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1914: Actor Robert Emhardt, the original Mac Cory on Another World, was born. He died on December 26, 1994.
1933: The Romance Of Helen Trent first went on the air in Chicago. It was the forerunner of many daily, 15-minute soap operas. The program lasted until June 24, 1960. During its 27-year run, three actresses played Helen--Virginia Clark and Betty Ruth Smith in Chicago, and later Julie Stevens in New York. Helen had a following so intense that at the height of its popularity the show received 1,000 letters a week offering advice on her many problems.
1939: Radio soap opera Thunder Over Paradise premiered on the Blue Radio Network. Laurette Fillbrandt starred.
1992: Reba McEntire guest starred on One Life To Live (she also appeared on July 27).
1996: Former soap opera actress Catherine Ann Christiansen (All My Children; One Life To Live) was arrested and charged with plotting to have her husband killed.
1914: Actor Robert Emhardt, the original Mac Cory on Another World, was born. He died on December 26, 1994.
1933: The Romance Of Helen Trent first went on the air in Chicago. It was the forerunner of many daily, 15-minute soap operas. The program lasted until June 24, 1960. During its 27-year run, three actresses played Helen--Virginia Clark and Betty Ruth Smith in Chicago, and later Julie Stevens in New York. Helen had a following so intense that at the height of its popularity the show received 1,000 letters a week offering advice on her many problems.
1939: Radio soap opera Thunder Over Paradise premiered on the Blue Radio Network. Laurette Fillbrandt starred.
1992: Reba McEntire guest starred on One Life To Live (she also appeared on July 27).
1996: Former soap opera actress Catherine Ann Christiansen (All My Children; One Life To Live) was arrested and charged with plotting to have her husband killed.
- 7/24/2011
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