Eileen Davidson, Donna Mills & Laura Wright Interview - The Story of Soaps
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Three of the most recognizable names in the soap opera genre, Eileen Davidson (Y&R, Ex-Days, Ex-B&B, Ex-Santa Barbara). Donna Mills (Knots Landing, Ex-Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Ex-Secret Storm) and Laura Wright (General Hospital, Ex-Guiding Light, Ex-Loving, Ex-The City), chat with Michael Fairman in this virtual conversation about their careers working in front of the camera on daytime and primetime soaps.
Each of the actresses appear on ABC's "The Story of Soaps" two-hour special airing on Tuesday night May 19th (9 p.m. EST). to which this interview is a prelude to.
From her role as Abby Cunningham Ewing on Knots Landing to her role as GH's Madeline Reeves, Donna Mills shares memorable stories from her career, and from her role as Y&R's Ashley Abbott to playing five roles on Days of our Lives from Kristen DiMera to Susan Banks, Eileen Davidson recalls her start and the time she played five roles at one time, while bringing to life Carly Corinthos on General Hospital every day is a joy shares Laura Wright from her early start on ABC's Loving which changed the trajectory of her life.
We hope you enjoy this exclusive on The Michael Fairman Channel taped during the stay-at-home orders during the COVID-10 pandemic,
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Donna Mills coming to Knots Landing was a game changer...PERIOD!!
@gailvavrosky2507
4 жыл бұрын
She was excellent as Abby.
@edgefan4437
3 жыл бұрын
Yes Donna added the biggest villain that was missing from the show. I'm a huge Donna Mills fan but Abby was not nice and I was used to her being a good person. But I started to love to hate her on Knots Landing.
Oh WOW! Laura is so sweet.......Eileen is GREAT..........and DONNA MILLS is an ICON!!!! OMG
Donna Mills is so elegant and fabulous, plus so grounded, you could literally go for lunch with her and you know she would be super nice and chilled 😊😊😊
Donna was the best on KL. The show did not really work well without her. She was what sparked the show.
@yvonnespearing
4 жыл бұрын
take there palstic sugury and make up they would shock all.lmao
@bryanariza1063
4 жыл бұрын
Agree!
Donna Mills should have 24 Emmys!!!!
Eileen Should have won an Emmy for 1997 when she played the five characters! (: But she won twice, so it's all right! (;
@Evan.Arapis
4 жыл бұрын
She's a Gemini so I think she can handle five or more characters ! :)
@gailvavrosky2507
4 жыл бұрын
I wish I had followed Eileen onto her other soap operas.
@Evan.Arapis
4 жыл бұрын
@@gailvavrosky2507 You can watch her on youtube as Kelly Capwell on Santa Barbara..
Thank you Michael, a million times over, for this! love Donna Mills and Eileen Davidson, always have, always did, always will. They never seem to age, omg, love it! I'm not familiar with Laura, but love her upbeat, outgoing, friendly persona. Again, thank you so much, and then some!
Love these ladies! Love Donna Mills on KL, she was a force to be reckoned with. I think women can learn a lot from Donna Mill's Abby character, a role model that women should follow, especially in a time of the me too movement. Abby was a cunning business women that never allowed any man to take advantage over, she was always one step ahead and put the guys too shame. She had this "Don't mess with me" aura.
Thank you for this! Love Donna Mills! She is so nice. In every interview, she is so friendly and down to earth. I only watched GH when she was on it, so I got to see Laura Wright too. It looked like they became friends from being on that show. Laura seems awesome too here in this interview - very cool. I am glad she stepped up and gave praise to Knots Landing. That show really did have amazing actors and the storylines were amazing.
Donna's eyes are hypnotizing!!!
@silverdream80
4 жыл бұрын
As always !
@bryanariza1063
4 жыл бұрын
Always have been!
Knots Landing, As The World Turns and Guiding Light were the Best!
@gailvavrosky2507
4 жыл бұрын
So many more. Love Is A Many Spendid Thing, Edge Of Night, The Secret Storm. ATWT. Guiding Light, Bold and The Beautiful, Young & The Restless....... CBS is Best
@gailvavrosky2507
4 жыл бұрын
Love this. Yes, some fans are not accepting of what's the reality. They are Actors people!!!!?!??
These ladies aged so gracefully especially Donna Mills she looks just like she did years ago. On Knots Landing and e weren’t she played Nina’s mom on GeneralHospital. Theses ladies are great actresses and I’m so happy to see this interview. I’m a big fan of all of them. I watched Laura Wright from Loving 🥰 The City, Guiding Light and now GeneralHospital. Eileen Davidson has always been my favorite on The Young and Restless and Days of our Lives I even watched her on Bold and Beautiful. Now I’m watching The her on the Housewives of Beverly Hills.
