This is the fifyth in an irregular feature where we will report updates on what cast members of Guiding Light are doing now. I’m playing catch up on some soap magazine news. So as a reminder you can buy back issues:
https://glmanny.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/faq-back-issues
Jordi Vilasuso (Tony Santos #1) was featured in a Where Are They Now? in the June 4, 2012 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Tina Sloan (Lillian Raines) was recently interviewed on Blog Talk Radio. Guiding Light writer Jill Lorie Hurst also chimes in.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/chitchatchickslive/2012/08/28/chit-chat-chicks–tina-sloan-
Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding #2, the one there the longest) is quoted in a historic quote from 8/30/1994 in the August 20, 2012 issue of Soap Opera Digest. “Most people generally dislike when they first meet me because I have a cool and aloof demeanor. But it’s a facade. I think I just do that because I don’t want people to know what a sucker I really am.”
Michael Zaslow (Roger Thorpe) was interviewed in 1971 and just reprinted on We Love Soaps.
http://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/05/flashback-michael-zaslow-1971.html
Marcy Rylan (Lizzie Spaulding Lewis #6, part of the wonderful Bizzie pairing) recently tweeted a photo of one of her redecorated rooms.
https://twitter.com/EmmeRylan/status/242409988037939200/photo/1
Hayden Panettiere (Lizzie Spaulding #2, the little girl who returned from Arizona, killed Carl Stevens, and fought cancer) is interviewed about her role on the new show Nashville in the Oct. 8, 2012 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Peter Simon (Ed Bauer #4 – Simon played Ed from the early 1980s through most of the rest of the run of the show) and his wife Courtney have a daughter named Kate Hall. Hall is currently a writer on General Hospital and recently share this photo of her parents:
https://twitter.com/Katehallds/status/246792796168679425/photo/1
Thanks to @itsonlythesoaps who gave me the heads up about it.
Amelia Marshall (Gilly Grant, David’s sister the ambitious reporter) is featured in a Nike ad about a teenager who almost smiles.
Marshall Hilliard (Hart Jessup #4) has just gotten a new role on General Hospital.
http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gh-gets-new-police-officer
Scott Bailey (Sandy Foster, the fake Jonathan Randall) and his new bride Adrienne Frantz (Amber Moore on The Bold and the Beautiful) shared photos of their Hawaiian honeymoon in the July 3o, 2012 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding #3) sent in a hand written note wishing CBS Soaps in Depth a Happy 15th Anniversary in their July 30, 2012 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth. Raines also tweeted about his daughter Charlotte Raines “Charlotte will be doing a production of Rocky Horror…. with The Theater Company at Morton Center in New Jersey. She’s doing Magenta.”
Victoria Platt (Vicky Spaulding) appeared on the September 17, 2012 episode of Switched at Birth.
Robert Newman (Josh Lewis) was interviewed about what he’s doing now (mostly Broadway) in the June 11, 2012 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Earlier this year, Newman was in an off-Broadway production of She’s of a Certain Age with Rosemary Prinz (Penny Hughes, Bob’s sister, Ellen Stewart’s best friend on As the World Turns). See a photo in the May 28, 2012 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
ABC’s 666 Park Avenue will feature Springfielders in back to back episodes. Aubrey Dollar (Marina Cooper #4- whose spirited portrayal made her Marina realistically one of Michelle Bauer Santos two best female friends along with Marah Lewis) will appear as Annie in the Sunday, October 14, 2012 episode. Wendy Moniz (Dinah Marler #3, the one paired with Hart) will air appear in the following episode Sunday, October 21, 2012.
Ian Ziering (Cameron, one of the original Dinah, Alan-Michael, and Harley quad) and Paul Wasilewski (Max Nickerson #2, Daisy’s first serious boyfriend) were both featured in the where are they now type round up of teen idols in the July 30, 2012 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Judi Evans (Beth Raines Spaulding #1) is returning to Days of Our Lives in her character as Adrienne in time to learn her brother Jack is dead.
Ellen Dolan (Maureen Reardon Bauer #1) and Eileen Fulton (Lisa Miller Hughes – should have stopped right there- on As the World Turns) are starring in a movie filming in Iowa.
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/small-town-actors-meet-big-time-hollywood-stars/article_89d07c3e-ef27-11e1-aaf2-001a4bcf887a.html
Beth Chamberlain (Beth Raines Spaulding #2) has launched a campaign for a new women’s fitness project.
http://www.indiegogo.com/WomensEmpowermentProject
Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro) tweeted a photo from his HGTV Home Improvement Flash Mobs in the NE area.
https://twitter.com/stephaycock/status/240644535984738304/photo/1
Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne Lewis) joined the touring company of Wicked as Madame Morrible.
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Patti-Murin-Kim-Zimmer-and-Cliffton-Hall-Join-WICKED-Tour-in-August-20120726
Bonnie Dennison (Daisy Susan LeMay Cooper #3) sang “Only the Good Die Young” with a fan at a charity karaoke night, part of Mingle For a Cause. See a photo in the October 8, 2012 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth. Learn more about the event and charity:
http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/mingle-cause-karaoke-event
The June 4, 2012 issue of Soap Opera Digest included a round up of on set romances that broke up, including:
- Beth Ehlers (Harley Davidson Cooper) and Mark Derwin (A. C. Mallet #1). They got together in 1992 and broke up in 1994.
- Vincent Irizarry (Lujack, Nick McHenry) and Kristi Ferrell (Roxie Shayne). They got together in 1984 and broke up in 1985 or 1986.
- Irizzary also paired with Signy Coleman (Annie Dutton #2/Terri DeMarco). They got together in 1988, married July 23, 1989, and divorced in 1992.
- Irizarry also paired with Kimberly Simms (Mindy Lewis #2). The couple got together in 1991, broke up for awhile, reunited, were engaged in 1994 and then ultimately broke it off.
- Irizzary also paired with Barbara Crampton (Mindy Lewis #3, the one that was way too old). They dated in between stints with Simms.
- I’m starting to think Irizzary has a problem.
- Gina Tognoni (Dinah Marler #4) and her OLTL costar Don Jeffcoat. They were together in 1999 and 2000 before splitting.
- ‘Tognoni also paired with Mark Derwin (A.C. Mallet #1). They were together in 2004 and didn’t share with the press.
- Tognoni also paired with Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan Randall #2). They dated in 2005 and split in 2006.
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