     1967-68 (possibly 1966-68 depending if P&G allowed her to do both)

THE SECRET STORM           Cecelia             1970

DARK SHADOWS          Hallie Stokes       1970

                                         Carrie Stokes       1970-71

 

also

THE WALTONS           Audrey Butler       1974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

WILLIAM CHRISTIAN

 

ALL MY CHILDREN      Mel            1989

ANOTHER WORLD      Dr. Marshall Reed     1990

ALL MY CHILDREN    Police Chief Derek Frye    1990-2005

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES       EMT     2008

DAYS OF OUR LIVES           Minion    2018

THE BAY     Dr. Marques Abraham     2020

DAYS OF OUR LIVES         T. R. Coates    2022

 

also....

HAND OF GOD                 Manny      2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM CAIN

 

ALL MY CHILDREN      Hughes the butler   1979-82

THE EDGE OF NIGHT   Mr. Frobish      1982

THE HAMPTONS    Unknown Role    1983

ANOTHER WORLD    Governor Paul Atkinson    1983

GUIDING LIGHT   Reverend Martin    1989

                        Reverend Miller      1992

ONE LIFE TO LIVE    Mr. Prendergrast    1999

LOVING              Justice of the Peace    Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Ed   Brewster    1992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LUDI CLAIRE

 

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES     Mrs. Grant   1962

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Elizabeth "Liz" ___  McGrath 1964-66

HIDDEN FACES        Grace Ensley     1968

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Victoria ____ Jackson Ballenger  (temporary) Unknown Year

 

 

 

 

  

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Some more roles for Hoppers courtesy of ABC Matinee Today (aired daily for a week in Dec 73)

I Never Said Goodbye Dec 3 1973

Anne Seymour  Judge Micklin 

Jack Stauffer David Laughton 

Renee Jarrett Alice Laughton

 

My Secret Mother  Dec 5 1973

Rue McLanahan Carol Babcock

 

 

From ABC Afternoon Playbreak (irregularly scheduled specials)

The Child Is Mine  Dec 7 1972

Robin Strasser Shelley Carr 

Rosemary Prinz Elizabeth Thatcher 

Don Galloway Martin Thatcher 

 

The Gift of Terror  April 5 1973

Denise Alexander Laura 

Carmen Zapata Aunt Caroline

 

Things I Never Said Oct 31 1973

Joe Campanella

Brooke Bundy

 

A Special Act of Love Nov 14 1973

Martin E Brooks Dr Easton

Robert Burr Dr Dolan 

Barbara Baxley Ann 

 

Alone With Terror Dec 5 1973

Juliet Mills Susan Maroni

Colby Chester Leonard Walters

Walter Brooke Roperman

 

Mother of The Bride  Jan 9 1974

Elizabeth Allan Amy Whitman

Kip Niven Steve Whitman 

Phillip Sterling Harry Prosnick

 

Miss Kline We Love You  Feb 27 1074

Cindy Fisher Tracy Davenport 

Fred Beir Alex Markham 

 

Can I Save My Children?  Oct 17 1974

David Hedison Clay 

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JOHN CASTELLANOS

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL        Unknown Role    Unknown Year

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL     District Attorney Jeff Talon    1987

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS    Attorney John Silva  1989-2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LORI CARDILLE 

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT         Winter Austen    1978-79

RYAN'S HOPE          Carol Baker    1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID COMBS

 

RYAN'S HOPE    Guard    Unknown Year

ANOTHER WORLD      Sergeant Bill Gorman      1983

GUIDING LIGHT         Bob Byer      1985

GENERAL HOSPITAL     Detective Sanders      1987

ALL MY CHILDREN      Sheriff Fields      Unknown Year

                                        Detective Engstrom   Unknown Year

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS     Deputy Jailer  1989

                       Detective Bob Adams  1992; 1995-96

BEVERLY HILLS 90210     Funeral Minister      1995

 

 

 

 

 

