actress who plays elizabeth webber on general hospital

Actress who plays elizabeth webber on general hospital tv#

Spelling said if he had known of the real tragedy he would have never created the soap opera version. SB is amid a “shock wave” story line that involves a tidal wave. In real life, officials say as many as 3,000 people may have died when tidal waves swept across villages in Papua New Guinea. The unusual statement from Spelling’s office came after viewers asked if producers would change or drop the show’s current plotline about a huge earthquake and tidal wave hitting Southern California.

Actress who plays elizabeth webber on general hospital tv#

In a case of life imitating TV soap operas, Aaron Spelling says it was pure coincidence a killer tsunami that hit Papua New Guinea July 17 echoes the plot of his daytime soap Sunset Beach. Cooper, who’s been with the show for all but six months of its run, said it is stories like that that have helped viewers identify with the characters and stick with them over the years. Y&R also went into the operating room in 1984 as actress Jeanne Cooper (and her character, Katherine Chancellor) underwent a real-life face lift.

The show – which has won an unprecedented five Emmys for best daytime show – also boasted many firsts, including soaps’ first vasectomy (Victor Newman) and the first case of bulimia (Traci Abbott). There were also story lines on rape, incest, alcoholism, sexual harassment and breast cancer. So Bell, who’s sometimes called the father of sex on soaps, introduced open-mouthed kissing, bare chests and lots of … well, undercover activity. It was time for a bolder way of storytelling – and a new name for the fledgling soap. Originally, he had planned to call the show “The Innocent Years,” but realized America’s innocence had slipped away in the 1960s and ’70s via political assassinations and the Vietnam War. “We were dealing with relationships as they really were for the first time.” “The show was so singularly different, it had to be a success,” he said.