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All My Children (AMC) is a popular American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. All My Children was created by Agnes Nixon. Nixon had created One Life to Live for ABC following her success as head writer for Another World and The Guiding Light. She set the show in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a small fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. Since its inception, the show has featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of the most popular characters in soap opera history.[2][3] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Agnes Nixon Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27, 1927) is a Daytime Emmy award-winning writer and producer. ...
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ...
Ray MacDonnell playing Dr. Joe Martin, seen here in 1970 with Karen Lynn Gorney (Tara Martin). ...
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Agnes Nixon Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27, 1927) is a Daytime Emmy award-winning writer and producer. ...
One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ...
Another World was an NBC soap opera that ran from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ...
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Pine Valley, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera, All My Children. ...
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Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ...
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The title of the show refers to the brotherhood of man. Nixon believed that it doesn't matter who one was, what one looked like, or where one was from — for every human being was a child of God. The poem at the start of the All My Children photo album reads:
| “ | The Great and the Least, The Rich and the Poor,
The Weak and the Strong,
In Sickness and in Health,
In Joy and Sorrow,
In Tragedy and Triumph,
You are ALL MY CHILDREN
| ” | The poem, which epitomizes the goal of All My Children's storytelling, was penned by Nixon herself.
The show was originally owned by Creative Horizons, Inc., the company created by Agnes Nixon and her husband Bob. The show was sold to ABC in January 1975.[4]
Originally a half-hour in length, the show expanded to an hour in April 1977. Previously, the show had experimented with the hour format for one week starting on July 7, 1975, when Ryan's Hope premiered.[5] is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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From 1970-1990, it was recorded at ABC's now defunct studio TV18 at 101 West 66th St.
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At one time, the program was so popular that it was the most widely-recorded television show in the United States, and once had an audience that was estimated to be 30% male. [6] The show ranked #1 in the daytime Nielsen Ratings from 1978-1979. Throughout most of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, All My Children was the #2 daytime soap opera on the air. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...
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With the death of core cast member Ruth Warrick in January 2005, two original cast members, Lucci and Ray MacDonnell, remain. Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick, D.M., O.S.J., Regend of Cathedral of St. ...
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In the 1960s Agnes Nixon, then head writer for The Guiding Light, tried to sell a property called All My Children to NBC, then CBS, then NBC again through the auspices of sponsor Procter & Gamble. Despite her success and sponsor support, it was not until the start of 1970 that her brainchild finally aired. All My Children in the 1970s // All My Children was created by longtime soap scribe Agnes Nixon. ...
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Nixon strived to create a soap that was topical, and could illustrate social issues to the audience. She wanted all this while also injecting regular humor into the script. To keep the action more real, she allowed the audience to locate her fictional "Pine Valley" on a map: situated just outside of Philadelphia, it was a mere hour-long train ride from New York City.
From 1970 and into the 1980s, the show was either written by Nixon herself or by her protégé, Wisner Washam. He was groomed by Nixon to take the reins in the 1980s while she focused on other endeavors, like creating and launching Loving in 1983. Lorraine Broderick and Margaret DePriest also had brief stints as head writers in the 1980s. Wisner Washam is an American soap opera writer, best known as the head writer of All My Children in the early 80s. ...
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The show's first action took place around several families and characters. Phoebe Tyler, who fashioned herself as "Queen of Pine Valley", was the definition of a rich snob. There was also single mother Mona Kane and her prima donna daughter, Erica. Contrasting this was the stable Martin Family, who have long been thought of as the symbolic foundation of All My Children. Ruth Warrick as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children Phoebe Tyler Wallingford was a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. ...
Mona Kane Tyler (born 1924 - 1994) was a original character on the American soap opera All My Children. ...
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If Phoebe was the "Queen of Pine Valley", then Susan Lucci's Erica Kane was definitely the "Princess". Destined to break up the young romance of classmates Tara Martin (Karen Lynn Gorney) and Phil Brent (Richard Hatch), Erica found out that Phil was not Ruth's son, but the son of Ruth's sister Amy (Rosemary Prinz). In a selfish attempt to break up Phil and Tara, she told everyone the truth. Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ...
Karen Lynn Gorney (born January 28, 1945 in Beverly Hills, California) is an American actress, best known for her roles on television and film. ...