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ANOTHER WORLD     Fred Douglas     (temporary)  12/26/1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HELENA CARROLL

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Officer Molly O'Connor     1977

GENERAL HOSPITAL        Thelma  __  Jameson      1978

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS  Margaret O'Neill   1986

GENERAL HOSPITAL    "Nanny" Sybil MacTavish      1992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN CARPENTER

 

THE DOCTORS           Fred Harrison    1968

A WORLD APART      Dr. Downs      1970

ANOTHER WORLD    Lieutenant Aaronson    1970-71

A WORLD APART      Reverend Walter King     1971

ANOTHER WORLD      inspector Earl Wood   10/25/1971 - 1/12/1972

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING   Walter Travis     August - ????  1972

SOMERSET         Matt Carberry   Unknown Year

RYAN'S HOPE     Captain McDonough     1981

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Warden L.G. Smithers    1985        

GUIDING LIGHT     Dr. Lyle    Unknown Year

 

movie.....

TOOTSIE     First Actor       1985

  I sent a message to MTF at the EON Homepage to see if he can fill us in.  Added to her profile.

 

done

 

I'll add the rest in @Paul Raven tonight/tomorrow--- thanks for the info!

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LOUISE LASSER

 

THE DOCTORS   Lorrie  ___  Keller   4/26/63      

                           Jackie Ricardo    May 1965

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN      Mary Hartman    1976-77

 

 

 

also....

 

IT'S A LIVING  .....      Maggie McBerney     1981-82

SAINT ELSEWHERE     Aunt Cherise Ehrlich      1984

GIRLS                            Beadie     2014-15

 

 

ex-wife of Woody Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MICHAEL BEIRNE   

 

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Unknown Role  Unknown Year  _pre-1969

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    Unknown Role  Unknown Year   pre-1969

LOVE OF LIFE          Steve Garrett       1968 or 1969

                                   Clay Walker      1979

 

 

Special thanks to Mark Thomas Faulkner for the photo and @jam6242 for finding an article about Beirne's EON and ATWT roles.

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IRENE DAILEY

 

THE HOUSE ON HIGH STREET     Unknown Role  1959 or 1960

THE SECRET STORM      Unknown Role    Unknown Year

THE NURSES     Annie Cloyne        1965

THE EDGE OF NIGHT   Pamela ____ Stewart      1969-70

ANOTHER WORLD     Elizabeth "Aunt Liz" ___ Matthews   1974-86; 1987-93; 1993; 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCY DEAKINS

 

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Lily Walsh     1984-85

ALL MY CHILDREN      Amber      Unknown Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GORDON CONNELL

 

RADIO

 

HAWTHORNE HOUSE      Billy Sherwood

 

TELEVISION

 

ANOTHER WORLD                    Norwood      Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS       Edward Anderson   1989-90 occasional

        (Kirk's father)

 

 

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PAUL COUFOS

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES       Dr. Michael "Mike" Horton   1981-82

HOTEL                   Bunker       1983

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS    Parent   Unknown Year

             Hartford Longley   Unknown Year

ONE LIFE TO LIVE        Arlen the Politico   Unknown Year

 

 

 

 

JANE CECIL

 

GUIDING LIGHT         Geraldine Sweet      1987

LOVING                        Cynthia Honeycutt     1989

GUIDING LIGHT           Grace Downing Cummings    Unknown Year

                                     Bess Lowell's neighbor   1992-93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTIE CLARK

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES      Carrie Brady Reed Roberts Reed   1986-91; 1992-99; 2005-06; 2010; 2011-12; 2017; 2018; 2019

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Cindy Martin     1992

BEYOND SALEM      Carrie Brady Reed Roberts Reed                         2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       1983

CARMEN MATHEWS

 

THE DOCTORS        Theodora Van Allen Rostand      1966

                                  Claire ___ DeVries         1978

ANOTHER WORLD      Bess Killworth        1983

 

also.....    