@kreed82
4 жыл бұрын
Her face doesnt move tho
@betsybabf748
4 жыл бұрын
I know. She's eternally stunning. She looks so good the insecure women are so desperate to try to put her down and make excuses why she is still stunning. Jealousy diminishes inside beauty as well.
What an amazing interview with three iconic soap actresses.
THREE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHOM I HAVE ADORED WATCHING FOR YEARS, DONNA SO LOVELY EVEN AT HER AGE, NO BOTOX OR FACE LIFTS JUST AGEING GRACEFULLY.
I just love Eileen Davison! I named my youngest daughter after her, the character on Y&R spelled differently, but I always thought she was beautiful, AND NOW I have a beautiful daughter (Ashlee) as Eileen, Ashley Abbott is. Donna Mills in Knots Landing, beautiful actress, SHE played her role as Abby very good! I am not familiar with the other actress, but she sounds sweet, AND very beautiful. I am a very avid Y&R watcher. Have watched it since March 1973. Love these interviews! Thanks Michael!
Loving this & wish it could air on 📺
Eileen, you are Ashley forever. Truly. Please don't leave.
Donna Mills is the best of all time! Love Donna--lovely classy and beautiful.
I met Donna Mills in Londonabout 20-30 years ago and she was like this super sweet, precious little porcelain doll. She still looks the same.
Donna Mills is a soap legend prime time daytime she’s a terrific actress she should have won many many emmys
Loved knots Donna is great! Jennifer 😁
Can you do a interview with Robin Christopher? I miss her
Donna still looks amazing after all of this time.
Laura was my Favorite Cassie on Guiding Light.
@cherylsimpson5899
4 жыл бұрын
Mine too 💞
@georgiesimmons5924
4 жыл бұрын
She was amazing as Cassie yesss i didn't care for her as Carly
@goodgirl6934
4 жыл бұрын
Georgie Simmons I personally like her Carly also, people do grow and mature, Laura’s Carly has a little of Sarah’s and Tamara’s characteristic.
@gailvavrosky2507
4 жыл бұрын
I was watching at the time as well. I stopped watching when Reva was a science project and a twin! That was too far out there!
@noradiggs6011
3 жыл бұрын
@@georgiesimmons5924 l
Three beautiful women, Laura is so adorable.
Three Great Actresses.
Omg that was amazing ☺️☺️☺️☺️👍👍
What fabulous woman!! And the interviewer is perfect!! Really nice job!!
Love them all Donna Mills is my boo! Laura has grown on me as Carly. Eileen is just cool as fu%k!
Wow Donna Mills looks great for 81!
Such a classy interview with truly classy Daytime and Nighttime Talents. I do want to say though that Laura is the 4th Carly. Jennifer Bransford was Carly #3 and Maurice Bernard was a big supporter of hers way back then.
They all look so Great
Those woman don't age ,,, they are all great soap actresses in there own right!!!
Great Interview!
Such fun. I grew up watching soaps. Love them. I was so sad when One Life To Live ended. I can't remember how many vhs tapes I went through taping my soaps when I was at school or at work.
@rethablair6902
4 жыл бұрын
I've been watching KZread clips of Tina's last visit to OLTL
Thank you ! I really enjoyed
This was superb! Thank you so much for this! Keep them coming! (:
They all look great but Donna Mills wow still stunning
Love this. Great job Michael and all the ladies are fabulous.
This is so awesome.
I love all of y'all . Y'all mad me happy everyday. I enjoyed watching y'all with my Mom. Yall keep entertaining us with your stories.
Michael you should do one of these interviews with Nicolette Sheridan!! 💕
@rethablair6902
4 жыл бұрын
I loved her character we were the same age
This is awesome!
Susan was my favorite character that Eileen played, she wasn't mean mean mean😁
Laura is my favorite Carly
@rethablair6902
4 жыл бұрын
I don't remember any other Carly but hers❤️
@vickistine9388
4 жыл бұрын
My fave too!
Love. Them. ALL! Historic in soap history!
Loved Knots Landing. 💖
I love very much Donna Mills in Abby Ewing and Ellen's Davidson in Ashley Abbott
All these wonderful women who are so talented and beautiful ! I want to thank them for the their wonderful rolls the play Laura you are a Mazing i love watching you on Gener Hospital !
Wow. Donna Mills looks so great. Her skin is beautiful and doesn't look plastic or gaunt. It seems impossible at her age. Amazing.
