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n:.Tune In TomorrowBy JON MICHAEL REEDNEW YORK - There's much escitcmer.i and expectation this week around ABC-TV. » two of that network's serials, General Hospital' and One Lile to Live. begin back-to-back 4S-mmotc formats.Beth shows arc adding characters in an attempt to siure audience interest, not to mention high ratings. And both shows have come up with casting coups that are mention-grabbers Out on the West Coast, where General Hospital ' is taped, a young actress by the name of Georganne LaPiere wanU to make it on her own. and chances are she will. But who is this Georganne LaPtere and why do« she have 9uch an ambHicr.*Well, she's merely ll.e lesser-known sister toe rather half-sister; diSicrent father, same mother) of Cher Bono AUman, whom you mav have heard about in the last couple ol years. A week ago Georganne was cast as 19-year-cld Heather Grant, a nursemaid-house-keeper for Peter and Diana Taylor on GH.There is little or no resemblance between 25-year-oki Georganne and five yean older Cher Nor is there any sibling rivalry. Georganne admirably insists she doesn't intend ta cash in on sis’s name In fad. no one around the soap opera set was aware of Geor-gione's relationship to Cher until after she was hired.Georganne's pa adopted Cher when he married mamma and Georgar.ne enthuses. My childhood mcmones are among the happiest I have. Our mother would tell us. T am a queen and you are both princesses We may not have any money right now. but we are not poor. We're Just broke and that's a sate of mind S.nee joining Gil there had been a few adjustments in Georganne s life- The producer requested that natural blonde Geor-gsnnc dye her hair deep brown lor the part It does give her a bit more resemblance to Cher but only just Gewgarmc M no novice to the profession, having guested or. several nighttime TV series including Police Woman and Happy Days and has made fioreia of commercials Bui she is unaccustomed to the early morning up-by-fv* and onlhe-sel-by-wrr. rou-une o! working on a soap. I'm basically a lught person. she admits.She is. by the way. a night person with Brett Hudson, one of the three any munc-miking Hudson Brothers, whom she has been together with ' for a year.As tor her experience in playing a nanny on General Hospital' she's babi'Jt lor one of the most famous youngsters in the world: Chastity Bono, her niece. ‘I don't Wnk I'll have any problems raring lor a screen child. Georganne smiles.Oh veah7 Wait until you see what the GH writers hive in store lot you. Georginne Back in New York the most notable newcomer to One Lite to Live is Farley Granger, who porxays Dr. Will Vernor Granger, who Toccnily celebrated his 51st bachelor birthday has been pounding the pavements since 17. He started in more than 30 films, met of them clinkers but aLvo inch classics as They Live by Night and Hitchcock's Stranger, on a Train. He fared slightly better ir. Broadway musical revivals in the 1960s. cspena’.Iy as the monarrti m The King and I. before moving to luly where he resided and worked.W hen he was cast for OLTL Farley says. I'm in Gestalt Therapy myself, and my friend ra-actros Janet Rule is now a psychoan- (a^alyst Maybe I'll consult her lor a lew pointers.- ri_When Dr. Vernon's family arrive on the show scon he (and Far- ,lcley) will need ail the advice he can gel. Why? Stay tuned... Tir(Send your questions about soap operas to Tune inTcmorrow. ^in care of The Lubbock AvsUncheJouma), box 491, Lu’jbock Tex.79103. Questions cannot be answered personally, but those of gen- ^eral interest will be answered In future columns. p,«l MM. Cnl«r«r»CfMWflHints fr Helois!l*r and a soft ragr --t Jlrn. Vami V-r to U v
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 27, 1976
Page 45
Full Page
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