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THE GUIDING LIGHT debuted on TV #OTD in 1952 (after 15 years on radio).

It aired until 2009 — the longest-running dramatic series in history.

Charita Bauer was its star for half its 72-year run — including 4 years doing the TV show in the morning and the radio show in the afternoon.

Renauld White Dies: ‘The Guiding Light’ Soap Star And Pioneering Black Model Was 80
#News #Obituaries #Obituary #RenauldWhite #TheGuidingLight

Renauld White was a leading Black model and soap star on "The Guiding Light"

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‘The Guiding Light’ Star Kim Zimmer Has Real-Life Illness That Her Character Faced
#Casting #Commentary #Culture #CBS #KimZimmer #RevaShayne #TheGuidingLight

Soap star Kim Zimmer shared her diagnosis on a streaming telethon.

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Jennifer Leak Dies: ‘Yours, Mine And Ours’ Actress And Soap Star For ‘The Guiding Light’, ‘The Young And The Restless’ And ‘Another World’ Was 76
#News #Obituaries #AnotherWorld #JenniferLeak #Obituary #TheGuidingLight #TheYoungandtheRestless #TimMatheson #YoursMineAndOurs

Actress Jennifer Leak is dead at 76.

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#GabrielleUpton (1922-2022) — Screenwriter, best known for #Gidget (1959).

She also wrote for anthology TV shows like #AlfredHitchcock, Westerns like #TheVirginian and was head writer on the soap operas #TheGuidingLight, #TheSecretStorm and #LoveOfLife.

She also worked on several network soap operas as well as primetime series like 'The Loretta Young Show,' 'Ben Casey' and 'The Virginian.'

The Hollywood Reporter

#AnotherWorld (1964-1999, NBC) existed in what we would today call a "universe.”

Characters crossed over w/ sister shows like #AsTheWorldTurns, #TheGuidingLight and #ForRicherForPoorer + migrated to spinoffs #Somerset (1970–76) and #Texas (1980-82) and back!

And characters lived on elsewhere after the parent show was cancelled!