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Jacqueline Courtney (born Sharon Courtney; September 24, 1946 – December 20, 2010) was an American actress best known for her work on daytime soap operas. Courtney's initial appearance on television came in 1951 when she performed on WAAT in Newark.
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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 ...
Jacqueline Courtney was a soap opera legend who played Alice Matthews on Another World and Pat Ashley on One Life to Live. She faced off-screen conflicts, career changes and a tragic death in 2010.
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...
Dec 29, 2010 · The former soap opera actress played Maggie Ashley and Pat Ashley Kendall on One Life to Live. She also appeared on Another World and Loving.
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Dec 31, 2010 · December 31, 2010 2:23 am. By Roger Friedman. I have to stop and give some condolence to the family of actress Jacqueline Courtney. The one time star of NBC’s “Another World” and a long time...
Dec 29, 2010 · Jacqueline Courtney, who played Alice Frame on Another World and Pat Ashley on One Life to Live, passed away in 2010 at age 64. She was a popular and influential soap opera star of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
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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.
