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Soap Opera SceneBurton's villainy lives onWarren Burton won an Emmy for playing a villain on “All My Children and ne’*s still playing his villainy, but on a grander scale as Warren Andrews in Guiding Light.”“It’s good to play a villain — especially a manipulating and undermining one Tike Andrews, the actor revealed However, I learned a quick lesson about what happens to villains when I was with ‘All My Children’ and that is that villains service the storyline and when that storyline is finished, soareyou.”Warren was referring to his tenure on “All My Children for which he was signed to a three-year contract but let go after 18 months. The stage-trained actor was new to soaps when he signed on for AMC and didn’t know the ins and outs of the daytime serial world at that time. But he still has nothing but good things to say about his time on the ABC soap In Fact, he was off the show when he received his nomination for the Emmy. He feels that the show pulled for him and helped him to capture the award (that’s almost unheard of in the highly competitive world of soaps .It was only a matter of days after he left AMC that Another World’’ signed him for the show. However Warren felt he wasn't being used enough on that show. He went to the producer, and in his usual candid fashion, asked to be either written in or written out As it turned out. he was written out, which led to his being signed to play his current role of Warren Andrews.Warren i Burton, not Andrews) loves acting and when it no longer is a love affair, he will quit and sell shoes. The actor admits that he spends his happiest hours working much happier than those spent not working. He likes the challenge of making his character believable (and in soaps, that’s not easy, sometimes). Fans respond to Burton probably because they sense the validity that goes into his work. They may not be able to verbalize it but they definitely feel it. As actors (and soap actors in particular) go, Warren Burton is among the best — and someday soon, he may have a mate for thatrole reversal features Judith as a successful advertising executive who hires housekeeper Tony (Taxi) Danza to mind things while she's at work Another former One Life star, Kristen Meadows, will trade in her numerous guest roles to be a regular on the ABC drama. Glitter Kristen plays a reporter for a top fashion magazineOne Life to Live is usually ranked as the second or third most popular soap, in the daytime ratings However, over the past few years, the ratings have continued to slip, dropping way down on the list. As we mentioned last week, the veteran husband and wife writing team of Bill and Joyce Corrington were brought aboard, and now a new producer has arrived Paul Rausch will be the new boss, and he’s no stranger to soaps Rausch has been at the helm of Another World and Texas, to name a few, and fans can expect numerous shakeups in the coming weeks.Plot Portents: Sally revelas that she is Kevin's real mother on Another World. Newcomers arrive in Bay City and Catlin is sentenced to die in the electric chair.Delia shows Steve their new love nest on Ryan's Hope. Max and Frank are at odds over Maggie.An attempt is made to strangle Erica on All My Children. Mark declares his love for Brooke w hile Tom is found drunk in a motel room.Anthony reveals laurel’s sordid past to Danny Wolek on One Life to Live ” Bo’s life is in jeopardy. Ed Hall gets a double delivery of chicken soup.Sky and Raven are up to their neck in trouble in Switzerland on The Edge of Night. Preacher fights off an unknown attacker.Justine moves into the McCleary home on Search for Tomorrow Liza invites her friends toa dinner party to meet CordAnother person abruptly enters Bo’s already complicated life on Days of OurI iviN A ilind uiar aruntv anrl \lpli«a ic
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Escanaba Daily Press
Escanaba, Michigan, US
Mon, Jul 02, 1984
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