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Originally a radio drama series, by the early 1980s, Guiding Light was CBS's main contender challenging ABC's dominance of the daytime television soap opera ratings. [1] Major characters and cast members over the years have included Roger Thorpe (Michael Zaslow); Nola Reardon ; Reva Shayne ; and Beth Raines (Beth Chamberlin). [1]
The Dobsons crafted a full-fledged marital rape (at the time this was not considered a crime) in a March 1979 episode involving Roger and Holly who had married in January 1979. This rape scene was a counterattack against rival network NBC 's soap opera Another World , whose much ballyhooed expansion to 90-minute telecasts (complete with the ...
In January 1969, Marty Dillman is murdered and his pregnant wife Peggy is wrongly accused of the crime. While in jail, Peggy gives birth to a son named William Bauer Dillman, or Billy for short. Mike defends and exonerates Peggy of the crime, and she is treated like a daughter by Bert and Sara.
In 2000, Kinkead left Guiding Light. She made special guest appearances as Vanessa in 2002 for Guiding Light's 65th anniversary on-screen. In 2005, Kinkead returned, and was included in the 70th anniversary cast photo. Kinkead appeared as Vanessa until the series finale on September 18, 2009.
Alan Spaulding is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. He was played by Christopher Bernau from the time of the character's introduction in 1977 until 1984, and from 1986 to June 1988, when Bernau left the role due to health problems. David Bailey briefly portrayed the role in 1979.
In 1981, Procter & Gamble changed the opening of Guiding Light to keep up with the more youth-oriented ABC soaps, from the opening used since 1975 of a tree with sunlight shining through to a disco opening (with scenes of characters or groups of characters in several action shots) with a theme from Jack Urbont, known informally as the "disco ...
Though there have been occasions to wish he didn’t write so much of it, nobody writes dialogue quite like Quentin Tarantino. We know that because so very, very many have tried, fueling a whole ...
After her acting roles on both shows concluded, she was an acting coach for Guiding Light and One Life to Live. [4] Brown appeared in the lead role of Broadway version of 42nd Street in the early 80s, while simultaneously playing her Guiding Light role. [2] Other daytime work includes a short stint as a corrupt FBI agent on Loving in 1995. [4]