What was its tone like? She didn't seem to like much about being on AW though. Share highlights of Constance's life. I think Lemay was a great writer, but he was never able to duplicate his Another World success, on other shows. r388 One hopes Alice Barrett and Ellen Parker will also be invited. Or a post about Kim Zimmer using her own piss as moisturizer. She would never get involved with him. It basically ended when Charles Keating was written in. Did she talk about her female lovers like Louise Fitzhugh? Also learn how She earned most of Constance Ford networth? Connie had been through it and worked with some of the greats. Or did she keep quiet about it and everyone assumed she was a lesbian. They failed to think about the bigger role Maureen played on the canvas (serving as the matriarch). In Rome Adventure (1962), she played Daisy Bronson, owner of a bookstore in Rome, opposite Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue, being kinder to him than she had been in A Summer Place. Sam Groom was so hot. Sandra was often referred to as "the surfing Bernhardt", r181. Fat soap names too like TGL and TYATR. It wasnt her decision to kill Frankie. Ever thought about how many famous people named Constance are out there? However, he allegedly 'fell' for his Better co-star Leila Farzad, 39 . Other . I have zero recollection of the scene I read with her. He bashed the genre every chance he got. No neck, narrow shoulders, tiny titties and a long ass. It keeps a show real. Paul Rauch, in a show of support for his new HW, agreed to let her go. But they didnt have a best cue card reader category. It's interesting that the short-lived FRFP lifted the interlocking rings from AW's logo. Here is the "Merry Christmas" scene. The film follows rich Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) as he takes his wife (Constance Ford) and teenage daughter, Molly (Sandra Dee), to the Maine vacation location where he worked as a middle-class kid. Yes, R130, especially Constance Towers' signature is on it. It was her walk. June Blair 1 Episode 1958. I remember she was wearing jeans and a blue mans button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. click ACCEPT. Her performance was flawless. Watching the soap with my mom after school, I had no idea she'd been a competent actress decades ago, til I happened to stumble upon A Summer Place. A witty and wise divorce, Jane is a comic gift to the lesbian world, and to everyone else, too. I know they named baby Nancy after her. Born July 1, 1923 in The Bronx, New York, USA There were story possibilities with Ed, Michelle, the other Bauers and Reardons, Vanessa, Holly, Lillianhell Claire, Rita, and on and on. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. She would say at times that she had to quit this fucking dump! When in reality, deep down inside she liked being a part of AW. A storm is secret if it happens in your heart. CONSTANCE Marten's dad Napier has said he is "relieved" his aristocrat daughter has been found. Texas, Santa Barbara, Sunset Beach and Passions all premiered at a one-hour length, which worked against the show in the long run. They are clinically insane. As the gala started, Cyndi rivetingly crawled out of a glittery earth orb and pranced down a long runway, and then me, Milk, Dusty Ray Bottoms, Lady Bunny, Flotilla De Barge, Chris Tanner, Bill Coleman, Yuhua Hamasaki, Phi Phi OHara, Alexis Michelle, and others came out waving glow wands, sashaying down the same runway and circling her, with all sorts of Broadway moves wed been rehearsed at all day. To talk. I knew John Colenback, and when she died, he told me fun stories about her going to gay mens bars and being a riot. Also: Lynn Fontanne, Katherine Cornell, Patsy Kelly, Constance Ford, Kristy McNichol, Linda Hunt, Heather Matarazzo, Cherry Jones, Pamela Sneed, Ruby Rose. My aunt Bev always thought she was 10 years older than what she said she was. Generation. I'm surprised to see Susan Sullivan there. That must have been a sight to behold. Constance Ford. I think they had to bundle together to stay warm. Prior to her acting carter, she worked as a model and appeared in the 1941 Elizabeth Arden advertising campaign for Victory Red . Brian and Donna lasted pretty much through Anna Stuart's whole first year. Why didn't the studios insist she get into shape. She has a new movie set to premiere in 2022 titled 5,000 Blankets, a family film about a movement to help the unhoused. Peggy Sloane was the writer at the time, I wonder if it was some kind of network pressure or a budget move to get rid of the character. According to the Another World Home Page, Ada had 8 other siblings. I think with Texas, the network was hoping that the resounding success of Dallas at that point of time would be enough to draw viewers to their new oil/cowboy-themed show. Oh for Chrissakes. Tres, tres Jolie! Who was paid higher- Beverley McKinsey or Victoria Wyndham? The days were long at the AW studio in Brooklyn. She was 18 and Ada looked 70. (Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic), 1927: American film director Dorothy Arzner (1897 - 1979) and Alfred Gilks, her cinematographer, survey a scene as they stand by a camera on the set of her film, 'Get Your Man'. Jane Cameron's final IMDB listing is 30 years old, so she clearly isn't in the business anymore. Not everyone. This woman is the Poor Man's Angela Lansbury. A lot of us tend to have talent, expression, and also a desire to pretend to be other people. Peter Ratray did play some stuffy snob (typical LeMay character) on AW in the 70's. I wish my abuelita was still alive so I could tell her Connie was a dyke. Its next Wednesday -- June 23. AUSTIN, TX - APRIL 28: Comedian Wanda Sykes closes out the last night of the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival at the Paramount Theatre on April 