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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I have wondered this for a while. On Guiding Light, who is Rick's mother? I have been watching since the late 1980's and don't remember her. What happened to her? —Carole
Dear Carole,
Rick Bauer's mother was the late Leslie Jackson, who debuted on GL in 1966. Leslie and Rick's father, Ed, were young sweethearts who eventually married. Troubles between them caused Leslie to seek solace in the arms of his older brother, Mike. After much turmoil, Leslie and Mike finally married, but in 1976, Leslie was hit by a car and tragically died. Three actresses portrayed the character: Lynne Adams, Kathryn Hays (now Kim Hughes on ATWT) and Barbara Rodell. (DD)
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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
On The Young and the Restless, why does Jill dislike Mac so much? Also, is Brock Mac's father? —Colleen
Dear Colleen,
Jill loathes Mac because she was elected prom queen and screwed up the teen
campaign Jill was planning for Jabot Cosmetics. Jill had a camera crew standing by to record Brittany's crowning as the prom queen. Call it bad timing. Jill also suspects that a relationship exists between Mac and her son Billy, and she doesn't want that to go any further. The fact that Mac's related to Katherine — yes, Mac is Brock's daughter — doesn't help matters. Mac's got a tough road ahead of her to win Jill over. (MJM)
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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I was watching TV the other night and saw a show with Patrick Duffy and
Suzanne Somers, but I can't remember the name of the show. The daughter on the show was named Karen. Was she played by the same actress who plays Alison Barrington on Port Charles? I have a $100 bet riding on this. I swear it was her. My best friend is nagging at me that there is no way that they could be the same actress. I told her a bottle of bleach can change a person's hair color. Please help me. I'm going crazy over this! —Teresa
Dear Teresa,
While a bottle of bleach can (and has) changed many a hair color (not to
mention a career) in tinseltown, Erin Hershey (Alison, PC) did not play Karen on Step By Step, the Somers/Duffy sitcom. Karen was played by actress Angela Watson. Step By Step did have a few soap connections, however. Patrika Darbo (Nancy, Days of Our Lives) play
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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
Hasn't As The World Turns had a story about fake paralysis before? Didn't Craig Montgomery pretend to be paralyzed in order to prevent Betsy (played by Meg Ryan) from leaving him? I like the story and can't wait for Andy to be found out. —Tracymid
Dear Tracymid,
This is definitely a case of déjà vu. In 1983, Craig went to stunt school to learn how to fall down stairs so that he could trap his wife Betsy, who was in love with Steve Andropoulos, into staying with him. But when Craig's sister, Margo, was in danger, Craig knew what he had to do and saved his sister's life, not caring about the ramifications. Craig was sent to jail for his many nefarious deeds. Though the story's been done before, it's a good one. It's always fun to see how far a man will go to get what he wants, even if it is a bit twisted. (Delaina Dixon)
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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
My husband and I have a disagreement as to whom Genie Francis (Laura on
General Hospital) is actually married to in real life. I say she is married to Captain Picard (I don't know his actual name) from Star Trek: The Next Generation. My husband says she is married to Captain Picard's "number one" (I don't know his actual name either). Put us out of this misery and then we can see which one of us wins the bet! Ciao Bella! —Laurice
Dear Laurice,
Hope this doesn't make you miserable, but your husband's correct. Genie
Francis is wed to Jonathan Frakes, who played Commander William Riker, the "number one" to Patrick Stewart's Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Francis and
Frakes worked together on the short-lived prime time soap opera Bare Essence.
She was Patricia "Tyger" Hayes. He was Marcus Marshall. (Michael J. Maloney)
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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I am trying to remember the name of Patch and Kayla's daughter on Days of Our Lives. And where is she right now? Is she with Kayla and did Kayla marry Shane? Or is her sister, Kimberly, married to Shane? I've been trying to remember but now I think that I am draining my poor brain! —Aim Liz
Dear Aim Liz,
Give that cranium of yours a rest! Patch and Kayla's daughter, who was born in February of 1990, was named Stephanie. Nine months later, Patch was killed. In 1991, Stephanie was kidnapped by her nanny, but was later recovered in Australia. She is currently living with her mother, Kayla, in Los Angeles. Shane isn't married to Kayla or her sister, Kimberly. He is living in Europe. (DD)
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Sep 13, 2000 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
How many women have played the role of Opal? I say two but my mom says three. Which one of us is right? —DebDebco
Dear DebDebco,
I hope you made a bet with your mother, because you win this one! Two-time Emmy winner Dorothy Lyman originated the role in 1981 and played her until 1983. When the show decided to bring the popular character back in 1989, they cast Jill Larson, fresh from her successful run as OLTL villainess, Ursula Blackwell. (DD)
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Tragedy strikes this week on Guiding Light when the Spaulding project is sabotaged and Josh is trapped inside. Despite their separation, Reva rushes to be by Josh's side when she learns of the collapse. Alarmed by the poor conditions and the lack of proper safety equipment on the construction site, Josh takes matters into his own hands, which results in deadly consequences. "Josh has been sticking his nose where it doesn't belong," says Robert Newman who portrays Josh. "He kicks a bunch of construction workers, sort of a fly-by-night group, off the site." Jake, the unscrupulous foreman behind the nonunion crew, has been instructed by Maria Santos to stop Josh's meddling, so Jake plants a bomb on the site. "Josh is set up by this evil foreman, who waits for him to get into a certain place and then hits the button," says Newman. "The whole building comes down around him and he gets pinned underneath a structure as an entire floor collapses on top of him."
Reva learns o
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Patti D'Arbanville, who has portrayed sassy and soulful Selena Davis for the past 2½ years, has been let go from Guiding Light. GL representatives confirmed her release. "It's storyline-dictated," says a show publicist. "But we have no last airdate as of yet."
D'Arbanville broke the news herself, posting a statement on her Internet message board over Labor Day weekend to inform fans that she had been let go. "I thought that I would take this opportunity to be the first to let all of you know that I will be leaving the show in October…" D'Arbanville wrote. "Many factors have entered into this decision, and although I am saddened, I only want what is best for this show." Fans of the actress have rallied together in an effort to stop D'Arbanville's departure. They have set up a Save Selena web page and are asking fans to e-mail and snail-mail GL executives to show their support of the character. Whether their efforts will save the characte
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Afraid you won't be able to catch your favorite ABC daytime drama now that you're back on campus? No need to fret. ABC may be bringing its daytime lineup to your school. Tapping into its successful "Plunge In" campaign, which features younger ABC daytime actors, the network will host a series of college campus parties across the country this fall.
Arizona State University, Northwestern University and the University of Miami are just three destinations ABC will visit on its 27-school tour. The program is designed to be "an extension of our summer campaign to help us maintain and promote tune-in as college kids head back to school," says ABC director of marketing Gail Silverman. The program, which will take place at local bars, includes a video showcase featuring clips of Port Charles, All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital's young stars. Trading cards, temporary tattoos and rubber-band bracelets featuring words from the "Plunge In"
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