As the World Turns

American television soap opera

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Moore

  • Julianne Moore
    In Julianne Moore: Early life and career

    …arc on the soap opera As the World Turns in 1985. Her portrayals of a psychologist and, eventually, her half sister, earned her a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988. Meanwhile, she had appeared in Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater (1987) and trod the…

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Phillips

  • In Irna Phillips

    …also created the television serials As the World Turns (1956–2010), Another World (1964–99), and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–73), and she created (with Allan Chase and Ted Corday) Days of Our Lives (1965– ).

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Ryan

  • Meg Ryan
    In Meg Ryan: Early roles and marriage to Dennis Quaid

    …of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, where she remained for two years. She also had guest roles on the sitcoms One of the Boys, featuring Mickey Rooney, Nathan Lane, and Dana Carvey, in 1982 and Charles in Charge in 1984 and 1985. Ryan first registered with the…

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Rydell

  • Mark Rydell
    In Mark Rydell

    …the popular television soap opera As the World Turns. In 1956 he appeared in his first feature film, Don Siegel’s juvenile delinquent saga Crime in the Streets. Rydell later acted in several TV series before moving behind the camera in 1963 to direct episodes of Ben Casey. He subsequently worked…

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Tomei

  • Marisa Tomei
    In Marisa Tomei

    …teenager in the soap opera As the World Turns (1984). She made her movie debut in a bit part in Garry Marshall’s social comedy The Flamingo Kid (1984). She also worked in theatre in New York City. Tomei portrayed the college roommate of the character played by Lisa Bonet in…

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