Laura asked Luke for a job at the Campus Disco on General Hospital, Larry Gates made his Guiding Light debut as H.B. Lewis, Gina Tognoni aired for the final time as One Life To Live‘s Kelly, and other memorable soap moments that took place on August 24.
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In 1979, General Hospital’s Laura Webber Baldwin (Genie Francis) asked Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) for a job at the Campus Disco. Luke did ultimately agree to hire Laura, who had married Scotty Baldwin the previous month. She was in need of income for herself and her husband, who was in law school. Of course, the disco would become a notorious location in the Luke and Laura storyline, as Luke would rape Laura there later in the year.
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In 1983, Larry Gates (pictured with Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne) made his Guiding Light debut as H.B. Lewis. The actor, who passed away in 1996, remained with the show until his death and, in 1985, won the Outstanding Supporting Actor prize at the Daytime Emmys. Zimmer, whose character was at one point married to H.B., recalled to Soap Opera Digest in 2014, "One day, we were waiting to do a scene and they kept calling him and calling him and finally you hear the stage door open and slam [and] he walks out onto the studio floor with his 10-gallon Stetson hat on, his shirt and his leather vest with his bolo tie that he always wore and red boxer shorts and his cowboy boots. He said, 'I split my pants, they're sewing them up, but I'm more than happy to do this scene in my underwear if that's what the big hurry is!' So, we rehearsed the scene with him in boxer shorts and somewhere, that's on tape. He would do stuff like that all the time. He was just the greatest guy in the world."
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In 2010, Annie (Melissa Claire Egan) and Scott Chandler (Adam Mayfield) wed on All My Children. Annie had previously been married to Scott's uncle, Adam, and was also romantically linked to Scott's cousin, JR.
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In 2011, Gina Tognoni aired for the final time as One Life To Live’s Kelly Cramer. Tognoni originated the role of Kelly in 1995, and left the show for the first time in 2001. She returned briefly in 2002, then came back again in 2010. In between Llanview stints, Tognoni played Dinah Marler on Guiding Light, earning two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress. After wrapping OLTL for good, she also won a Daytime Emmy (as Outstanding Lead Actress) for her work as Phyllis Summers on Young and Restless.
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In 2012, General Hospital introduced Kathleen Gati (pictured with Ian Buchanan, ex-Duke Lavery, playing Cesar Faison in a Duke mask) as Dr. Liesl Obrecht. Gati told Soap Opera Digest in 2019, "I designed Dr. Obrecht as someone who always has her clipboard, her red Sharpie, her very neat hairdo and very strong and uptight body language. A little too highly strung and a little too much of a perfectionist!”
In 1979, General Hospital’s Laura Webber Baldwin (Genie Francis) asked Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) for a job at the Campus Disco. Luke did ultimately agree to hire Laura, who had married Scotty Baldwin the previous month. She was in need of income for herself and her husband, who was in law school. Of course, the disco would become a notorious location in the Luke and Laura storyline, as Luke would rape Laura there later in the year.
In 1983, Larry Gates (pictured with Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne) made his Guiding Light debut as H.B. Lewis. The actor, who passed away in 1996, remained with the show until his death and, in 1985, won the Outstanding Supporting Actor prize at the Daytime Emmys. Zimmer, whose character was at one point married to H.B., recalled to Soap Opera Digest in 2014, "One day, we were waiting to do a scene and they kept calling him and calling him and finally you hear the stage door open and slam [and] he walks out onto the studio floor with his 10-gallon Stetson hat on, his shirt and his leather vest with his bolo tie that he always wore and red boxer shorts and his cowboy boots. He said, 'I split my pants, they're sewing them up, but I'm more than happy to do this scene in my underwear if that's what the big hurry is!' So, we rehearsed the scene with him in boxer shorts and somewhere, that's on tape. He would do stuff like that all the time. He was just the greatest guy in the world."
In 2010, Annie (Melissa Claire Egan) and Scott Chandler (Adam Mayfield) wed on All My Children. Annie had previously been married to Scott's uncle, Adam, and was also romantically linked to Scott's cousin, JR.
In 2011, Gina Tognoni aired for the final time as One Life To Live’s Kelly Cramer. Tognoni originated the role of Kelly in 1995, and left the show for the first time in 2001. She returned briefly in 2002, then came back again in 2010. In between Llanview stints, Tognoni played Dinah Marler on Guiding Light, earning two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress. After wrapping OLTL for good, she also won a Daytime Emmy (as Outstanding Lead Actress) for her work as Phyllis Summers on Young and Restless.
In 2012, General Hospital introduced Kathleen Gati (pictured with Ian Buchanan, ex-Duke Lavery, playing Cesar Faison in a Duke mask) as Dr. Liesl Obrecht. Gati told Soap Opera Digest in 2019, "I designed Dr. Obrecht as someone who always has her clipboard, her red Sharpie, her very neat hairdo and very strong and uptight body language. A little too highly strung and a little too much of a perfectionist!”
