DAYS/GH: RIP Denise Alexander

[janea4old]

https://x.com/GenieFrancis/status/1921259296840364222

[John]

I hope GH gives Lesley an on screen memorial

I'd love to have Scott, Robert, Holly, Rose Kelly, Mike Webber, Blackie Parish  & Claudia Phillips return for the episodes

Edited 22 hours ago by John

[Bright Eyes]

One of the soap greats. I wish I had a stronger connection to her, but her major soap stints passed me by. However, the way veteran watchers have described watching her back in the day makes me yearn for the glory days of soap.

As a DAYS fan first, her time on the show is basically an enigma. As years have passed as a member of this board, previous and current members have talked in fondness about her obviously major story with Dickie and David's death, but even more interestingly, her romance/friendship with Bill, and the fascinating tangled tale of her encounter in the park with Eric Peters. It's such a shame DAYS never swayed her back home where she belonged. Though I am more than thankful RC and JG didn't get their grubby paws on her, especially with the horrible example of how they saw fit to write Marie and Liz's relationship with all the nuance and sophistication of a pigpen. 

SSH's remembrance of her was wonderful to read, so thank you to whoever posted.

Could be cool too if any of her Clear Horizon material popped up. Does anything of that show exist?

[Paul Raven]

Denise's daytime/soap resume courtesy of Slick Jones' Soap Hoppers thread

THE CLEAR HORIZON         Lois Adams       1960

BEN JERROD                        Emily Sanders     1963

GENERAL HOSPITAL          Lorna Hill            May 1965

DAYS OF OUR LIVES           Susan Hunter Martin Peters    1966-73

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Dr.  Lesley Sullivan Williams Faulkner Webber Webber   1973-84; 1996-09;(occasional); 2013; 2017; 2019; 2021

ABC AFTERNOON  PLAYBREAK    "The Gift of Terror"    Laura    4/5/1973

HOTEL                                 Gail McClain         1984

ANOTHER WORLD             Mary Callahan McKinnon (LaSalle) McKinnon   1986-89

SUNSET BEACH                 Sister Beatrice         1997-98

PORT CHARLES Dr. Lesley Williams Faulkner Webber 1999

[DRW50]

A very very brief excerpt from a CBS special is up. That's it.

@jam6242 Thank you for the lovely Susan article. I adore that photo of her with Denise - such strong yet different personalities on display. 

I remember seeing that photo of Denise, Bill and Susan on soap magazines like Afternoon TV. I wonder if they took it or if DAYS did.