Beverlee McKinsey (August 9, 1940 - May 3, 2008) was an American actress. is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... McAlester is a city located in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Santa Maria is the largest city in Santa Barbara County, California. ... is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Career

McKinsey started her career in off Broadway theater, often appearing alongside fellow daytime alumni James Earl Jones and Doris Belack. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage well known for his deep basso voice. ... Doris Belack (born February 26, 1926[1]) is an American actress of stage, film and television. ...

After several appearances in episodic television shows in the late 1960s, she landed her first contract role as Julie Richards on Love is a Many Splendored Thing in 1970. Love is a Many Splendored Thing was a soap opera which aired on CBS from September 18, 1967 to March 23, 1973. ...

She made a brief appearance as Emma Frame on Another World in May 1972. Her appearance so impressed the then-head writer of Another World, Harding Lemay, that he subsequently cast her in a drastically different role from dowdy Emma - that of manipulative, scheming Iris Cory. McKinsey played that role from December 1972 to July 1980, and also played Iris on Another World spinoff Texas from August 1980 to November 1981. During much of her tenure on Another World, McKinsey's portrayal of Iris was part of an unconventional triangle - the character was trying to break up her father and his new wife. When she appeared on Texas, she was given starring billing in the show's opening credits. Another World was an NBC soap opera that ran from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... Another World was an NBC soap opera that ran from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... Harding Lemay (born 1922 in Bombay, New York) is a well-known American soap opera writer. ... Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and, later, Texas: The New Generation) was a soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. ... Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and, later, Texas: The New Generation) was a soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. ...

After leaving the cast of Texas in late 1981, McKinsey was wooed back to daytime by former Texas producer Gail Kobe to Guiding Light, which Kobe was now producing. McKinsey played powerful Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light from Febuary 1984 until August 1992. Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and, later, Texas: The New Generation) was a soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. ... Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and, later, Texas: The New Generation) was a soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. ... Gail Kobe (born March 19, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress and producer. ... Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television history. ... Alexandra Spaulding is a fictional character on CBSs daytime drama Guiding Light. ... Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television history. ...

McKinsey's exit from Guiding Light proved to be quite dramatic in its own right: leaving on a planned six-week vacation, McKinsey informed Procter & Gamble that she did not intend to return to the show. She had had an "out clause" meaning she could quit the show by giving six weeks' notice, a clause that even executive producer Jill Farren Phelps was unaware of. Procter & Gamble Co. ... Jill Farren Phelps (born August 18, 1948 in Methuen, Massachusetts) and has been the executive producer of many American television soap operas: Santa Barbara (1987-1991), Guiding Light (1991-1995), Another World (1995-1996), One Life to Live (1998-2001), and currently General Hospital (2001-present). ...

Soap Opera Digest calls McKinsey one of the finest actresses ever to work on soap operas. The February 1977 issue of Soap Opera Digest. ...

In 2006, Procter & Gamble began making several of its soaps available through America Online's AOL Video service, downloadable free of charge. Reruns of Texas episodes featuring McKinsey began with the show's first episode in August 1980. Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and, later, Texas: The New Generation) was a soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. ...

Personal life

Her son, Scott McKinsey, is a director on the soap opera General Hospital (on which she briefly appeared in 1994). For other uses, see General Hospital (disambiguation). ...

She had resisted all entreaties to return to daytime television. After some health issues, including a kidney transplant, McKinsey retired to Southern California and made few public appearances. Soap columnist Michael Logan has famously described McKinsey as "[making] Greta Garbo look like a chatterbox!" This article is about the region of Southern California. ... Michael Logan is a columnist for the weekly magazine TV Guide, with a specialty in analyzing soap operas. ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywoods silent film period and part of its Golden Age. ...

McKinsey died of natural causes on May 3, 2008. is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Beverlee McKinsey at the Internet Movie Database
• 1992 TV Guide Interview with McKinsey
• Irises: The Unofficial Beverlee McKinsey and Carmen Duncan Home Page