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Ruth Parker Brent Martin is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera All My Children. ...
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All My Children's first success was its telling of young love. ABC wanted a soap opera that would bring in young viewers, and slowly the program was accomplishing just that.
The show's ratings did not start out strong, however. In its first year on the air, it ranked #17 out of 19 soaps. Despite this, its audience was building with each passing year, which kept both Nixon and ABC happy.
The show was unique for its use of the Vietnam War. Before All My Children debuted no show, let alone daytime soap, had discussed the war in any depth. There was the character of Phoebe, a conservative, and Amy, a free-spirited liberal, both butting heads over the war, with Amy often leading protests around Pine Valley. When the character of Amy left, Ruth took over as the anti-war voice. Her early 1970s protest speech won Mary Fickett the first ever Emmy Award given to a soap performer back in 1972. Later in the show's run, Phoebe became more liberal. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
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In 1973, Erica Kane made the decision to have an abortion. What made the abortion extra-controversial was Erica's reason for doing it. She wasn't having it done because her health was in jeopardy, but because she didn't want to gain weight and lose her modeling job. The abortion story got much media attention, especially since Roe v. Wade had been decided just a few months before the story began airing. Erica developed a potentially fatal infection after having the abortion, and the switch-boards at ABC lit up with calls from doctors and nurses, offering their medical opinions on how best to treat the character's case. The controversy didn’t hurt ratings, which rose from an 8.2 to a 9.1 Household rating. Holding Texas law making it a crime to assist a woman to get an abortion violated her due process rights. ...
Phoebe's husband Charles (Hugh Franklin) had gotten close to Mona Kane (Frances Heflin), Erica's mother and his secretary at the hospital. The two fell in love and Charles divorced Phoebe, even though she tried to blackmail Mona and even faked paralysis. In the end, Phoebe was left a drunken divorcée and Mona became the new Mrs. Tyler. This ordeal started the longtime Phoebe/Mona rivalry. Hugh Franklin (August 24, 1916 – September 26, 1986) was an American soap opera actor. ...
Mona Kane Tyler (born 1924 - 1994) was a original character on the American soap opera All My Children. ...
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When Eileen Letchworth, who played Margo Flax Martin, was contemplating a facelift, she talked it over with Agnes Nixon. Not only was Letchwoth going to need time off, she was going to look significantly different when she returned to the show. Nixon approved and worked the facelift into a storyline. Margo wanted to impress the somewhat younger Paul Martin (William Mooney). Margo’s facelift in 1974 was one of the first major storylines on television discussing cosmetic surgery and its psychological effects. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
In June 1976, the character of Brooke English showed up on her Aunt Phoebe's doorstep and soon after clashed with Erica over Tom Cudahy and Mark Dalton. Since then, Brooke has feasted on many of Erica's left-over men. Also, in 1976 was the introduction of fan favorite Myrtle Lum Fargate (Eileen Herlie). Julia Barr, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ...
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By the late 1970s the show had risen to the top of the ratings. One reason for this was the arrival of teenage prostitute Donna Beck. Her relationship with the handsome Dr. Chuck Tyler breathed life into the show and captivated many fans for years to come. Another new addition was the arrival of aristocratic Palmer Cortlandt (aka Peter Cooney) (James Mitchell), his somewhat creepy housekeeper Myra Murdock, and his overprotected daughter Nina (Taylor Miller), who, to Palmer's chagrin, caught the fancy of Dr. Cliff Warner (Peter Bergman). Palmer did everything in his power to break up the couple, included telling Nina she was going blind due to her diabetes. Palmer teamed up with Cliff's past flame, nurse Sybil Thorne (Linda Gibboney), who confronted Cliff about fathering her son. But this was temporary, because Sybil was murdered by Sean Cudahy (Alan Dysert). During the murder trial, Nina was astonished to learn that her mother, Daisy Cortlandt (Gillian Spencer), whom she believed to be dead, was in fact alive and living in Pine Valley as 'Monique Jonville'. To complete everyone's shock, Myra acknowledged that Daisy was her daughter. AMC also found memorable villains in Billy Clyde Tuggle and Ray Gardner. Palmer Cortlandt (born Pete Cooney) is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, and has been played by James Mitchell since 1979. ...
