A remarkable run for a profession that chews 'em up and spits 'em out:
The same character for over half a century? She was someone else longer than many people are themselves. Granted, soap careers tend to be more long-lived than any other acting jobs, and you can pick up a soap after 20 years and find the same seven actors, playing the same role, still agonizing over Nikki or Victor. Will they ever find love again? Depends on the ratings. On the other hand, there's a downside to acting in a show that moves at the pace of continental drift:
According to the story, she was part of history, but not as she might have preferred. This clip from late 1963 gives you a sense of the glacial pace of these shows - and how real life intervened on their tales.