MASH           Colonel Lillian Rayburn     1978

KENNEDY        Mamie Eisenhower     1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DIANA MULDAUR   

 

THE DOCTORS         "Twice Born"             Carol Carter      6/13/1963

                             "The Sacred Disease"     Ann Carwell   week of 12/16/1963

THE SECRET STORM      Ann Wicker Dunbar     1965

THE SURVIVORS     Belle       1969-70

ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK "A SPECIAL ACT OF LOVE"  Unknown Role   1973

 

also...

 

DOCTOR KILDARE      Jeannie Orloff       1966

STAR TREK           Dr. Miranda Jones     1968

                                Dr. Ann Mulhall/Thalassa     1968

McCLOUD             Chris Coughlin         1970-77

BORN FREE              Joy Adamson   1974

THE TONY RANDALL SHOW      Judge Elaine Hooper    1976-78

HIZZONER     Ginny Linden      1979

FITZ AND BONES         Terri Seymour      1981

A YEAR IN THE LIFE         Dr. Alice Foley     1987-88

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION       Dr. Katherine Pulaski       1988-89

L.A. LAW      Rosalind Shays             1989-91

 

 

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

 

THE WIDENING CIRCLE            Ann Wicker Dunbar      1965

A YEAR IN THE LIFE (   pilot)     Dr. Alice Foley      1986

 

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PATRICIA MAUCERI

 

ANOTHER WORLD     Angie Perrini Frame       (temporary) 1976

AS THE WORLD TURNS        Andrea Korackes Andropolous 1980-81

LOVING            Sophia         Unknown Year

ALL MY CHILDREN        Nurse         1993

ONE LIFE TO LIVE      Carlotta "kahr-LO-tah"  Espinosa Vega    1995-09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOIS MARKLE

 

THE DOCTORS      "The Doll Who Limped"      5/9/1963   Unknown Role

THE SECRET STORM         Carol ___Devereaux       1966

LOVE OF LIFE Unknown Role pre-1976

ONE LIFE TO LIVE          Nurse Ethel Crawford       1976-77

ANOTHER WORLD       Nurse Grady           1980

ALL MY CHILDREN       Gertrude         1988

                           Nurse Sledge      1989

 

 

 

 