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Linda Taylor Miller (born August 18, 1954, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American soap opera actress, best known for her role as Nina Cortlandt on All My Children, which she played from 1979 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1989. ...
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The early '80s is considered by many[who?] to have been a golden period for the show. Younger characters, such as Jenny and Greg (Kim Delaney and Laurence Lau), Liza (Marcy Walker), Liza's best friend Amanda Cousins (Amanda Bearse), Jesse Hubbard and Angie (Darnell Williams and Debbi Morgan) and a now-grown-up Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight), who was now legally Ruth and Joe's son, entered the scene and drew large followings. Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1959 in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ...
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Information Date of birth September 1, 1963 Children Jamie Martin, Kathy Mershon and Jenny Carey Address Pine Valley, Pennsylvania Portrayed by Matthew Anton (1973-1977) John E. Dunn (1978-1981) Michael E. Knight (1982-present) Thaddeus James Tad Martin is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley on...
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The storyline involving Liza plotting to win Greg back after he left her for Jenny was a huge fan favorite, as was the Jenny/Greg pairing. The legend of "Tad the Cad" was born when Tad Martin took Liza Colby's virginity, then simultaneously began having sex with her mother, socialite Marian Colby (Jennifer Bassey), who eventually was sent to prison and returned to marry Stuart Chandler (David Canary). David Canary as Adam Chandler, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ...
Jenny and Jesse's summer in New York City was so well received that it allowed the program to reach #1 in the ratings for 10 weeks in mid-1982.
On the not-so-younger side, Jenny and Tad's natural mother Opal (Dorothy Lyman) was also added to the canvas, where she opened the Glamorama salon and spa. Opal greatly showcased All My Children’s attempt at humor and satire. Powerful businessman Adam Chandler and his twin brother Stuart arrived in town and became significant characters. Dorothy Lyman (born April 18, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is an accomplished television actress, director and producer. ...
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The character of Erica began to take on a larger-than-life role by the 1980s. This was evident with her writing an autobiography, "Raising Kane", and turning it into a motion picture. When her presumed half-sister Silver (Deborah Goodrich) accused her of murdering Kent Bogard (Michael Woods, Lee Goodart), her former lover and boss, she went on the run fleeing to the Hollywood Hills. She did this all while posing as a nun. Many remember her forest encounter with a grizzly bear after she escaped a kidnapping attempt made by Adam. The character would go on to marry over 10 times (with her most recent wedding taking place in June 2005). The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to Pacific Coast...
The show made their first attempt at tackling the taboo topic of homosexuality in 1983. Tricia Pursley played the divorced Devon McFadden who believed she was falling in love with her psychiatrist, Lynn Carson (played by Donna Pescow). Lynn admitted to being a lesbian, and Devon admitted her crush. Other soaps and television shows had done stories hinting at bisexuality, but never homosexuality, much less with women. Tricia Pursley (born 1959 in Saint Petersburg, Florida) is an American actress. ...
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The show intelligently tackled the issue of drug use when Mark La Mura's character, Mark Dalton, became addicted to cocaine after years of casual use. His half-sister, Erica staged an intervention with his friends to have him confront his problems. They practiced a "tough love" policy that had Mark admit to the addiction. The informative episode showed how to hold an intervention, and the stages to go through for a successful confrontation. Mark Dalton is an Australian former basketball players who represented the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League. ...
Controversy hit in 1987 with the arrival of Cindy Parker (Ellen Wheeler), who would later fall in love with Stuart Chandler (David Canary). The character was revealed to have AIDS. Through visits by Dr. Angie Hubbard, the show educated the public on how the disease was spread and how to prevent it. Cindy had contracted HIV from her husband, Fred, who contracted it from sharing needles for drug use. Cindy would be attacked by a vigilante hate group led by her niece Skye Chandler. The tragedy of the attack showed the extremes of violence that was occurring everyday to victims of the disease. Cindy married Stuart and he adopted her son Scott. She died early in 1989 in one of the soap's most watched episodes. Ellen Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress, director and producer. ...
Stuart Chandler is a fictional character in the soap opera All My Children. ...
