One Life to Live
1968
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Courtney died on December 20, 2010, aged 64, from metastatic melanoma. [better source needed] In 1973, Courtney received Best Actress, Single Performance, recognition in The First Annual Afternoon TV Writers And Editors Awards. Television With George Reinholt in Another World. The Edge of Night (Kitty DeMarco) [1958]
Dec 29, 2010 · Beloved soap opera star Jacqueline Courtney (born Sharon Courtney) passed away on December 20 of metastatic melanoma. She was 64. Courtney was half of the iconic coupling of Alice and Steve...
Jan 5, 2011 · The soap world has lost another of its popular performers. Veteran actress Jacqueline Courtney passed away on December 20 of metastatic melanoma, a form of skin cancer that accounts for mearly three-quarters of skin cancer deaths. She was 64.
Dec 31, 2010 · The one time star of NBC’s “Another World” and a long time player on ABC’s “One Life to Live” was just 64. She died December 20th of melanoma. Courtney was one half of the soap opera ...
- A Star in Orbit
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- Her Second Act
- Take A Bow
The native of East Orange, New Jersey, was all but born to be soap star. And after paying her dues via short runs — sprints, really — on The Edge of Night (in not one but two roles) and Our Five Daughters, she nabbed the part that would really put her on the map: that of Alice Matthews on Another World. She debuted along with the NBC show itself in...
Though the audience of Another World hung on every twist of plot between Alice, Steve and Rachel, the real drama was going on behind the scenes. Headwriter Harding Lemay, you see, was not among Courtney’s fans. In his memoir, Eight Years in Another World, he recalled one instance in particular that horrified him. “The actress turned what was writte...
Courtney was apparently no more interested in altering her technique than Lemay was in accommodating it. As he detailed: “The star, unhappy with her material, refused to change her approach, and I, unhappy with the star, wrote token scenes for Alice and quickly cured her of her disorder.” In 1975, their cold war came to an abrupt end when Another W...
Alas, the dynamic duo’s rematch in Llanview wasn’t quite the hit that ABC had hoped for, and two years later, Reinholt exited stage left as Tony Lord. Courtney, however, stayed on as Pat Ashley and remained seated comfortably on the front burner until 1983 — just a few years after Strasser took over as Dorian and just before Rauch assumed the EP’s ...
Courtney died at age 64 on December 20, 2010, a casualty of metastatic melanoma. We can only assume — in a way, hope— that, as ever, she gave no hint of how she would play her last act until the curtain began to fall. We like to think of our greats as remaining so until the very end. While you’re here, why not take off for Another Worldby perusing ...
Dec 29, 2010 · Wednesday, December 29th, 2010. She will be remembered…. On December 20, former soap opera actress Jacqueline Courtney passed away at the age of 64 due to metastatic melanoma. Jacqueline will...
Jacqueline Courtney. Actress: Our Five Daughters. Jacqueline Courtney was born on 24 September 1946 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Our Five Daughters (1962), The Edge of Night (1956) and Route 66 (1960). She was married to Carl Desiderio. She died on 20 December 2010 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA.
