1981: Another World's Zachary confessed to murder.
1984: All My Children's Ross told Palmer about his father.
1989: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva finally tied the knot.
2003: One Life to Live's Natalie and Christian dreamed about getting married"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1939: CBS Radio soap opera Woman of Courage premiered. Selena Royle starred as Martha Jackson, whose small-town life allegedly proved that "if ye have faith, nothing shall be impossible." The series, written by Carl Buss, ran until July 10, 1942.
1946: On syndicated radio soap opera Hearts in Harmony,...
1984: All My Children's Ross told Palmer about his father.
1989: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva finally tied the knot.
2003: One Life to Live's Natalie and Christian dreamed about getting married"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1939: CBS Radio soap opera Woman of Courage premiered. Selena Royle starred as Martha Jackson, whose small-town life allegedly proved that "if ye have faith, nothing shall be impossible." The series, written by Carl Buss, ran until July 10, 1942.
1946: On syndicated radio soap opera Hearts in Harmony,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1981: Another World's Zachary confessed to murder.
1984: All My Children's Ross told Palmer about his father.
1989: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva tied the knot.
2003: Oltl's Natalie and Christian dreamed about getting married"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1939: CBS Radio soap opera Woman of Courage premiered. Selena Royle starred as Martha Jackson, whose small-town life allegedly proved that "if ye have faith, nothing shall be impossible.
1984: All My Children's Ross told Palmer about his father.
1989: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva tied the knot.
2003: Oltl's Natalie and Christian dreamed about getting married"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1939: CBS Radio soap opera Woman of Courage premiered. Selena Royle starred as Martha Jackson, whose small-town life allegedly proved that "if ye have faith, nothing shall be impossible.
- 7/17/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Shirley MacLaine is known to many as an Oscar-winning performer, but the actress is getting in touch with her former identity as an ancient resident of the lost city of Atlantis for a new book, Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure. MacLaine is 81 years old, but she tells People and Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle that her memory now stretches almost two million years into the past - all thanks to the messy 2014 production of the still-unreleased film Wild Oats in Spain's Canary Islands. "I began to feel the difference in the energy and the difference in the kind of sensibility,...
- 3/24/2016
- by Joey Nolfi
- PEOPLE.com
Shirley MacLaine is known to many as an Oscar-winning performer, but the actress is getting in touch with her former identity as an ancient resident of the lost city of Atlantis for a new book, Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure. MacLaine is 81 years old, but she tells People and Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle that her memory now stretches almost two million years into the past - all thanks to the messy 2014 production of the still-unreleased film Wild Oats in Spain's Canary Islands. "I began to feel the difference in the energy and the difference in the kind of sensibility,...
- 3/24/2016
- by Joey Nolfi
- PEOPLE.com
Want a life of happiness? Don't do it alone - but certainly don't get too tied down, says Shirley MacLaine. The Downton Abbey star, who has been famously candid about her love life - which has included a handful of affairs - says that the only way to ensure marital success is to take an open approach to monogamy. Detailing her relationship with film producer Steve Parker, MacLaine tells People and Entertainment Weekly Editorial Director Jess Cagle during a Sirius Xm town hall that she and her husband of 28 years were friends more than lovers. "I guess you would say...
- 3/17/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Want a life of happiness? Don't do it alone - but certainly don't get too tied down, says Shirley MacLaine. The Downton Abbey star, who has been famously candid about her love life - which has included a handful of affairs - says that the only way to ensure marital success is to take an open approach to monogamy. Detailing her relationship with film producer Steve Parker, MacLaine tells People and Entertainment Weekly Editorial Director Jess Cagle during a Sirius Xm town hall that she and her husband of 28 years were friends more than lovers. "I guess you would say...
- 3/17/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Happy 80th birthday, Shirley MacLaine!
The legendary, award-winning actress, who was born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Va, started out as a dancer and got her big break on Broadway. She made her first film with Alfred Hitchcock, became a Rat Pack regular, flirted briefly with politics but has never stopped acting as she enters her 7th decade in Hollywood.