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By 1989, ABC wanted changes at All My Children. The show was getting about 6.5 million viewers per episode, but many felt that the program had lost its unique sense of humor. Agnes Nixon and Wisner Washam, who had both written the show since the '70s, were faced with a merry-go-round of executive producers, starting in the mid-'80s when producer Jacqueline Babbin left. Jorn Winther was hired to executive produce the show. Efforts were made to bring the show back to the glory days of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. This would mean adding a mixture of both social issues and also the intelligent satire that the show had been known for. Wisner Washam is an American soap opera writer, best known as the head writer of All My Children in the early 80s. ...
Felicia Minei Behr was hired as the new executive producer in early 1989. Having been a producer on Ryan's Hope, Behr was familiar with All My Children, having been an associate producer from 1970 to 1975. Behr welcomed the input of both Nixon and Washam. In the eyes of Agnes Nixon, the show finally had a stable executive producer. Behr worked with Nixon and Washam, crafting a baby storyline involving the characters of Adam, Brooke, Tad, and Dixie between the characters of Tad and Dixie (Cady McClain), with whom Behr saw much chemistry between. By this time, the show also found a hit couple in Cecily and Nico (played by Rosa Nevin and Maurice Benard). Felicia Minei Behr is an American TV producer who has worked on 3 daytime serials. ...
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ABC was pleased with Behr; Agnes Nixon was as well, and decided her creation was safe in the hands of the new producer. The program was faced with many actor defections during this time, including longtime favorites such as Peter Bergman, Taylor Miller, and Debbi Morgan, but Behr countered this by bringing back other favorite characters from the past -- Opal (this time played by Jill Larson), Dr. Chuck Tyler, and Billy Clyde Tuggle (the former pimp who first made his big splash in the '70s). Behr also helped craft a story re-exploring Erica's father, Eric Kane. It was revealed he had faked his own death. In a comical twist, Erica found him working as a clown in a traveling circus. Autographed photo of Peter Bergman Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott Peter Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is a three time Emmy Award-winning American soap opera actor. ...
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1990s to present At the time of Behr's hiring in early 1989, the show usually ranked around #4 in the ratings, by 1990, the show had inched up to the #3 spot. ABC chose Megan McTavish, a former actress who had been on the writing team since 1987, to be its new head writer. She was promoted to head writer in 1992, with Nixon serving as Executive Head Writer. Megan McTavish (born April 30, 1949 in Pembroke, New Hampshire) is an American soap opera writer, most known for her head writing stints on All My Children. ...
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Billy Clyde Tuggle returned to Pine Valley in 1990, after a ten-year absence (in prison). He proceeded to undo the lives of many in Pine Valley. He told his daughter, Emily Ann Sago, that he was her natural father, devastating her with the truth that she was the product of rape. He died tumbling over a bridge (with Tad Martin), ending the reign of one of Pine Valley's most evil and entertaining characters ever.
Stories such as Molly's leukemia, Ceara Connor (Genie Frances') incest, Mona’s lung cancer, and Deconstruction (a story about racism), were all praised in the soap magazines for their social conscience. Other storylines included the 'Who Killed Will?' mystery, Willow Lake Acres (a both humorous and serious tale about the plight of the elderly in a fraudulent nursing home), and a tornado that rocked Pine Valley. Kendall Hart (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who was revealed to be the product of a rape that happened to Erica on her fourteenth birthday, was a major rewrite, but still a popular story in the eyes of many. The Santos, Dillon, Frye, and Keefer families were introduced during this time as well. Image:GenieFrancis001. ...
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Tad and Dixie were now very popular The show had other couples with large followings during this time: Erica and Dimitri (Michael Nader), Trevor (James Kiberd) and Natalie (Kate Collins), and Hayley (Kelly Ripa) and Brian (Gregory Gordon, Matt Borlenghi, Brian L. Greene). Categories: Stub | 1945 births | Soap opera actors ...
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Many fans[who?] consider the early 1990s to have been a second golden period for the show, often comparing it to the late 1970s/early 1980s.
However, by the early-mid-1990s, some of McTavish's storytelling received criticism for being gimmick-driven (i.e. multiple dual roles, bomb plots). Reports soon surfaced that Behr and McTavish were having conflicts about storylines and the direction of AMC. After the O.J. Simpson trial preempted daytime television programs throughout late 1994 and into 1995, many soaps saw their ratings decline, and All My Children was no different. When Megan McTavish was fired from her head writing post in the spring, former associate head writer Lorraine Broderick was tapped by Behr as the new head writer. The O.J. Simpson murder case was a highly publicized U.S. criminal trial in which former football star and actor O.J. Simpson was charged with the murder of one of his ex-wives and her friend. ...