Excellent!
My sister had curly hair and wanted my straight hair....until we saw Laura in the Loving/The City days. Then she loved her curls, and I got a perm lol.
Lauren has always made my knees buckle in all the right ways
This really is nice to see
So great to see you all! Gosh Laura I don’t get why you don’t leave your hair Curley. It is beautiful but of course I have Curley and hate itcurley
I would watch the reruns of Knot’s Landing now. Curious they didn’t mention that it was a spin off from Dallas….
I love eillene
Do you think this special tonight will help bring our soap back?
@DAXONWILDINBRO
4 жыл бұрын
No. I think the industry is actually trying to tell us bye forever.
@DAXONWILDINBRO
4 жыл бұрын
Especially with all the new restrictions now. They’re headed to their bunkers now. So long.
@jjblack4905
4 жыл бұрын
NO soaps will be gone in 3 to 5 years
@jjblack4905
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see what tyler perry would do with YandR and BB
@craigsilver1124
4 жыл бұрын
Yes. I believe abc will be bringing the soaps back. The purpose of the 2 hour special the other night was to see if there is still an interest in soaps. Fingers crossed.
Lady's best wishes to you all three Woman's Actresses,you all plays very special parts working on live camera rolling earned your Emmy awards, for hanging in there many years now it times for you Lady's to be with your families ........Loveing careing people's Ellena, Dawson's,Donna Mills,Laura Wright.telling your fans how you woman's work hard
Love all these beautiful ladies ❤️💕❤️
Love all these ladies
I would watch Knots Landing now
Donna mills also was on general hospital clips on KZread. Knots landing spin off of Dallas
Beautiful people thanks all of you
Laura Wright has the best hair ever!
Donna 'dam' Mills is Everything _ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Love this! Queen Eileen. Please get the legend that is Heather Tom next.
I Love Eileen Davidson as Kristen Dimera on Days Of Our Lives...Laura Wright as Carly on General Hospital
Laura Wright has no wrinkles.
@kreed82
4 жыл бұрын
For a white woman born in 71 Its quite freaky
@brendalovesmariah
4 жыл бұрын
I am her age she bet not have any wrinkles
@aprilrawls5162
4 жыл бұрын
@@kreed82 all races get wrinkles...stop with race shit!
@kreed82
4 жыл бұрын
@@aprilrawls5162that reply has nothing to do with my comment. Thx for your participation, numpty
@aprilrawls5162
4 жыл бұрын
@@kreed82 you mentioned her race..." For a white woman" . why didn't you just say she looks good to be 49. You said it ...so own it.
3 Words Donnd Damn Mills ☆☆☆☆☆ 2020
If Y&R does decide to recast Ashley, I hope they take a serious look at Brenda Epperson, the only actress who previously was successful in playing the part.
Donna Mills looks great for her age!!
Why did knots landing not keep Lucy Ewing as Gary Ewing and valenes child.?
Eileen is so beautiful.
Is it just me or does Donna Mills grit her teeth when she speaks
Donna Mills is ageless.
Wow ! Donna I can remember watching you on knots Landing you are so beautiful what is your secret ???
DONNA MILLS je pense quelle a trouvée la fontaine de l éternel beauté je la retrouve comme dans Knost Landing resplendissante 79 ans bravos DONNA vous ètes superbe HELLO C est la FRANCE Certains vont dire elle a mis un filtre oui je sais mais quand meme elle est belle
Love Abby Fairgate-Cunningham-Ewing-Sumner.
I ❤️ Laura Wright just kidding I ❤️ Everyone!!!
Laura Wright seems a lot nicer then bratty, difficult Carly that she plays so well.
Be careful well safe encouraged blessed strong
Spending time with God and family learn have fun
Nooo, please dont recast Ashley. Eileen is so great. They all are
I’m going
❤ watching Carly Sonny
Donna Mills was wonderful in Love is a Many Splendor Thing... and always pretty... Eileen never cared for her.
lol Interesting how nobody ever mentions the third Carly lol
I’m prob in the minority but I never saw Cassie (Laura Wright) with anyone but Hart (Frank Grillo) on Guiding Light. Loved those 2. never was a Cassie/Richard fan.
Laura could have fixed her hair up before this interview, but Eileen and Donna(who's almost 80!) look great!
@susiephillips1671
4 жыл бұрын
I like her hair that way. She has natural curly hair and sometimes it is hard to do it all the time
@stephaniemorris9143
4 жыл бұрын
She looks great to me. Natural
@vickistine9388
4 жыл бұрын
I think that’s just her style.
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