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| 1968: NBC's HIDDEN FACES premiered. 1983: GL's Phillip and Beth spent New Year's Eve in New York. 2002: PORT CHARLES' "Surrender" arc began. 2003: OLTL's Dorian visited AMC's Pine Valley. |
- Winston Churchill
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1963: ABC shifted GENERAL HOSPITAL to the 3 p.m. ET time slot. It had previously aired at 1 p.m.
1964: On ANOTHER WORLD, Pat (Susan Trustman) refused to give John (Michael M. Ryan) permission to access her medical records.
1968: NBC daytime soap opera HIDDEN FACES premiered. Created by Irving Vendig, the show aired in the 1:30 p.m. ET time slot, replacing LET'S MAKE A DEAL as the lead-in for DAYS OF OUR LIVES. The cast included Conard Fowkes, Louise Shaffer, Conard Fowkes, Rita Gam and Linda Blair. The series only lasted six months. Click here for more on this classic soap.
1983: On GUIDING LIGHT, Beth (Judi Evans) and Phillip (Grant Aleksander) spent New Year's Eve in New York.
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1985: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, Terry told Jake and Bobbie that she was going to marry Kevin.
1999: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Carly (Maura West) and Barbara (Colleen Zenk) put on a fashion show on New Year's Eve.
2002: Actor Antony Ponzini died at age 69. His soap roles included Vince Wolek in ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Danny Fargo in ANOTHER WORLD, Tony Wyatt in THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Tony Perelli in GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lucas Gates in RITUALS, Victor Borelli in ALL MY CHILDREN and Captain Corelli in GENERATIONS.
2002: The "Surrender" arc of PORT CHARLES kicked off. The special 60-minute episode included Rafe (Brian Gaskill) and Alison's (Erin Hershey Presley) wedding which came to a halt when evidence surfaced that they could be brother and sister. Meanwhile, Caleb (Michael Easton) and Elizabeth (Rebecca Staab) were married, and Livvie (Kelly Monaco) and Tess became one. When Caleb left Elizabeth alone on her wedding night to see what happened, she turned Ian (Thorsten Kaye) into a vampire.
2003: On ALL MY CHILDREN, Dorian (ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Robin Strasser) plotted with Adam (David Canary) about the Paul Cramer (Brock Cuchna) and Babe (Alexa Havins) situation.
2005: UK's FAMILY AFFAIRS ended after and eight and a half year run.
2009: On ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Kyle (Brett Claywell) and Fish (Scott Evans) made love.
2010: Actor Michael Allinson died at age 90. His soap roles included Ian Russell in LOVE OF LIFE and Nelson Maxwell on ANOTHER WORLD.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Russ Tamblyn (ex-Dr. Jacoby, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Dr. Hayden, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Dr. Jacoby, TWIN PEAKS) - 79
Concetta Tomei (ex-Estelle, FALCON CREST) - 68
Sheryl Lee Ralph (ex-Mooshy, FALCON CREST) - 57
Kelli Maroney (ex-Kimberly, RYAN'S HOPE) - 53
Daniel Sunjata (ex-Peter, SMASH; ex-Eli, GREY'S ANATOMY; ex-Zachary, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 42
Cassandra Creech (ex-Denise, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Dana, ANOTHER WORLD)
Jason Behr (ex-Chris, DAWSON'S CREEK) - 40
Josh Davis (Jesse, EMPIRE) - 39
Troy Kurtis (ex-Nico, GUIDING LIGHT) - 33
Jason Dottley (ex-Ty, SORDID LIVES) - 33
Eliza Dushku (ex-Hollu, TORCHWOOD: WEB OF LIES; ex-Cameron, UGLY BETTY; ex-Faith, BUFFY/ANGEL) - 33
Kristin Kreuk (Catherine, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; ex-Lana, SMALLVILLE) - 31
Ashley Bashioum (ex-Mackenzie, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 30
Caity Lotz (Sara, ARROW; ex-Stephanie, MAD MEN) - 27
Actor Bernard Barrow was born on this day in 1927. He played Dan Kincaid in THE SECRET STORM from 1970 to 1974, patriarch Johnny Ryan on RYAN'S HOPE during its run from 1975 to 1989, and Louie Slavinski in LOVING from 1990 to this death in 1993.
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