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Lorraine Broderick is an American soap opera writer who got her start on All My Children as a protégée of Agnes Nixons. ...
Broderick's tenure under Behr was popular among critics and fans for returning AMC to its socially relevant, character-driven roots. Her biggest successes were Erica's drug addiction story (with the character receiving treatment at the Betty Ford Center), and also the story of a homophobia over a gay high school boy and a history teacher. But with the ratings still stagnant, ABC fired longtime executive producer Felicia Minei Behr, and brought in Francesca James (who had previously won an Emmy award acting on the show as twins Kitty and Kelly). The storylines now included a voodoo arc with the popular Noah and Julia (Keith Hamilton Cobb and Sydney Penny), a fantasy story for Myrtle featuring the "real" Santa Claus, and finally a baby kidnapping story involving Erica. The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Rancho Mirage, California co-founded by former United States First Lady Betty Ford and her friend, Ambassador Leonard Firestone, in 1982. ...
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Despite winning three consecutive Daytime Emmys for writing during her tenure on AMC, Broderick was replaced in December 1997 by her predecessor, McTavish. The first major story McTavish tackled was ironically one created by Broderick, Bianca Montgomery's anorexia. The character of Bianca, Erica's young daughter, was checked into a facility to treat the disease. Apart from the anorexia story, McTavish's tales were plot-driven and made severe, implausible alterations to the show's history such as the resurrection of Erica's lifetime-love, Mike Roy (Nicholas Surovy). In 1998 the show, yet again, got a new executive producer, Jean Dadario Burke, taking over from Francesca James. She would become known to many speculating fans as a weak producer with little vision. Information Occupation Runs Cambias Enterprises Family See Family and relationships. ...
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as Kelly Cole Tyler at the funeral of Phoebe Tyler Wallingford in 2005 Francesca James is an American soap opera director, actress, producer, singer, and composer. ...
Cady McClain, who had left the show as Dixie in 1996, returned to the delight of her fans, but other storylines -- involving ghosts, poison tattoos, Nazi art, and a sperm switch -- were all busts. By the start of 1999, with All My Children being voted as the 'Worst of 1998' by Soap Opera Digest magazine, McTavish was once again fired. Cady McClain as Rosanna Cabot Cady McClain (born Katie McClain on October 13, 1969 in Burbank, California, USA) is an American actress known for her roles on the soap operas All My Children as Dixie Cooney Chandler Martin Lawson Bodine Martin Martin (1988-1996, 1998-2002, 2005-present) and As...
As ratings began to fall in the late 1990s, ABC convinced Agnes Nixon to make a brief return. Many long-running actors, such as Michael Nader, James Kiberd, and Robin Mattson, left their roles. Nixon decided to write a story that would breathe new life into the show and be socially relevant at the same time. This resulted in the revelation that Erica Kane's daughter Bianca was a lesbian. She admitted the truth to her mother in December 2000. Despite the many flaws during this period, the show found success in the pairing of newcomers Leo and Greenlee (Josh Duhamel and Rebecca Budig). Categories: Stub | 1945 births | Soap opera actors ...
James Kiberd, in a still from All My Children. ...
Robin Mattson in her Janet from Another Planet persona, in a still from the All My Children opening sequence. ...
Erica Kane is a long-running fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. ...
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Leo and Greenlee du Pres (Josh Duhamel and Budig). ...
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Rebecca Jo Budig (born June 26, 1973 Cincinnati and raised in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky) is an Emmy-nominated American actress and television presenter. ...
Starting with the July 25, 2006 episode, the show's video has been processed to appear as though it was shot on film. is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The soap has been strongly criticized for keeping the film look[citation needed].
