On this date in...
1946: Mary-Ellis Bunim, producer of several daytime soap operas before moving into reality television with THE REAL WORLD, was born. She died in 2004 at age 57.
1968: On ANOTHER WORLD, Rachel apologized for not being nice to Ada or Russ.
1981: Former DAYS OF OUR LIVES head writer Ruth Brooks died at age 59.
1991: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Jack and Jennifer saw Macdonald Carey's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame while on their honeymoon.
2001: On ALL MY CHILDREN, Chris made a mysterious phone call to reveal Erica was going to be more trouble than he had thought.
2001: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Kate was thrilled that Simon said he loved her.
2002: On PASSIONS, Brian and Nick try to stop Diana in her race car before it explodes.
2007: GREEK, the college-set drama starring Spencer Grammer, premiered on ABC Family.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Brian Dennehy (ex-Jake, DYNASTY) - 74
Richard Roundtree (Lou, DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM; ex-Oliver, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 70
Suzanne Rogers (Maggie, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 69
John Tesh (Himself, SANTA BARBARA) - 60
Jimmy Smits (ex-Matthew, THE WEST WING) - 57
Lisa Banes (ex-Eve, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 57
Jerry Penacoli (ex-Fergus, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Jerry, SANTA BARBARA; ex-Christian, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 56
Brian Fitzpatrick (ex-Roscoe, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Kenneth, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Mitch, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 55
Kelly McGillis (ex-Glenda, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 55
Raymond Cruz (Memo, LOS AMERICANS) -V51
Nathaniel Marston (ex-Michael/ex-Al, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Eddie, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 37
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