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Betsy Chernak Taylor
Dr. Betsy Chernak Taylor was a fictional character on the cancelled American soap opera, ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series), Love is a Many Splendored Thing''. She was played by actress/singer Andrea Marcovicci. Liberated lady doctor Betsy was the liberated daughter of Lily Chernak, one of a large family who lived in San Francisco, California. She worked with Dr. Will Donnelly, a pathologist, who encouraged and supported the young woman. Later on, Dr. Will, her boss, married her mother, Lily. The day that her mother got married, was the same day that she also married her longtime boyfriend, Joe Taylor (Leon Russom). Betsy also got to know her new stepsiblings, Tom Donnelly, his wife, Helen Elliott Donnelly, Helen; her two stepsisters, Iris Donnelly Garrison, Iris and Laura Donnelly (Love Is a Many Splendored Thing), Laura Elliott; not to mention her step nephew, Ricky Donnelly, (Shawn Campbell), Tom's son from his first marriage to a woman named Martha Donnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by " horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Marcovicci
Andrea Louisa Marcovicci ( ro, Marcovici; born November 18, 1948) is an American actress and singer. Life and career Marcovicci was born in Manhattan, to Helen Stuart, a singer, and Eugen Marcovicci, a physician and internist of Romanian descent. Her father was 63 when she was born and died when she was 20. In her teens she decided that she wanted to be a singer, but instead majored in drama."What a beautiful thing it is to be alive!" by M.J. Bevans, ''Afternoon TV'', July 1972. Pp. 32-35 & 58. In a 1972 interview, she looked back at this period without enthusiasm: Marcovicci left school and started making her way into show business as a singer, appearing on ''The Mike Douglas Show'' and '' The Merv Griffin Show.'' As an actress, she debuted in commercials and soon became better known as Dr. Betsy Chernak Taylor on the television soap opera '' Love is a Many Splendored Thing'' from 1970 to 1973. She appeared in the second pilot film for the television series ''Harry O,'' tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Elliott Donnelly
Helen Elliott Donnelly was a fictional character on the now-cancelled American soap opera, '' Love is a Many Splendored Thing''. She was first played by actress Grace Albertson, who was replaced by actress Gloria Hoye. Meddling mother When she was first introduced, Helen was the wife of Philip Elliott, the brother of late war correspondent and Korean War veteran, Mark Elliott. In fact, her son, Mark was named after his late uncle. As one of San Francisco's most successful architects, Helen only wanted the best for him. She did bond well with her niece, Mia Elliott and had in fact allowed the Amerasian to stay with her family. She eventually went back to Hong Kong after her beau at the time had been discovered to have performed an illegal abortion. The often well-meaning, but interfering Helen had made no secret her dislike for Mark's fiancee, Iris Donnelly Garrison, and had begun to promote a relationship between Mark and her softer sister, Laura Donnelly Laura Donnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Donnelly Garrison
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Iris Donnelly Garrison was a fictional character in the American soap opera, '' Love is a Many Splendored Thing''. She was played, most notably, by actresses Leslie Charleson and Bibi Besch. As the first Iris, Leslie Charleson was a member of the original cast of ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing''. Older and Loyal Iris is the daughter of widowed pathologist, Dr. Will Donnelly (Judson Laire), and is the sister of former nun, Laura Donnelly. She is known mostly for her loyalty and unqualified support for her family. She was engaged to Mark Elliott and had known him most of his life. However, his snobbish and overly opportunistic mother, Helen, had no liking for Iris, and pushed him to pursue a relationship with her sister, Laura. Iris stepped back and allowed Laura to marry Mark. Ironically, after Phil Elliott's death, Helen would later marry Iris' older brother, Tom Donnelly (Albert Stratton), a member of the San Francisco police department, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverlee McKinsey
Beverlee McKinsey (August 9, 1935 – May 2, 2008) was an American actress. She is best known for her roles on daytime serials, including Iris Cory Carrington on '' Another World'' and the spin-off series ''Texas'' from 1972 to 1981 and Alexandra Spaulding on ''Guiding Light'' from 1984 to 1992. Early life McKinsey was born Beverlee Magruder in McAlester, Oklahoma, on August 9, 1935. She was the daughter of Warren and Jewell Magruder of McAlester. McKinsey graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in Drama. Her professional career began in the New York theater. She understudied the leading role of newlywed Corie in the original Broadway production of ''Barefoot in the Park'' and was given the opportunity to perform the role opposite Robert Redford several times. She also co-starred as Honey in the London production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', starring Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill. She started her career in Off-Broadway theater, often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