28, 2012 in Austin, Texas. Please IGNORE him. And then once Judith left, Susan Sullivan assumed the role. She gave off a vibe, and her "friendship" with Geri Court was highly suspicious. I'll never forget Connie playing Ada's reaction to Steve's death. Runners-up include other lesbian directors like Jennie Livingston, Cheryl Dunye, the Wachowskis, Dee Rees, Rose Troche, writer-director-actor Guinevere Turner, Jill Soloway, Monika Treut, and Barbara Hammer, plus producer Christine Vachon, writer Fran Lebowitz, photographer Annie Leibovitz. The boy was named Cory, but I can't remember the girl's name R74, I appreciate her 'choice' as an actress to shout all of her lines for two minute straight without any modulation whatsoever No big surprise that the ole dyke Connie was never even nominated for an emmy. What is holding on to Maureen Bauer and Frankie Frame, decades after the fact, really accomplishing? Arzner is leaning on the camera and holding a combination megaphone and viewfinder. Like the rest of us, the 'Drag Race' Season 15 queen is crushing on Pedro Pascal. He had a mental breakdown. I'm youthful and edgy. I'm gonna assume that Connie was grateful for the gig. Enough people have gone from soaps to much bigger things, that I'm sure that people who stayed in soaps often were bitter. She did show warmth as Ada, something she didn't get to do much in her other TV or movie roles. Constance Ford died on February 26, 1993, in New York City, New York, USA of cancer. The problem was the character of Cass changed greatly in the time since she left. Whatever it is, she is so mannered in everything I've seen her in. Connie in ROME ADVENTURE as the man-hungry ex-pat bookshop owner, who seemed to have eyes only for Suzanne Pleshette. Vee, whos in the biz, says that P&G soaps were old lady granny stories. Then the leg was chopped off. Discover what happened on this day. [4] She studied acting at HB Studio[5] in New York City. [quote]r133 especially as Constance Towers' signature is on it. R422 It wasnt my sisters show either but she boohood like crazy. Im a regular at this by now. the average Ford family member Crawford was on very briefly--she was pretty washed-up but it doesn't count in the same way as someone like Macdonald Carey. Add Constance's family friends, and her friends from childhood through adulthood. Did Holland Taylor and Lois ever scissor? Constance Ford, an actress who appeared for 25 years in the role of Ada Hobson, an indestructibly upbeat mother in the NBC daytime serial "Another World," died yesterday at New York Hospital. Jax Spills the Tea on That "Shocking" Lip-Sync LaLaPaRuza, "In those lip-syncs, I fend for myself. It's rude! And yes, I know Santa Barbara , Passions and Loving were both on the air for years, but none of them were successful in the ratings and SB and Loving were in a constant state of backstage turmoil. Im old enough to remember when Jamie Frame SPANKED Robin Strasser Rachel! David Bartons ex, the surreally fabulous party thrower Susanne Bartsch, did two Love Balls, elaborate fashion-oriented galas benefiting AIDS charities, at Roseland in 1989 and 91. I bet her pussy smelled too! Alla Nazimova wearing a velvet tunic gown with gold cord trim. I like JFP. Ive no doubt she showered poor Connie with gifts, rode her leathery face hard for months, then discarded the aged conquest to continued her climb. We don't need anyone to police who posts about what, thanks. Susan Keith was gorgeous! 10 from 77-80. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". As we know, starting in '87, ATWT (or AWT) and AW were on against each other. She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Lucas Hobson on the daytime soap opera Another World, which she played from 1967 until shortly before her death in 1993. Donna had an edge to her, she was sort of a replacement for Iris (when she first came to town Brian Bancroft and others said she reminded them of Iris). The homo nephew has not provided anything. LOL, the Bauers were fat. Mac was probably better in the sack than Russ and Ted. Joann Willette is an American actress from Lewiston, Maine. [R16] I TOLD YOU SWEETIE, CONNIE ALWAYS PAYS FOR WHAT SHE GETS ! On Saturday, Bette Midler did her own showing for the gays at the spectacular Jake Resnicow-produced WeParty, AKAPride Festivals main event at the Javits Center. So here come the dyke-ons. At SON they are still bitching about cancelled soaps. Victoria Wyndham said she used her influence to get rid of cue cards. Did Rachel ever sleep with Ken Jordan of Red Swan fame? Wooden, shrill and reading cue cards (badly). Beverly Penberthy's nephew and others who are new to the P&G threads -- we have a resident psycho on these soap threads who likes to make nasty comments and troll the board. There were also huge writing team changes. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. He loves old soaps like TGL and TYATR. I think Lemay's success might have lasted a few years longer, but between two expansions and a spinoff it all probably depleted his creativity. Per Heches autobiography, Anna Banana Stuart bought her her first vibrator. Constance Ford (Ada) in a scene with Kathleen Widdoes (Rose) from Another World. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb), LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 02: Actress Jane Lynch attends the "Escape From Planet Earth" premiere presented by The Weinstein Company in partnership with Sabra at Mann Chinese 6 on February 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. TAW. Charita sure got fat. Where we share as we remember & make discoveries and connect with others to help answer questions. [quote] People claim she was reading cue cards long after AW had abandoned cue cards. Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. 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