Some familiar faces have graced ‘Guiding Light’
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GUIDING LIGHT FINALE The longest-running soap opera is signing off, but you can catch up on the history, watch clips and share memories online. MORE • 'Guiding Light' says goodbye -- will more soaps follow? • Some familiar faces have graced 'Guiding Light' • Personal feelings on 'Guiding Light' • 'Guiding Light': Some sudsy trivia |
Familiar faces
From the 1960s through the early '00s, more than a dozen now-recognizable names breezed through Springfield. Here are some you might remember.In 1966, Cecily Tyson became the first female African-American contract player in daytime TV.
Also in 1966, the man who would lend his molasses pipes and embody Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, became the voice of reason on "Guiding Light" as Dr. Jim Frazier.
Billy Dee Williams stepped in to play Dr. Jim Frazier in 1966 when Jones left the role.
It's a whole new round of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon when you recall that from 1980-1981 the actor portrayed Tim, a teenage alcoholic.
Calista Flockhart has done businesswoman ("Ally McBeal") and needy, yet responsible sibling ("Brothers & Sisters"). But in 1989, she played Elise, a baby sitter who accidentally misplaces one of her charges.
After making waves on "Dynasty," Joan Collins played Baroness Alexandra Spaulding on "Guiding Light" in 2002.
-- Melissa Ruggieri
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