History of As the World Turns (1956-1960)
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1956-1960 |
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This article is about the history of As the World Turns (ATWT), the second longest-running American television soap opera.
[edit] Storylines
- Chris and Nancy debate as to whether his father, Will "Pa" Hughes will stay.
- Edith Hughes and a married Jim Lowell have an affair.
- Claire tries to keep Jim at her side by overdosing. Doug Cassen helps her.
- Jim dies in a boating accident in Florida.
- John marries a women named Marion.
- Donald becomes engaged to Janice Turner. She breaks it off and marries Carl Whipple.
- Don and Nancy fall out over Janice, nancy thinks's she isn't good enough for Don.
- Penny is in love with Jeff Baker and elopes with him but it is called off a Nancy's consent.
- Al James and Jeff get in a fight over Penny and he is arrested after James dies.
- Penny becomes engaged to Tom Pope but when she says she still loves Jeff, he breaks it off.
- Donald works for Mitchell Dru. He left him and worked for the DA and then at the Lowell firm.
- Claire marries Doug Cassen.
- Ellen and Tim Cole fall in love and have a child, James "Jimmy" Cole but she gives it up for adoption. Louise Cole, his wife arrives and they divorce.
- Edith marries George Frey and the leave town.
- Penny and Jeff get married.
- When Jeff leaves town Penny becomes pregnant but loses the baby.
- Lisa Miller comes to town with her parent Henry and Alma Miller and she gets with Bob and then they get secretly married.
- Lisa becomes pregnant.
- Nancy wants Bob and Lisa's marriage annulled but is forced to accept her into the Hughes home when she discovers she's pregnant.
- Tim has leukimia. Ellen marries him and weeks later he dies.
- Stewart family (David, Betty, and their children: Dan and Paul) come to town.
[edit] Characters
The Hughes Family
Will "Pa" Hughes
- m.Ma Hughes
- c.Edith Hughes Frey
- m.George Frey
- a.Jim Lowell (RIP)
- c.John Hughes
- m.Marion
- c.Christopher Hughes
- m.Nancy Hughes
- c.Donald Hughes
- c.Penny Hughes Baker
- m.Jeff Baker
- c.Bob Hughes
- c.Susan Hughes (RIP}
- m.Nancy Hughes
- c.Edith Hughes Frey
The Lowell Family
James T. Lowell
- m.Alice Lowell
- c.Jim Lowell (RIP)
- m.Claire Lowell Cassen
- m.Doug Cassen
- a.Edith Hughes
- c.Ellen Lowell Cole
- m.Tim Cole
- c.James "Jimmy" Cole
- m.Tim Cole
- c.Ellen Lowell Cole
- m.Claire Lowell Cassen
- c.Jim Lowell (RIP)
Turner Family
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- c.Janice Turner Whipple
- m.Carl Whipple
- c.Janice Turner Whipple
The Baker Family
- m.Grace Baker
- c.Jeff Baker
- m.Penny Hughes Baker
- c.Jeff Baker
The Cole Family
Tim Cole
- m.Louise Cole
- m.Ellen Lowell Cole
The Meadows Family
The Miller Family
Henry Miller
- m.Alma Miller
- c.Lisa Miller Hughes
- m.Bob Hughes
- c.Lisa Miller Hughes
The Stewart Family
David Stewart
- m.Betty Stewart
- c.Paul Stewart
- c.Dan Stewart (adopted) {Birth Name: James "Jimmy" Cole}
Other People
- Al James, fought with Jeff over Penny
- Tom Pope, Penny's love interest
- Michell Dru, an attorney
- Greg Williams, a reporter
- Julie Spencer, an attorney who was Mitchell Dru's ward.
- Burt Stanton, Ellen's fiance
- Laura March, replaced Edith Hughes as secretary at hospital.
- Phil Banner, Jeff's employee when he was in music
- Ed Richardson, Graces right-hand man