She started off as a lovably kooky ingenue, but is known today for her cantankerous matriarch roles in "Downton Abbey," "Bernie," "Steel Magnolias," "Guarding Tess," and, of course, her Oscar-winning role as Aurora Greenway in "Terms of Endearment."
Her next gig is a singing and dancing role on "Glee," of course. Happy Birthday to one of the most talented, most colorful character actresses of all time.
1. She was named after Shirley Temple.
2. She's been performing since age 3, when she began doing ballet.
3. As a girl, she pretended she was Rita Hayworth, since...
The legendary, award-winning actress, who was born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Va, started out as a dancer and got her big break on Broadway. She made her first film with Alfred Hitchcock, became a Rat Pack regular, flirted briefly with politics but has never stopped acting as she enters her 7th decade in Hollywood.
She started off as a lovably kooky ingenue, but is known today for her cantankerous matriarch roles in "Downton Abbey," "Bernie," "Steel Magnolias," "Guarding Tess," and, of course, her Oscar-winning role as Aurora Greenway in "Terms of Endearment."
Her next gig is a singing and dancing role on "Glee," of course. Happy Birthday to one of the most talented, most colorful character actresses of all time.
1. She was named after Shirley Temple.
2. She's been performing since age 3, when she began doing ballet.
3. As a girl, she pretended she was Rita Hayworth, since...
- 4/24/2014
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Seeing her mom, Shirley MacLaine, play a saucy septuagenarian on Downton Abbey, Sachi Parker couldn't help but smile. "She was true to form," Parker says of MacLaine, 78, whose zinger-slinging turn as Lady Grantham's American mom shook up the big house this season. "It certainly hit home." Hearing about Parker's relationship with MacLaine makes it easy to understand why. Raised mostly by her dad, Parker grew up feeling distanced from her movie-star mother. She yearned for MacLaine's attention - so much so that when Parker, 56, also an actress, became a mom herself (to Frank Jr., 16, and Arin,...
- 2/7/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Shirley MacLaine is about to join the hit series Downton Abbey. She tells Emma Brockes about money, men and why the cast were too afraid to ask her for Hollywood gossip
Shirley MacLaine comes to the door in slippers and a tracksuit, clutching a fistful of hair and looking, at 78, like an only slightly older version of those famous 1960s roles of hers: gleeful, sharp-eyed, almost confrontationally scatty. We're at her pied-à-terre in Malibu – she lives most of the time on a ranch in New Mexico – a bungalow overlooking the ocean in a secure development popular with celebrities, she says, because of the anonymity; although, when she calls me a cab at the end of the interview, she says blithely down the phone, "Hello, it's Shirley MacLaine", then stands in the driveway, eating a cracker and waving at the driver as he turns in the drive.
This autumn, MacLaine appears...
Shirley MacLaine comes to the door in slippers and a tracksuit, clutching a fistful of hair and looking, at 78, like an only slightly older version of those famous 1960s roles of hers: gleeful, sharp-eyed, almost confrontationally scatty. We're at her pied-à-terre in Malibu – she lives most of the time on a ranch in New Mexico – a bungalow overlooking the ocean in a secure development popular with celebrities, she says, because of the anonymity; although, when she calls me a cab at the end of the interview, she says blithely down the phone, "Hello, it's Shirley MacLaine", then stands in the driveway, eating a cracker and waving at the driver as he turns in the drive.
This autumn, MacLaine appears...
- 8/24/2012
- by Emma Brockes
- The Guardian - Film News
Movie icon Shirley MacLaine discovered she was a fan of monogamy after bedding three men in one day. The Oscar winner has opened up about her scandalous love life and open 30-year marriage to businessman Steve Parker in new book "I'm Over All That", and accepts her three men in one day tale may shock many fans.
She says, "I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing (and) I just didn't wanna be left out. It was not my style at all; I'm a serial monogamist."
But that isn't to say MacLaine is a faithful girlfriend - or wife. Despite her 30-year marriage, the Oscar winner tells TV chat show host Oprah Winfrey she's not fond of the institution and enjoyed a very special agreement with Parker.
She explains,...
