Front burner to forgotten

[SoapDope]

B&B.......Kristen Forrester......she was all over the show in the late 80's and early 90's.

 

Y&R.......The Brooks and Foster family's. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dr Neil Curtis]

Caprice on Days. She had a past with Celeste that was suddenly dropped and so was she. 

[titan1978]

That’s her.  Talk about someone that ate a show.

[frequentsoapfan]

No that was some other chick who didn't last long. Not that anyone who won that series lasted long. They were all barely on their soaps and booted off with a quickess

[cassadine1991]

Except for BethAnn Bonner

[frequentsoapfan]

I said winners. She didn't actually win but they offered her a contract anyway.

[GMac]

Rita Stapleton Bauer on GL.  This character was the reason I started watching the show.  I loved her!  She got heavy airtime from (I'm ballparking it here) 78 - 82 or so then left town and it's like she was never there.  I think they mentioned her a couple times after she left but past 1984...nothing.  Without Rita, her sister and mom just faded away too.

[DRW50]

 

I think it was around 76-81. Rita was such a true anti-heroine - I imagine she was one of the first for GL. And she took a lot of heat from fans. She paved the way for so many anti-heroines in the '80s and '90s. They nearly brought her back in the late '80s but it didn't happen. Maybe it's for the best. 

 

I just wish all her material was available. I would eat it up.

[GMac]

 

Thanks for clarifying :-)  

 

Yaaaass  I feel the same way.  I was completely and utterly enthralled with her story and loved the character.  My sister OTOH couldn't stand her lol.  

 

She was the Dobson's creation, right?  Did the change in HW regimes with Marland lead to her being written off or did Kasdorf just want to move on?  I was so young, I never understood why she left.  I couldn't believe it when she left town - I thought for sure she'd be back!  LOL.

 

[DRW50]

 

Yes. She was one of the first Dobsons characters, I believe. 

 

One of those soap books interviewed GL's producer of that era (Allen Potter?) and he talked about how they had tried and tried to make Rita a more sympathetic character, but viewers never forgave her for her past. I guess that may be one of the reasons the show had her affair with Alan as her exit plot when Lenore wanted to leave. 

[titan1978]

Rita was part of the Roger Thorpe reign of terror correct?  Writing out Roger was Marland’s first big task on Guiding Light wasn’t it?

[amybrickwallace]

Yes...the Hall of Mirrors chase with the then-current hit song "Enough is Enough (No More Tears)" by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer playing in the background. Great scene.

[BetterForgotten]

Marland seemed to struggle with a lot of the Dobson's creations or characters they featured heavily, so it was probably for the best in the end. 

[amybrickwallace]

Then there was DAYS' Don Craig, who had been a main character for 14 years and played by Jed Allan. Don supposedly went out to mail a letter one day and was never seen or mentioned again! Thankfully, Jed Allan landed SB not too long after DAYS let him go.

[Gray Bunny]

Whatever happened to Holly's mom on GL? I think she was last seen in 1996.