Soap Central has recently reported that Kate Collins will be returning to the show as Janet on November 21, 2007. They have also stated that other fan favorites will be returning to the show in the next few months, but so far there has been no formal announcement as to which characters will appear.[1] is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On December 12, 2007, news came that Rebecca Budig would be returning as Greenlee Smythe. Seen by many as a desperate attempt by President of ABC Daytime Brian Scott Frons to bring back viewers, enthusiasm for Budig's return was overshadowed with word of how Sabine Singh, the character's recast, was treated in the process of bringing Budig back.[7] While many viewers rejoiced at the news of Budig's return, others had grown to accept and appreciate Singh as Greenlee, and both sides felt the actress was treated badly by ABC. is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Rebecca Jo Budig (born June 26, 1973 Cincinnati and raised in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky) is an Emmy-nominated American actress and television presenter. ...
Greenlee Smythe du Pres (formerly Lavery) is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. ...
Brian Frons is an American TV executive who holds a Master of Science degree in Communications from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the State University of New York at Fredonia. ...
Sabine Erika Singh (born August 4, 1974 in Suffern, New York) is an American actress. ...
It was reported in the December 25, 2007 issue of Soap Opera Digest that fan favorites Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams would return as Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter. Morgan returned on January 18, 2008 and Williams on January 25, 2008. is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Darnell Williams (born March 3, 1955) is an American actor, born in London, in the UK. Williams played on All My Children as Jesse Hubbard from 1981 to 1988, when his character was shot and killed. ...
Jesse and Angie Hubbard (Darnell Williams and Debbi Morgan) are daytime TVs first African American supercouple. ...
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Darnell Williams (born March 3, 1955) is an American actor, born in London, in the UK. Williams played on All My Children as Jesse Hubbard from 1981 to 1988, when his character was shot and killed. ...
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All My Children storylines and people All My Children storylines throughout the years. ...
This is a list of some of the major characters that appear (or have appeared) on the soap opera All My Children, plus small character detail. ...
List of past, present and future cast members of soap opera, All My Children. ...
Megan McTavish and her replacements as head writer After even more staff turnover in recent years, Megan McTavish, who wrote the show for most of the '90s, again returned. Her storylines began airing in July 2003, which included the controversial rape of Bianca. Megan McTavish (born April 30, 1949 in Pembroke, New Hampshire) is an American soap opera writer, most known for her head writing stints on All My Children. ...
Gone upon McTavish's latest return was Jean Dadario Burke as executive producer, being replaced with Julie Hanan Carruthers. Jean Dadario Burke is an American TV producer. ...
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Julie Hanan Carruthers is an American TV producer. ...
Under McTavish, ratings bounced from the middle of the pack and the bottom. McTavish resorted to quick thinking and stunt casting to lure back long-time viewers. Various characters returned to the show after long absences, including Julia Santos (Sydney Penny) and Janet Dillon (Kate Collins, who was originally slated to return for a brief stint and was eventually given a contract. The most notable, however, was the long-kept secret of Cady McClain's return as the iconic Dixie Cooney Martin. The news of her return was spread just two weeks before she appeared on viewers' screens again. In a very unpopular move the writers chose to kill off Dixie only a year after her return Information Occupation Nurse Address Pine Valley, Pennsylvania Portrayed by Sydney Penny Julia Santos (formerly Julia Keefer) is a fictional character played by actor Sydney Penny on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1993 to 1996 as a series regular, guests appearances in 1997 and 2002, and from 2005...
Sydney Penny (born August 7, 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American Daytime Emmy nominated actress best known for the roles of Julia Santos Keefer on the soap opera All My Children and Samantha Sam Kelly on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. ...
Janet Marlowe Green Dillon is a character on the soap opera, All My Children. ...
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Cady McClain as Rosanna Cabot Cady McClain (born Katie McClain on October 13, 1969 in Burbank, California, USA) is an American actress known for her roles on the soap operas All My Children as Dixie Cooney Chandler Martin Lawson Bodine Martin Martin (1988-1996, 1998-2002, 2005-present) and As...
A controversial storyline had Erica's thought-to-be-aborted son come to Pine Valley.
In August 2006, after months of speculation it was confirmed that fan favorite Eden Riegel would be reprising her Emmy winning role of Bianca Montgomery. Since departing the show in February 2005, Eden has returned for three limited guest appearances but this time signed a contract of undetermined length with the show. Eden Riegel, in a still from All My Children. ...
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In 2006, the show began a storyline about a transgender character that involves Bianca and the rock musician Freddie 'Zarf/Zoe' Luper.
