Guiding Light Discussion Group -- What Made GL Great (Top 10, 15, 5 Lists...)

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Topic: What Made GL Great (Top 10, 15, 5 Lists...)

Topic Posted by: Pittman
Date Posted: Wed Oct 14 15:20:11 2009
Additional Comments: Saw this article on-line and found their GL Lists interesting...

THE NELSON RATINGS — GL SPECIAL The light may have faded, but these stars will forever shine bright

Top 15 Actresses:

1. Beverlee McKinsey (Alex) 2. Kim Zimmer (Reva) 3. Crystal Chappell (Olivia) 4. Charita Bauer (Bert) 5. Maureen Garrett (Holly) 6. Jane Elliott (Carrie) 7. Beth Ehlers (Harley) 8. Cynthia Watros (Annie) 9. Michelle Forbes (Sonni/Solita) 10. Maeve Kinkead (Vanessa) 11. Lisa Brown (Nola) 12. Melissa Hayden (Bridget) 13. Gina Tognoni (Dinah) 14. Ellen Parker (Maureen) 15. Sherri Stringfield (Blake)

Top 15 Actors:

1. Michael Zaslow (Roger) 2. Justin Deas (Buzz) 3. Chris Bernau (Alan) 4. Monti Sharp (David) 5. Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan) 6. Jerry Ver Dorn (Ross) 7. Rick Hearst (Alan-Michael) 8. Grant Aleksander (Phillip) 9. Robert Gentry (Ed) 10. Larry Gates (HB) 11. Robert Newman (Josh) 12. Theo Goetz (Papa) 13. Vincent Irizarry (Lujack/Nick) 14. Peter Simon (Ed) 15. William Roerick (Henry)

Top 5 Head Writers:

1. Irna Phillips 2. Pamela Long 3. Douglas Marland 4. Nancy Curlee 5. Agnes Nixon

Top 5 Executive Producers:

1. Gail Kobe 2. Robert Calhoun 3. Allen Potter 4. Lucy Ferri Rittenberg 5. Jill Farren Phelps

Top 10 Love Stories:

1. Reva and Josh 2. Bert and Bill 3. Roger and Holly 4. Nola and Quint 5. Olivia and Natalia 6. Beth and Lujack 7. Nick and Mindy 8. Vanessa and Matt 9. Tony and Annabelle 10. Beth and Phillip

Top 11 Storylines/Moments:

1. Meta White’s murder trial 2. The blackout 3. Reva marries HB Lewis and proclaims herself the “slut of Springfield” 4. Roger rapes Holly 5. Carrie’s multiple-personality disorder 6. Beth and Phillip escape to New York City/Beth is abused by Bradley Raines 7. Sonni/Solita 8. Alex learns Nick is her son 9. Marion/Brent 10. Kathy Holden’s death 11. Bert encourages a paralyzed Joshua to live his life

Top 10 Love Triangles:
1. Alex/Roger/Mindy 2. Josh/Reva/Annie 3, Frank/Eleni/Alan-Michael 4. Nadine/Billy/Vanessa 5. Lillian/Ed/Maureen 6. Frank/Olivia/Natalia 7. Roger/Holly/Ed 8. Alan/Rita/Ed 9. Nola/Kelly/Morgan 10. Mindy/Phillip/Beth

Top 5 Recasts:

1. Elizabeth Keifer (Blake) 2. Gina Tognoni (Dinah) 3. Kimberly Simms (Mindy) 4. Jeff Branson (Shayne) 5. Ron Raines (Alan)

Posted by: Gracie
Date posted: Fri Oct 16 13:41:44 2009
Message:
You would have to add mega-talented Lenore Kasdorf to the Best Actresses list. Though her six-year stint on GL (1975-81) was relatively short, she is still well remembered almost thirty years later for her deft portrayal of Rita Bauer. And Jerome and Brigette Dobson, GL's head writers from 1975-80, were among the best in their field.

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Gotta agree about Lenore and the Dobsons. They were part of one of GL's great heydays. (Pittman)

Posted by: Matt & Vanessa fan
Date posted: Thu Oct 15 20:16:35 2009
Message:

Where did you find this article?

I LOVE and agree that they have Matt & Vanessa in the list of best couples, and not Billy & Vanessa. I found that M&V had a lot more chemistry than B&V. I was sad that M&V didn't reunite at the end.

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I found this article on Daytimeconfidential.com (Pittman)

Posted by: katy kennicott
Date posted: Wed Oct 14 19:15:03 2009
Message:
I've got to add Wendy Moniz as Dinah and Jay Hammer as Fletcher.

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Yes! Wendy Monize was my favorite Dinah. (Pittman)