Veteran actress and Emmy-winning director and producer Nancy Malone, a co-founder of the group Women in Film and a groundbreaking female executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, died Thursday in Los Angeles from complications attributed to leukemia, said her representative, Harlan Boll. She was 79. A producer of the 1970s series The Bionic Woman and director of numerous TV shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Dynasty, Cagney & Lacey, .Star Trek: Voyager and Dawson's Creek, the Long Island native began her career at 7 as a child model and appeared in ads for Kellogg’s, Ford and Macy’s. At 10 she...
- 5/10/2014
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Veteran actress and Emmy-winning director and producer Nancy Malone, a co-founder of the group Women in Film and a groundbreaking female executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, died Thursday in Los Angeles from complications attributed to leukemia, said her representative, Harlan Boll. She was 79. A producer of the 1970s series The Bionic Woman and director of numerous TV shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Dynasty, Cagney & Lacey, .Star Trek: Voyager and Dawson's Creek, the Long Island native began her career at 7 as a child model and appeared in ads for Kellogg’s, Ford and Macy’s. At 10 she...
- 5/10/2014
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Commemorating 60 Years of Soap Operas on CBS-tv
By Rob Wargo
On December 4, 1950, CBS-tv aired its very first daytime soap opera – The First Hundred Years – sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series starred James Lydon as “Chris Thayer,” who married “Connie Martin” (played originally by Olive Stacey and later by Anne Sargent) during the first week of the series, and thereafter moved his new bride into a decrepit three-story Victorian mansion. The couple’s problems with their living quarters, their middle in-laws, including Connie’s sister Margy, and the typical problems any newlyweds face gave credence to the show’s title, a reference to the old staying that the “first 100 years of marriage are the hardest.”
The series was produced on a budget of $8,650 per week and was directed by Gloria Monty, who subsequently directed The Secret Storm and produced General Hospital.
Created and written by prolific radio soap writer Jean Holloway,...
By Rob Wargo
On December 4, 1950, CBS-tv aired its very first daytime soap opera – The First Hundred Years – sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series starred James Lydon as “Chris Thayer,” who married “Connie Martin” (played originally by Olive Stacey and later by Anne Sargent) during the first week of the series, and thereafter moved his new bride into a decrepit three-story Victorian mansion. The couple’s problems with their living quarters, their middle in-laws, including Connie’s sister Margy, and the typical problems any newlyweds face gave credence to the show’s title, a reference to the old staying that the “first 100 years of marriage are the hardest.”
The series was produced on a budget of $8,650 per week and was directed by Gloria Monty, who subsequently directed The Secret Storm and produced General Hospital.
Created and written by prolific radio soap writer Jean Holloway,...
- 12/8/2010
- by Guest Editorial
- We Love Soaps
Anne Sargent (ex-Connie, The First Hundred Years) - 87
Linda Evans (ex-Krystle, Dynasty) - 68
Susan Sullivan (ex-Lenore, Another World; ex-Nancy, A World Apart; ex-Maggie, Falcon Crest) - 68
Peter Brouwer (ex-Alex, One Life To Live; ex-Brad, As The World Turns; ex-Joe, Love Of Life) - 65
Glenn Walken (ex-Mike, Guiding Light) - 65
Jameson Parker (ex-Dale, Somerset; ex-Brad, One Life To Live) - 63
Gilles Kohler (ex-Gilles, All My Children) - 62
Andrea Marcovicci (ex-Betsy, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing) - 62
Shari Shattuck (ex-Ashley, The Young And The Restless; ex-Heather, The Bold And The Beautiful) - 50
Paul Korver (ex-Chris, As The World Turns) - 39...
Linda Evans (ex-Krystle, Dynasty) - 68
Susan Sullivan (ex-Lenore, Another World; ex-Nancy, A World Apart; ex-Maggie, Falcon Crest) - 68
Peter Brouwer (ex-Alex, One Life To Live; ex-Brad, As The World Turns; ex-Joe, Love Of Life) - 65
Glenn Walken (ex-Mike, Guiding Light) - 65
Jameson Parker (ex-Dale, Somerset; ex-Brad, One Life To Live) - 63
Gilles Kohler (ex-Gilles, All My Children) - 62
Andrea Marcovicci (ex-Betsy, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing) - 62
Shari Shattuck (ex-Ashley, The Young And The Restless; ex-Heather, The Bold And The Beautiful) - 50
Paul Korver (ex-Chris, As The World Turns) - 39...
- 11/18/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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