In December 2006, AMC introduced a storyline where the women of Fusion Cosmetics began being killed by a serial killer. Simone and Erin were the first two victims of the serial killer, with Danielle Frye being the third. When the "Satin Slayer" attacked Danielle, she saw him/her before collapsing. Josh Madden and Babe get to Danielle before she died, and got her to the hospital, but she was unable to identify her attacker. Her father had her moved to Hawaii for her recovery, and to get her away from the killer. Dixie Cooney Martin was the fourth victim of the "Satin Slayer". Although Babe Chandler was the intended victim, Dixie accidentally ate the poisoned food, and succumbed to the drug. Dixie's spirit visited Jamie and J.R. as well as Tad, and she realized that Kathy was her Kate, before moving on to the afterlife. Weeks later Babe was to fall victim to the Satin Slayer. Her bodyguard had been killed behind her car and as she went to check on him, the Satin Slayer got hold of her and plunged a syringe into her neck causing her to suffer the same fate as her co-workers and mother-in-law, or so it seemed. It was later revealed that Babe was indeed alive and in hiding. It was revealed in February 2007 that Alexander Cambias Sr. was The Satin Slayer. Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ...
It was officially announced February 2007 that Megan McTavish has been fired due to viewer criticism about her storylines and playing favorites with certain characters. On May 21, 2007, James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten were announced as the new head writers of All My Children. The duo have written for Days of our Lives, One Life to Live, Dynasty and Port Charles, and were the creators and writers of The City. is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten are American television writers, primarily working on soap operas. ...
Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ...
One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ...
Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ...
Port Charles was a soap opera which aired on ABC from June 1, 1997 to October 3, 2003. ...
The ABC soap opera The City aired from November 13, 1995 to March 28, 1997. ...
On May 21st, 2008, Charles Pratt, Jr., former co-head writer for General Hospital was announced as a replacement for Brown and Esenstein, amid record low ratings. is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Title sequences All title sequences use a book of the show's title. For other uses, see Book (disambiguation). ...
 The All My Children opening title in January 1970. Although always shot in color, the show's early episodes only survive on black and white kinescopes  The November 1991 to January 1995 version of the original bumper that was seen in the middle of the show from January 1990 to January 1995.
 Typical bumper format that was seen in the middle of the show from January 1995-September 17, 1999.  Typical bumper format that was seen in the middle of the show from September 20, 1999 to February 2003.  The typical bumper that was seen in the middle of the show from February 2003 to May 2004.
 The second generation of bumpers under ABC's re-branding process, debuting in January 2006, and still currently in use. Ever since the debut in 1970, AMC's opener has included a photo album/scrapbook in some kind of form. The term kinescope originally referred to a type of early television picture tube. ...
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January 5, 1970 - January 1, 1989 | With the premiere, the opening was simple: a camera slowly zooms in on a leather-bound photo album as a female hand (said to be either that of Agnes Nixon, Kay Campbell, or Ruth Warrick) enters the shot to open the album. On the first page of the album, the title is shown in calligraphic type. Until at least June 1970, the hand turned to a second page, crediting Rosemary Prinz as a "Special Guest Star". Prinz, at the time, was the cast member with the most soap opera experience, and crediting her in the sequence was used a way to coax her fans to tune in. She left after six months on the show, and the second page was eliminated from the sequence. Starting in June 1970, the opening then became a re-shot sequence featuring the same hand-turning the book format, only now based on a larger table/credenza, and the book was also more centered. The title appeared in the same calligraphic font, but the inside title page now had the text repositioned so a painted sprig of flowers could accompany it (which were not in evidence in the first version). After the display of the title page, the hand would begin to turn to the next page just as the sequence faded out, to give the effect of someone displaying a full family photo album. However, additional pages would never be seen again during the run of this opening. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Rosemary Prinz (born 1930 in New York City) was an actress in the early era of the American soap opera. ...
This set ran until January 1990, making it one of the longest-running packages in soap history. The theme music used with this version was written by Dina Dore and her daughter Carlina Paul. It went through two principal arrangements; in the beginning it was a soft lullaby-type tune. Retained from the January 1970 sequence, it ran through 1971. Another version debuted in late 1970 and was used until 1976. A new version of the theme was used from 1976 to New Year's 1990. The last and final episode of All My Children with the "title inside page" opening aired on January 1, 1990.
