and the TV series Guiding Light . In the meantime, Dinah asked Marina to get Cyrus to leave town but Cyrus wouldn't. The trouble in the Cooper family would escalate when Phillip Spaulding made arrangements for Company to be demolished. Seeing a dazed Marah holding the smoking gun, Josh decided to take the blame and there and then, he and the others created an elaborate story about how he shot Carrie in self-defense. Frank told Marina to calm down and told Sheila she was free to go. Guiding Light, One Life to Live fave Jerry verDorn has passed away at age 72 Stars remember late Guiding Light, One Life to Live alum Jerry verDorn MAKING HEADLINES: EVEN MORE NEWS FROM GUIDING LIGHT YEAR IN REVIEW: Soap Central's guide to the best, worst, hits, misses, and everything else in 2022 Though upset, Marina kept quiet about the fact that she knew of their affair. At that moment, Marina realized that she did want her family with her after all. Fortunately, Michelle was rescued by Danny and Bill, and Carrie claimed that she'd had been trying to save Michelle by turning off the gas valve. Amanda's half-siblings Morgan Richards and Matthew Evans and their mother Jennifer (JaneMarie Stafford) Richards were mentioned but did not return. Although Alan planned to press charges, he relented and dropped the charges on the condition that they come up with a program to keep out future hackers. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American television soap opera that is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running drama in television in American. Though she tried to talk a maniacal Ben down by appealing to the intelligent, sensitive Ben she knew, Ben merely stated that the man she knew was gone and he didn't know how to be that again; he was empty inside. First, Michelle almost died from gas inhalation at her home. Realizing that something big was going on, the girls decided that it would help the men in the long run if they dealt with the specter of Maryanne Caruthers and so they continued in their investigation. Marina Cooper, the daughter of Frank and Eleni Cooper, was born in 1993 into a family that loved her and supported her. Holly instead of turning to Roger, as many people (including Roger) thought, she ended up getting engaged to Ross instead. On New Year's Eve, a seductive Marina was hurt when a preoccupied. After flirting with her Good Samaritan, Marina returned to the station where she saw a report from Interpol. Though she felt she was already losing Danny, she couldn't ignore her cop instincts and began running scenarios through her head of what could have happened to the baby. Should Y&R be more in the bedroom than in the boardroom? Later, Dinah got involved with and married Roger Thorpe to gain access to her inheritance, with no one showing up to the wedding. Realizing that Shayne needed a friend, Mallet called upon Marina for help. They were outraged and stunned, but, along with Gus, forgave her. To Marina's dismay, Ben approached his impending impoverished lifestyle with denial, running up credit cards and buying expensive gifts for Marina and friends. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came . As they make their way out the door, Cyrus and a feverish Marina kissed. Luckily, the pair was discovered alive. Lara never told Shayne about the pregnancy. He claimed it was because of the Spaulding/Cooper dating curse. Suddenly, Mallet felt like the odd man out since Henry already had a mother and a father. It became apparent that Cyrus was going to steal Alex's money the night of the ball. Sylvie (who was identified as being from Sweden) was a nurse Buzz had met while at a VA Hospital. Cyrus ran to escape but reached a dead end. But we may have found a way to brighten its memory, at . Rick got involved with and eventually married a hearing impaired woman named, Abigail "Abby" Blume (Amy Cox Ecklund. Can boardroom plots make for good soapy story? Reintroduced to the show was first a SORASed, Samantha Marler (Suzy Cote) (who got involved with Dylan Lewis, and ended up being severely injured and for a time in a wheelchair, when she threw herself out of the car Reva ended up driving off the bridge to her supposed death), and then Dr. Justin Marler who had since broken up with Helen Manzini returned from India to help both his daughter and his brother, Ross. Meanwhile, thanks to Frank innocently commenting on the coincidence of Jeffrey being in the same country where Henry was adopted, Mallet had a revelation and asked Marina if Shayne was Henry's father. Though she quickly forgave him, she never was able to fully shake her insecurities about Michelle, who had briefly left town. Although Meta was referred to occasionally, the character had not been seen since 1974. That same day, she spent the day with Mallet and impulsively kissed him. In August 1989, Dana Jones was introduced. After Mo died, headwriter Curlee presented a wonderful and powerful scene where Roger Thorpe visited Mo's grave, because Mo was the only one who treated Roger with any sympathy. Here to connect with others on the same path Though she was willing to let him steal from Alexandra, when Marina discovered that he was siphoning money from the accounts of all the of the guests she found that she had to put a stop to it and confronted Cyrus