She says, "I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing (and) I just didn't wanna be left out. It was not my style at all; I'm a serial monogamist."
But that isn't to say MacLaine is a faithful girlfriend - or wife. Despite her 30-year marriage, the Oscar winner tells TV chat show host Oprah Winfrey she's not fond of the institution and enjoyed a very special agreement with Parker.
She explains,...
- 4/12/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Chicago, Il, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - Shirley Maclaine, who has appeared in over 60 films, has revealed she once had sex with three men in one day.
While promoting her new book "I'm Over All That," the Academy Award-winning actress opened up about her scandalous love life during Monday's airing of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
"I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing and I just didn't wanna be left out," she told Winfrey.
Maclaine, 76, who admitted to not being fond of the institution of marriage but considered herself a "serial monogamist," also revealed she had an open 30-year marrage to businessman Steve Parker.
While promoting her new book "I'm Over All That," the Academy Award-winning actress opened up about her scandalous love life during Monday's airing of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
"I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing and I just didn't wanna be left out," she told Winfrey.
Maclaine, 76, who admitted to not being fond of the institution of marriage but considered herself a "serial monogamist," also revealed she had an open 30-year marrage to businessman Steve Parker.
- 4/12/2011
- icelebz.com
Chicago, Il, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - Shirley Maclaine, who has appeared in over 60 films, has revealed she once had sex with three men in one day.
While promoting her new book "I'm Over All That," the Academy Award-winning actress opened up about her scandalous love life during Monday's airing of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
"I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing and I just didn't wanna be left out," she told Winfrey.
Maclaine, 76, who admitted to not being fond of the institution of marriage but considered herself a "serial monogamist," also revealed she had an open 30-year marrage to businessman Steve Parker.
While promoting her new book "I'm Over All That," the Academy Award-winning actress opened up about her scandalous love life during Monday's airing of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
"I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing and I just didn't wanna be left out," she told Winfrey.
Maclaine, 76, who admitted to not being fond of the institution of marriage but considered herself a "serial monogamist," also revealed she had an open 30-year marrage to businessman Steve Parker.
- 4/12/2011
- icelebz.com
Movie icon Shirley MacLaine discovered she was a fan of monogamy after bedding three men in one day.
The Oscar winner has opened up about her scandalous love life and open 30-year marriage to businessman Steve Parker in new book I'm Over All That, and accepts her three men in one day tale may shock many fans.
She says, "I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing (and) I just didn't wanna be left out.
"It was not my style at all; I'm a serial monogamist."
But that isn't to say MacLaine is a faithful girlfriend - or wife.
Despite her 30-year marriage, the Oscar winner tells TV chat show host Oprah Winfrey she's not fond of the institution and enjoyed a very special agreement with Parker.
She explains, "I had affairs and so did he, but we were very good friends. I loved the freedom and so did he.
"I've had an awful lot of lovers... and a lot of awful lovers."
In her chat with Winfrey, which aired in America on Monday, MacLaine confessed to romances with Robert Mitchum and French movie great Yves Montand.
MacLaine and Parker divorced in 1982.
The Oscar winner has opened up about her scandalous love life and open 30-year marriage to businessman Steve Parker in new book I'm Over All That, and accepts her three men in one day tale may shock many fans.
She says, "I wasn't into 'sexcapades', although I tried it once; I had three people in one day. It was on a political campaign, where everybody was doing the same thing (and) I just didn't wanna be left out.
"It was not my style at all; I'm a serial monogamist."
But that isn't to say MacLaine is a faithful girlfriend - or wife.
Despite her 30-year marriage, the Oscar winner tells TV chat show host Oprah Winfrey she's not fond of the institution and enjoyed a very special agreement with Parker.
She explains, "I had affairs and so did he, but we were very good friends. I loved the freedom and so did he.
"I've had an awful lot of lovers... and a lot of awful lovers."
In her chat with Winfrey, which aired in America on Monday, MacLaine confessed to romances with Robert Mitchum and French movie great Yves Montand.
MacLaine and Parker divorced in 1982.
- 4/12/2011
- WENN
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