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Smiley Wilson
The following is a list of characters from the Procter & Gamble daytime soap opera ''The Edge of Night ''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...'', which ran from 1956 to 1984. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge Of Night, The Lists of soap opera characters by series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric & home care; and baby, feminine, & family care. Before the sale of Pringles to Kellogg's, its product portfolio also included food, snacks, and beverages. P&G is incorporated in Ohio. In 2014, P&G recorded $83.1 billion in sales. On August 1, 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping and selling off around 100 brands from its product portfolio in order to focus on the remaining 65 brands, which produced 95% of the company's profits. A.G. Lafley, the company's chairman and CEO until October 2015, said the future P&G would be "a much simpler, much less complex company of leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Nichols
Dennis Posa (October 28, 1946 – January 28, 1985), also known by the performing names of Wade Nichols and Dennis Parker, was an actor and singer who started his career in adult films. Early life Parker was born in Manhattan, New York and raised in Freeport, New York. He attended the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, studying furniture design. During his stint at PMCA, he won a role in a touring company production of ''The Trojan Women''. He later attended New York University and the Herbert Berghof Studio, where he studied acting. He supported himself by working as a carpenter for several years. Career Parker's first feature film role was in the gay adult film ''Boy 'Napped'' (1975). He subsequently appeared mostly in straight porn films shot in New York, such as ''Summer of Laura'' (1975), ''Jail Bait'' (1976), ''Barbara Broadcast'' (1977), ''Teenage Pajama Party'' (1977), ''Maraschino Cherry'' (1977), ''Punk Rock'' (1977), ''Take Off'' (1978) and ''Blonde Ambition'' (1981) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 21, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Along with her fourth husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity. Early life Amanda Blake was born Beverly Louise Neill in Buffalo, New York, the only child of Jesse and Louise (née Puckett) Neill. Her father was a banker. Blake was a telephone operator and briefly attended Pomona College before she took up acting. Catherine Moore ″Kate" Barry (1752–1823), one of Amanda's ancestors, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. She warned local patriots of Banastre Tarleton's approach, giving them time to group and prepare for the Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781), a major American victory that helped pave the way for the British defeat at Yorktown. Career In the late 1940 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is an American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing ''The House of Blue Leaves'', ''Lend Me a Tenor'', and ''Six Degrees of Separation'' and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for ''Guys and Dolls''. Early life Zaks was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of Holocaust survivors, Lily (Gliksman) and Sy Zaks, a butcher. His family immigrated to the United States in 1948, finally settling in Paterson, New Jersey, where he graduated from Eastside High School in 1963. He graduated from Dartmouth College and received a Master of Fine Arts from Smith College. Career ;Stage He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of '' Grease'' as "Kenickie" and appeared in ''Tintypes'' in 1980. He made his directing debut in 1981 with the off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's ''Beyond Therapy'', which co-starred S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariann Aalda
Mariann Aalda is an American television, stage, film actress, performance artist, and stand-up comic. Career Aalda is best known for her work in television as one of the first African-American daytime soap opera heroines, playing DiDi Bannister-Stoner on ABC's ''The Edge of Night'' from 1981 until the show's cancellation in 1984. For many years before that she was a writer-performer with the sketch comedy troupe Off Center Theatre in New York, and toured with the Boston-based improv group, The Proposition, along with notable animation voice actor and director, Charlie Adler. Later, she appeared on the CBS show ''Guiding Light''. She also had regular roles on the CBS sitcom ''The Royal Family'', as the daughter of Redd Foxx and Della Reese, and the HBO series '' 1st & Ten'', as the wife of O. J. Simpson's character. Aalda also achieved notoriety recurring on the CBS sitcom ''Designing Women'', as Anthony's yuppie-from-hell girlfriend, Lita Ford, and on the NBC soap opera '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Allen Lee
Irving Allen Lee (November 21, 1948 – September 5, 1992) was an American actor known for playing Detective Calvin Stoner on ''The Edge of Night'' from 1977-1984 and Dr. Evan Cooper on '' Ryan's Hope'' from 1986-1988. He also appeared in " Ain't Misbehavin" in the late 1970s. He died from an AIDS related illness in 1992, aged 43. Filmography *''The Edge of Night'' (1979-1984) (Calvin Stoner) *''Breaking Up (1985 film) ''Breaking Up'' is a 1985 TV movie about the breakdown of a marriage seen through the eyes of a child.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20 Premise Jackie and Alan break up. Their child struggl ...'' (Dion) (uncredited) *'' Ryan's Hope'' (1986–89) (Dr. Evan Cooper) References External links * American male soap opera actors African-American male actors 1948 births 1992 deaths AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) American male television actors 20th-century American male actors 20th-century A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera, ''Dallas'', and the befuddled astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 sitcom '' I Dream of Jeannie''. Hagman had supporting roles in numerous films, including ''Fail-Safe'', ''Harry and Tonto'', '' S.O.B.'', ''Nixon'', and ''Primary Colors''. His television appearances also included guest roles on dozens of shows spanning from the late 1950s until his death, and a reprise of his signature role on the 2012 revival of ''Dallas''. Hagman also worked as a television producer and director. He was the son of actress Mary Martin. Hagman underwent a life-saving liver transplant in 1995. He died on November 23, 2012, from complications of acute myeloid leukemia. Early life Hagman was born on September 21, 1931, in Fort Worth, Texas. His mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Pryor