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When the subject of the hospital’s needing the land arises, Marler meets with Adam, and they agree that he should realize a fair profit from his property and that an unbiased assessor should be engaged to evaluate the market value of the land so they can agree on a selling price. When Sarah comments on the fact that Marler is to realize a profit on the land, he bitterly replies that no matter what he’s done since coming to Cedars to prove that he has changed. since she last knew him, she refuses to see him as anything but what he was all those years ago. Sarah insists this isn’t true. But Marler then calls Adam for a meeting and informs him that the land is not for sale at any price. As Adam begins to grow alarmed, Marler continues that the site for the new building will be his personal donation to the hospital. As Adam expresses profuse thanks and appreciation, Marler wryly notes that the tax deductions he’ll realize on this contribution to a charitable institution will benefit himself almost as much as Cedars. When Steve Jackson learns that Marler is to be elected head of the research wing that will be built on his property, he expresses the conviction that this was the exact intention of the gift. Adam, however, assures Steve that the donation wasn’t a factor in the hospital  board’s decision, they were concerned only with Dr. Marler’s reputation as a doctor. | After lengthy consultations and meetings. with the hospital  staff, Ed assured by the head nurse that her nurses performed commendably despite the added pressure of the train wreck, presents his findings to the hospital review board. Steve arrives at two possible explanations for the facts. Either Grainger, more active than usual due to the previously delayed medication, reached for the writing pad and inadvertently disconnected the breathing tubes, or he was in a state of extreme upset because of the delayed medication and.in the excitement a surge of adrenalin within his system caused his brain aneurism to start hemorrhaging. " Upon learning that the review board has ruled out negligence in Grainger’s death, Ed tells Rita, who takes her first free breath in a long time. But Ed hasn’t thought to tell Rita that he’s been in touch with Grainger’s attorney, Mr. Schafer, who, knowing that a woman was at the base of Grainger’s investigation, is coming to Springfield to try to find out who the woman - was who walked out on Grainger when he collapsed —in the restaurant. Peggy, learning that Rita’s “forgetting” to deliver Holly’s message was instrumental in their divorce ‘being finalized, tells Ed that Holly wanted to reach him to stop the divorce. Immediately after, Peggy is torn by doubts, wondering if she did the right thing.She confides in Barbara, who then discusses the situation with Ed. He tells her he and Holly have discovered a new closeness now that they are building their separate lives. Barbara quickly contradicts him: Holly is not building a new life. Barbara gently cautions Ed, saying, “People change, feelings change, and what seems right now may not be right a year from now. No decision is irrevocable.” Ed agrees with this. Now that Ben has declared his love for her, Hope finds herself apprehensive, fearing that she might be making a mistake, as she did a few years ago, when she was sure she was in love with her college professor. Explaining that she doesn’t want to make another mistake, she asks Ben to be patient, and he agrees. When Mike expresses his disapproval of Ben’s overstated independence, his need to be beholden to no one, Hope quickly jumps to Ben’s defense, and Mike apologizes. But Ben, surprisingly, accepts Mike’s assessment as constructive criticism. Later Hope, examining her feelings and desires, tells Ben she does love him and wants to belong to him. Later that evening, after they’ve made love, Ben asks Hope to marry him.And, delighted, she replies that she will. At Hope’s instigation, Bert has a family dinner to which Ben is invited, and Hope announces their intention to marry over glasses of wine. Mike politely offers best wishes while Bert thrills the couple with her offer to' make a Christmas wedding for them. Bert later tells Mike he must accept this engagement with good spirits for Hope, and later, seeing the joy she’s feeling, he gives his daughter his approval. But Ben finds another problem on his very own doorstep: his brother Jerry, who announces he’s left home after several bad fights with their parents. He refuses to tell Ben what they were fighting about. As Ben is showering, Jerry borrows his car and goes out for an hour. The phone rings, but Ben can’t hear it. Shortly after, two uniformed officers visit Mike at home to tell him that his late wife’s car has been involved in a delicatessen robbery earlier in the evening. Since Ben bought Leslie’s car, Mike accompanies the officers to Ben’s apartment. Ben curtly informs the police that he had nothing to do with the robbery and makes it clear that he feels they wouldn’t be there if he didn’t have a record and that his exoneration doesn’t prevent his being hassled like any ex-con,as they tell him he has to go to the police station for questioning. Hope tells Ben she called him earlier, and when he replies that he must have been in the shower, she accepts his word unhesitatingly.Jerry finally returns to Ben’s place and under questioning from Ben admits that he robbed the store,explaining that he has debts. Ben is now in a quandary,as he feels he must protect his brother but doesn’t want to be unfair to Hope. He tries to ease the situation by withdrawing $185 from the joint checking account he opened with Hope and repaying the delicatessen owner. He then sends Jerry out of town to stay with a friend. His relief at having solved the problem is short-lived, however, when Mike informs him that, despite the reparations, the robbery was a felony and the police will continue to investigate. Hope is badly upset to learn while making a deposit that Ben withdrew’a sum which Mike tells her is equal to the amount stolen. This shakes her belief that he _was really home when she called, and she goes to him, asking for an answer to put her mind at rest. Ben can’t betray Jerry and asks Hope to trust him, promising she will have the whole story eventually. But Hope can’t accept this; she needs complete honesty and openness in her relationship and without it cannot goon. She painfully tells her father that the wedding is off despite her love for Ben, and tells Bert to stop preparations. Mike goes to Ben, reminding him that half the money in the account is Hope’s and she has the right to an answer. But Ben won’t say any more and refuses Mike’s offer to represent him legally, again stating that he doesn’t need a lawyer, because he’s done nothing wrong.     
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