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January 2, 1990 - January 2, 1995 | The show's next sequence debuted during the week of the 20th anniversary in January 1990. The new opening kept the photo album theme, of course, but expanded on it. It began with the camera panning across a desk featuring framed pictures of longtime cast members (specifically, Joe and Ruth Martin, Adam and Stuart Chandler, Brooke English, and Phoebe and Langley Wallingford). This dissolved into a series of animations in which still pictures of each cast member hovered into piles on the desk. It ended with a portrait of lead actress Susan Lucci slowly sliding onto a page in the photo album, as it closed to reveal the title in an Old English type on the cover. Occasionally, the title would disappear from the cover and a sponsor's logo would be in its place, with the announcer doing an ad for the sponsor. Felicia Minei Behr (who was All My Children’s executive producer from 1989-1996) was responsible for this opening, and thought a change was desperately needed to bring the show into the '90s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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As popular as the opening was (it proved to be an innovative idea in that the set-up allowed everyone from contract cast members to recurring cast members to be included), the theme music was even more popular. Written by legendary television composer Billy Barber, it began with a perky melody. A slightly remixed version of this theme debuted in December 1992 with a quieter, slower arrangement at the beginning and tuned to a much newer pop theme, that lasted until 1995. The theme song was identified with the show's years of the early '90s. The last episode of All My Children with the falling pics opening aired on January 2, 1995. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
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January 3, 1995 - October 4, 2002 | On January 3, 1995, for the 25th anniversary week, a new opening made its debut. The first episode of All My Children with the locket opening debuted on January 3, 1995. It featured stills of each cast member fading in and out of a white background while various images, including galloping horses, house exteriors, pearl necklaces, and pink roses, crossfaded throughout the headshots. Susan Lucci was again given a nod as her picture was always first and was the only one in the sequence to be framed (with a silver picture frame). At the end, Agnes Nixon's hand-written epigram for the show crossfaded in the background just as the photo album did. In March 1995 a new theme debuted to replace the January 1995 theme, it was shortened at the beginning and lengthened towards the end with a few new instruments. Also a new piano theme debuted that month. In October 1995, the opening was updated to include posed shots of most cast members, but the shots were still motionless. In December 1995 all cast shots received posed images. In July 1996 the opening was updated and debuted live video shots of the former stills. In August 1997, a quiet piano arrangement debuted that lasted to the summer of 1998 when a new upbeat version that included the ending version would debut. In October 2000 it was modified music with a series of a few more instruments included in the opening and used Digital Surround Sound. All the music that accompanied these openings were composed by David Benoit. All My Children had its last episode with the locket opening on October 4, 2002. |
 October 7, 2002 - May 28, 2004 | On October 7, 2002, after seven and a half years of the "white opening", a new opening made its debut. The first episode of All My Children with the "photo album" opening debuted on October 7, 2002. Of course, it featured the photo album, but unlike the other openings, the photo album was constantly seen throughout. It began with a closeup of the album (with the title on the cover) as it opened. The Agnes Nixon epigram is seen on the front page, but the screen fades into the montage of cast member headshots, all done in live action. The photos were already on their pages in the album and as each face was shown, the name of the character was scrawled on their page in the book, similar to what many people do with their own family scrapbooks. Yet again, Susan Lucci is paid homage by being at the end of both versions of this opening. This time, however, she shared that honor with David Canary, as he was in both openings as well, as Adam Chandler in one and Stuart in the other. The music for this opening was a much-loved update of the 1990-1995 theme originally composed by Billy Barber, this time with contributions by Robert Israel. There were two music versions of this opening. The first version was a quiet, fast tempo that lasted for two weeks when replaced by a more dramatic theme in late October 2002 that lasted until May 2004. The opening went un-updated from December 2002 to June 2003. The show reportedly had difficulty when attempting to update this opening; for the first six months it was in use there were no updates despite many cast changes. Several cast members left the show and remained in the opening for months. When the opening finally was updated in June 2003 to feature new stars such as William Devry and Marc Menard, their images were blurry and of very poor quality. Also many shots had become brighter and were zoomed in, and the pages had a much lighter hue. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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