Irna Phillips
September 21, 2009
- Lights up. NEWBIE and OLDTIMER are discussing the final days of Guiding Light.NEWBIEOkay. First question: who was that guy with the hat who came to see Alex?OLDTIMERThat was Fletcher Reade. He used to be married to Holly.NEWBIEHolly? The same Holly who went off with Dr. Ed?OLDTIMERYes, they -- NEWBIEAnd where did that come from? I had no idea they even knew each other. They barely said ...
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June 17, 2009
- Katherine Phillips Hughes died two weeks ago. I know the name doesn’t sound familiar, but she was a part of a dynasty, a soap opera dynasty. She helped start a career of an actress, who would later win an Oscar. While she wasn’t directly involved with Guiding Light, her death adds to the end of an era of soap operas.Katherine Phillips Hughes was adopted by Irna Phillips. Back in the ...
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April 29, 2009
- I love this picture of Irna Phillips. It looks like she’s talking about something good, maybe a story, maybe a deal to get another one of her shows on television. Whatever it is, she’s got something going on, you can tell. I also love the fact in this picture she looks so ordinary. That might sound odd, but it’s not when you think that this is the woman who created the soap opera genre, ...
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April 27, 2009
- This Friday, 1 May, will mark a month since CBS announced it was canceling Guiding Light (and, for what it’s worth, Friday also marks the first anniversary of my first post here at Red Room). When Jennifer Gibbons asked me to be a part of RR’s Guiding Light Project, I wasn’t sure where I would begin. I was in diapers when GL premiered (on television:). And while it was my mother’s show ...
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April 30, 2008
- The daytime Emmys are being announced today on The View, honoring the best of soap operas. This is the first time in a long while where I don’t care who is going to be nominated. I should explain. Ever since I was a kid, I watched the soaps. Yes, I know the PC term now is “Daytime Dramas” but to me, they are the soaps. My grandmother watched the CBS shows. Her cigarettes were right by her ...
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