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Dark Shadows
''Dark Shadows'' is an American Gothic fiction, Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a number of supernatural occurrences take place. The series became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolf, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a Parallel universe (fiction), parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, numerous dramatic plot twists, broad cosmos of characters, and heroic adventures. Unusual among the soap operas of its time, which were aimed primari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and 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 Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Jackson
Lucy Kate Jackson (born October 29, 1948), known professionally as Kate Jackson, is an American actress and television producer, known for her television roles as Sabrina Duncan in the series ''Charlie's Angels'' (1976–1979) and Amanda King in the series ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' (1983–1987). Her film roles include ''Making Love'' (1982) and ''Loverboy (1989 film), Loverboy'' (1989). She is a three-time Emmy Awards, Emmy Award nominee and four-time Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award nominee, and ''Photoplay (magazine), Photoplay'' award winner for Favorite TV Actress in 1978. Jackson began her career in the late 1960s in summer stock, before landing major television roles in ''Dark Shadows'' (1970–1971), ''Bonanza'' (1972), and ''The Rookies'' (1972–1976). She also appeared in the film ''Night of Dark Shadows'' (1971). The huge success of her role as Sabrina Duncan on ''Charlie's Angels'' saw her appear on the front cover of Time (magazine), ''Time'' magazine, alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia. Maine is the largest U.S. state, state in New England by total area, nearly larger than the combined area of the remaining five states. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, 50 U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-smallest by area, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 9th-least populous, the List of U.S. states by population density, 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural. Maine's List of capitals in the United States, capital is Augusta, Maine, Augusta, and List of municipalities in Maine, its most populous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collinsport
Collinsport is the fictional setting of ''Dark Shadows'', the 1960s Dan Curtis Productions Gothic horror soap opera. Fictional location In the series, Collinsport is a small, coastal fishing village located in Hancock County, Maine, Hancock County in the U.S. state of Maine, on the coast about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Bangor, Maine, Bangor which would be Bar Harbor, Maine, Bar Harbor area, Mount Desert Island, Mt. Desert Island are where the mansions are. Characters on the show sometimes visit or refer to Bangor or Portland, Maine. The village is, according to the TV documentation, north of Frenchman Bay which would be Mt. Desert Island and near Bucksport, Maine about 40 miles north west. However, this location can not be reconciled with the location of 50 miles southeast of Bangor, Mt. Desert Island is about 50 miles South East of Bangor. Also, the location of the Collinwood Estate is mentioned numerous times as being located on the ocean, not on a river or bay. Bucksport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and 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 Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cobert
Robert Cobert (October 26, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an American composer who worked in television and films. He is best known for his work with producer/director Dan Curtis, notably the scores for the 1966–71 ABC-TV gothic fiction soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' and the TV mini-series '' The Winds of War'' (1983) and its sequel ''War and Remembrance'' (1988), for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Together, the latter two scores constitute the longest film music ever written for a film. Early years As a clarinet and saxophone player, he worked summers with a five-piece band in the Catskills "Borscht Belt" during his college years. Cobert also played clubs in Manhattan, studied for a year at the Juilliard School, and did radio arranging for WOR-Mutual. He also did some early "ghosting," creating industrial-documentary scoring for established commercial composers. Film and television work His early works include ''Dark Shadows'', and the two tie-in feature films '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Crothers
Joel Anthony Crothers (January 28, 1941 – November 6, 1985) was an American actor. His credits primarily included stage and television work, including a number of soap opera roles, the best known being Miles Cavanaugh on ''The Edge of Night'', whom he played for eight years. He was also known for his roles as Joe Haskell and Lieutenant Nathan Forbes on ''Dark Shadows'', Ken Stevens No. 2 on ''The Secret Storm'', and pianist/newspaper editor Julian Cannell on ''Somerset''. Early years Born January 28, 1941, in Cincinnati and raised in New York City, Joel Crothers graduated from Birch Wathen School in 1958. His passion for performing emerged at the early age of nine. Crothers auditioned and won a role on the CBS religious TV series ''Lamp Unto My Feet''. At the time, his father, George Crothers, was a production supervisor on the show. Unbeknownst to him, his son auditioned for the show under a different name, apparently done as a practical joke. Nevertheless, by the age of twelv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Karlen
John Karlen (born John Adam Karlewicz; May 28, 1933 – January 22, 2020) was an American character actor who played multiple roles on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC serial ''Dark Shadows'' on and off from 1967 to 1971. In 1971, Karlen starred as the male lead in ''Daughters of Darkness''. He played Harvey Lacey, husband of Mary Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), on the CBS crime series ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–88). Karlen reprised the role of "Willie Loomis" for a series of ''Dark Shadows'' Dark Shadows#Big Finish Productions, audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. Life and career Karlen was born May 28, 1933, in Brooklyn, the son of Helen Agnes (née Balondowicz) and Adam Marion Karlewicz. He was of Polish descent. Karlen served in the United States Army, U.S. Army during the Korean War. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thayer David
Thayer David (born David Thayer Hersey; March 4, 1927 – July 17, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He was best known for his work on the ABC serial ''Dark Shadows'' (1966–1971), as Dragon, the Albino ex-Nazi Director of C-2 in '' The Eiger Sanction'' (1975) and as the fight promoter Miles Jergens in ''Rocky'' (1976). He also appeared as Count Saknussemm in the film ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (1959), as the Reverend Silas Pendrake in '' Little Big Man'' (1970), as Charlie Robbins in '' Save the Tiger'' (1973) and as Deacon in '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977). His raspy, distinctive voice lent itself to voice-over work in commercials and instructional films. Early life Thayer David was born March 4, 1927, in Medford, Massachusetts. His father, Thayer Frye Hersey, was an executive in the paper pulp industry. David attended Harvard University in the 1940s but did not graduate, concentrating instead upon a career on the stage. With fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Parker
Mary Lamar Rickey (October 27, 1938 – October 12, 2023), better known as Lara Parker, was an American actress and writer known for her role as the witch Angelique Bouchard Collins on the ABC-TV serial ''Dark Shadows'', which aired from 1966 to 1971. Early life Lara Parker was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on October 27, 1938, and grew up in Memphis. Descendant of a prominent Southern family, she was a great-great-granddaughter of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II and a third-great-granddaughter of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, an uncle of Confederate General James Longstreet. She began a philosophy A.B. at Vassar College before receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College (then known as Southwestern Presbyterian) and a Master of Arts degree in speech and drama from the University of Iowa. Career Parker's best known role was as the witch Angelique Bouchard Collins on the supernatural soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' from 1967 to 1971. She later played the role of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarice Blackburn
Clarice Blackburn (February 26, 1921 – August 5, 1995) was an American actress and writer best-known for playing three characters on the cult series ''Dark Shadows''. Early years Clarice Blackburn was born in San Francisco, California, but because her father was a salesman, Blackburn and her family moved around a great deal and made their home in Wisconsin, Arizona, Louisiana, and Texas after California. Blackburn earned a Bachelor's Degree in speech and drama at the Texas State College for Women. She studied acting at HB Studio. Career Blackburn's professional debut came in a production of '' The Circle of Chalk'' (1947) on Martha's Vineyard. She appeared in an Equity Library Theater production of ''The Great Big Doorstep'' in 1950 before she understudied Eva Gabor in ''The Happy Time'' on Broadway. In 1953–1954, Blackburn portrayed, to critical acclaim, Addie in ''American Gothic'' at the Circle in the Square. Blackburn appeared on Broadway in ''Desk Set'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
