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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]
Longtime cast member Theo Goetz, who played Papa Bauer on The Guiding Light, passed away on December 29, 1972 at the age of 78. Soderberg and Somer wrote a tribute episode that aired on February 27, 1973, after Papa Bauer's death was incorporated into the show.
Later in the decade, in 1966–1967, The Guiding Light was also the first show to regularly feature African American characters, Dr. Jim Frazier and his wife nurse Martha Frazier (played first by Billy Dee Williams and Cicely Tyson and then by James Earl Jones and Ruby Dee).
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The 1980s was a time of many transitions and many firsts for the show. In 1980, the Dobsons were moved to As the World Turns, and were replaced by Douglas Marland.Marland had written for such veteran soap writers as Agnes Nixon and Irna Phillips (the creator of The Guiding Light) and had written on his own, as well as acted on As the World Turns in the early 1970s.
Alan-Michael Spaulding is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. The character is the son of wealthy businessman, Alan Spaulding , and his former wife, Hope Bauer . Alan-Michael was born on-screen on September 23, 1981, but this was subsequently revised to 1970 when he turned 17 years old and then later to 1965 or 1966 ...
Renauld White, known for his trailblazing modeling career and performance on the soap opera Guiding Light, has died.He was 80 years old. Fashion designer Jeffrey Banks, a close friend of the late ...