Nicholas Pryor (born Nicholas David Probst; January 28, 1935) is an American actor. He has appeared in various television series, films, and stage productions. Life and career Pryor was born Nicholas David Probst in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Dorothy (née Driskill) and J. Stanley Probst, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. His early film credits include appearances in ''The Happy Hooker'' (1975), ''Smile'' (1975), and as nervous college professor Samuel Graves in the 1976 film ''The Gumball Rally''. Notable film credits included appearing alongside William Holden and Lee Grant in '' Damien: Omen II'' (1978), as one of the sick passengers in ''Airplane!'' (1980), the role of Joel Goodson (Tom Cruise)'s father in the hit movie '' Risky Business'' (1983), and as Julian Wells (Robert Downey Jr.)'s estranged father in '' Less than Zero'' (1987). His other film credits include ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985), ''Pacific Heights'' (1990), ''Executive Decision'' (1996), '' The Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Costello
Edward "Ward" Costello (July 5, 1919 - June 4, 2009) was an American actor, composer and lyricist. Costello was born in Boston. When he was young, he left home to go to sea, after which he was an itinerant worker on farms and ranches before he became a newspaper reporter in New York. Costello served in both the British Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the Second World War. He received the Silver Star and three Distinguished Flying Crosses. After he left the military, he was a foreign-news editor for CBS in New York. He composed and wrote the lyrics to the theme for '' The Gallant Hours''. During his acting career, Costello appeared in several television programs, including '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Little House on the Prairie'' and '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. He retired from acting in 1989. Costello was married to actress Loraine Grover, and they had a daughter, Erin. Costello died from complications of a stroke on June 4, 2009, aged 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald May
Donald Adam May (February 22, 1929 – January 28, 2022) was an American actor who was known for his roles in '' Colt .45'' (1957–1960) and ''The Edge of Night''. Early years May was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Leontine Frances (Torczynski) and Harry Stuart May. He attended elementary school in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1949, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor of arts degree. May joined the U.S. Navy in 1951 and was discharged in 1955. Career Before he finished college, May acted in summer stock theater in Surrey, Maine, in 1948. After graduation, he acted on stage in Albany, New York, and Brattleboro, Vermont. He also acted in Signal Corps films. May's first credited role was in 1956–1957 as Cadet Charles C. Thompson as the host of the ABC military drama series '' The West Point Story''. In 1959–1960, May temporarily replaced Wayde Preston as the lead in four episodes of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman is an American television actress, director and producer. She is most known for her work as Gwen Frame on '' Another World'' and on ''All My Children'' as Opal Sue Gardner, as Rebecca Whitmore on '' Generations'', and on the sitcom ''Mama's Family'' as Naomi Harper. Life and career Lyman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Violet E. (née Brightwell) and Hector H. Lyman, who was a stockbroker. She is Protestant. She and Jill Larson, who succeeded her in the role of Opal on ''All My Children'', attended the same high school. She debuted on her first soap opera, '' A World Apart'', as flower child Julie Stark in 1971. Several years later, Dorothy appeared as Elly Jo Jamison, an evil relation of wealthy Orin Hillyer, on ''The Edge of Night''. She played architect Gwen Parrish Frame (1976–1980, 1989) on '' Another World'' and played Ralphie's mother in Jean Shepherd's ''Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss'' from 1988. She appeared in the ''Tales from the Darkside' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Carter
Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom ''Designing Women'' (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series ''Family Law (American TV series), Family Law'' (1999–2002). She was nominated for the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Gloria Hodge on ''Desperate Housewives'' (2006–2007). Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of the musical ''Carousel (musical), Carousel'' in 1960 and made her Broadway debut in the 1974 musical ''Sextet''. After appearing for two years as District Attorney Brandy Henderson on the CBS soap ''The Edge of Night'' (1974–1976), she starred in the 1976 Broadway theatre, Broadway revival of the musical ''Pal Joey (musical), Pal Joey''. Her other television roles included the sitcoms ''On Our Own (1977 TV series), On Our Own'' (1977–1978), ''Filthy Rich (1982 TV series), Filthy R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