with a gun. Disappointed, Ben accepted Eden August's offer to work for her escort service. More Profiles: Read up on dozens of other past and present GL characters. Later, Marina got her revenge by arranging for an old mark of Cyrus's, Phoebe, to blackmail him for $ 100,000 in exchange for not revealing that he'd scammed her. Though Marina was able to get Griggs's cell phone and call the police, he quickly subdued her. At the same time, Marina lied to Cyrus that immigration was asking about him and suggested that they marry right away. Soon after confessing to Harley that she had fallen in love with Cyrus, Marina was shocked to see the man himself in her apartment. To Marina's relief, it came back negative. The Reardons also returned somewhat at this time, Tony and his wife Annabelle had a son named Tom Reardon (name after Tony's dad Hugh Thomas Reardon) who was born prior to Bea briefly appearing back on the show in 1990 via a video tape recording during daughter Chelsea's failed attempt to marry Johnny Bauer and then again in the guise of Bea Reardon's second son (younger than her son Dr. Jim Reardon, who had been involved in the Dreaming Death and the Barbados-Spaulding storylines and then left in February 1985; but older than Tony), Sean Reardon and his wife Mary's children, Bridget Reardon who was introduced and living for a while with Ed and Maureen (Bridget also had the first child that was a grandson of Roger Thorpe's, Peter Lewis Reardon; Roger's long lost son, Hart Jessup), and also Matthew "Matt" Reardon, Bridget's older brother who ended up having a MayDecember romance and then marriage with Vanessa after Billy was sent to prison for attempting to murder Roger, in 1994. Gus faced the loss of his freedom and career. Bobby had committed suicide while in a mental hospital. Apparently, Henry was conceived by Shayne and his girlfriend Lara when they were both in Bosnia. This was the only time India mentioned her late mother's Sabina name. Tracy Delmar Fletcher), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Guiding_Light_characters&oldid=1132570416, Lists of American drama television series characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with empty sections from July 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 14:12. He left again with Meg for Toronto Canada. In the summer of 1996, Buzz Cooper's Uncle Stavros Kouperkis died offscreen in Greece. Eventually coming to hate her mother for destroying the family, Marina rebelled against Eleni and, after being expelled from school, she ran away to Springfield in late 2001. In the meantime, Marina's first job back on the force was to investigate a fire that left Bill Lewis temporarily blinded. Sasha Martin Director of Recruitment and Placement Services Phoenix, AZ. This brought Vanessa closer to Holly, since Holly urged Vanessa to continue to press charges against Kiley. A year later, she started working as Nola Dancy Aldrich . Not letting that dissuade her, Marina brashly pursued him, first for a job as a lifeguard, then for his personal attentions. Find out what's ahead this week on B&B, B&B's Diamond White makes history in new Disney/Marvel project, chats Paris' next chapter, Studio City, Emmy-winning series from Sean Kanan, snags 13 ISA nominations, Where is Flo? Unfortunately, Frank was not happy to see Danny dating his daughter and made his feelings perfectly clear. Though she denied it, this fact was not lost on Frank who warned her that she was becoming too close. Nominee for Best Food & Cookbooks (2015) It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cookand eata meal from every country in the world. Unfortunately, Mallet was told by a doctor that his injury was could be corrected. They flirted and kissed, Marina got him to strip down to his tight white briefs, and suddenly her friends Tammy and Lizzie jumped into view, giggling. Though Marina verbally shrugged it off, it was clear she was concerned and sent Harley a message from Cyrus asking if Marina suspected. : Three Deaths, Seven Husbands, and a Clone! This somewhat campy material was bulldozed through by actress, Cynthia Watros, whose performance astonished viewers. Alan-Michael denied it, though eventually, Marina got him to admit how much he hated always being Number Two son to Phillip. Though she was now safe, Cyrus was now in Griggs's custody. YEAR IN REVIEW: Soap Central's guide to the best, worst, hits, misses, and everything else in 2022. Victoria's mother Sharina Tamerlaine was also mentioned. Horrified, Harley told the INS agent that Cyrus was not involved in the kidnapping and he was let go. Reva, who was believed to be dead a second time, was cloned at the request of her grieving husband Josh. However, while providing security for a Spaulding benefit, Marina found herself drawn to the flirtatious Cyrus and couldn't help but be impressed when he returned a woman's lost wallet instead of stealing it. At the same time, Danny was dealing with his wife's memory loss and subsequent unpredictable behavior. The realism of the early 1990s was in stark contrast to the mid-1980s, when self-described "Slut of Springfield", Reva Shayne (played by Kim Zimmer) was Guiding Light's central character and storylines tended to be more campy. 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