Other storylines, such as former rebellious teenager Hayley Vaughn's transition into the show's major young heroine, freshly copied older storylines. Danvers style housekeeper who had the gaul to lock Erica in the crypt of her rotting father-in-law. The Dimitri Marrick storyline of the early 1990's was a retread of the Palmer/Daisy Cortlandt storyline, complete with Helga, another Mrs. Danvers like housekeeper Myra Murdock (the wonderful Elizabeth Lawrence), and his fragile daughter Nina (beautiful Taylor Miller) were created to bring "AMC" into the 80's Later, the equally mysterious Chandler family was created, with David Canary giving one of daytime's legendary performances as the totally different twins Adam and Stuart Chandler Where Adam is Pine Valley's controlling power broker, Stuart is the heart and soul of the town, taking over where the late Mona Kane and the missing in action Ruth Martin left off. Palmer Cortlandt (Broadway veteran James Mitchell), his Mrs. "All My Children" was especially been successful in its telling of gothic style storylines, straight out of Edgar Allan Poe, the Bronte Sisters, and Daphne DuMaurier. Knight), and actors coming back after their original characters were killed off (Francesca James), or even after they were truly dead (Mike Roy). "All My Children" has featured many over-the-top villians (most notably Ray Gardner, Billy Clyde Tuggle, Janet Green, and currently Vanessa Cortlandt), actors in dual roles (David Canary, Ellen Wheeler, Michael E. "All My Children" was the first soap to feature a major black supercouple (Frank and Nancy Grant, followed by their nephew Jesse and his love, Angie), the first to add comedy (Opal Gardner among others) to their front-burner storylines, and the first to truly explore such issues as homosexuality (both male and female), AIDS, and incest. Sadly, Phoebe slipped to back burner after her on-screen husband Louis Edmunds (Langley) was shuffled out of the story (although he is still mentioned as being out of town), but the memory of her confrontations with Erica's beloved mother Mona (the late Fran Heflin) still remain, as do her constant belittlement of the "less-than-worthy of her time" members of Pine Valley's other side of the tracks who would end up somehow involved with her younger relatives. While later a wheel-chair bound shell of her former self up to her death in 2005, during her heyday, Phoebe was a force to be reckoned with, and in the 70's, while in a wheelchair while faking paralysis, "Citizen Kane" vet Warrick called herself a "Bitch on Wheels". While Lucci was Pine Valley's first lady, she shared the spotlight with many others, most notably Ruth Warrick as Pine Valley's Grande Dame Phoebe Tyler. Christina Karras (who ended up marrying Erica's first husband) prior to joining "One Life to Live" as Dorian. In the late 1970's, Lucci and Strasser finally worked together when Strasser played Dr. While untrue (with Phyllis Diller as their mother!), it has created a legend only daytime could produce. Three years after Rachel's debut on "AW", "AMC" finally made it to the airwaves Looking at early pictures of both Strasser and Susan Lucci, one can see why the rumor that they are sisters has flown for years.
It was Agnes Nixon's bible for this show which inspired her creation of Rachel (Robin Strasser) on "Another World", basing her on the unseen character of Erica Kane. Located near the "One Life to Live" town of Llanview, "All My Children" was nevertheless quite different.
#Tad and dixie plus#
As a 20 plus year viewer of "All My Children", I remained faithful to the lives of the Tylers, Kanes, Martins, Cortlandts, Chandlers, and many other families who have made their way through the medium sized city of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania nearly through its 40 year run.
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