Overview
Release Date:
30 June 1952 (USA)
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Tagline:
There is a destiny that makes us brothers, none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others, comes back into our own.
Plot:
Guiding Light takes place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield. In its early years the stories centered on the middle class Bauer family...
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Awards:
94 wins
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357 nominations
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User Comments:
A classic soap opera
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| Lia Yang | ... | Susan (507 episodes, 1993-2007) |
 | Kim Zimmer | ... | Reva Shayne Lewis Cooper Spaulding Lewis Lewis / ... (451 episodes, 1983-2008) |
| Robert Newman | ... | Joshua Lewis / ... (423 episodes, 1981-2008) |
| Beth Ehlers | ... | Harley Davidson Cooper Spaulding Mallet Spaulding Aitoro / ... (372 episodes, 1987-2008) |
| Beth Chamberlin | ... | Lorelei Hills / ... (347 episodes, 1994-2008) |
| Ron Raines | ... | Alan Spaulding / ... (315 episodes, 1994-2008) |
| Bradley Cole | ... | Jeffrey O'Neill / ... (296 episodes, 1999-2008) |
| Nicole Forester | ... | Cassie Winslow / ... (278 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Justin Deas | ... | Frank Achilles 'Buzz' Cooper, Sr. / ... (248 episodes, 1993-2008) |
| Crystal Chappell | ... | Olivia Spencer / ... (247 episodes, 1999-2008) |
| Marcy Rylan | ... | Lizzie Spaulding / ... (243 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Gina Tognoni | ... | Dinah Marler / ... (240 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Frank Dicopoulos | ... | Frank Cooper / ... (232 episodes, 1987-2008) |
| Mandy Bruno | ... | Marina Cooper / ... (232 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Michelle Ray Smith | ... | Ava Peralta / ... (213 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Ricky Paull Goldin | ... | Gus Aitoro / ... (211 episodes, 2001-2008) |
| Rob Bogue | ... | A.C. Mallet / ... (211 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Michael O'Leary | ... | Dr. Frederick 'Rick' Bauer, M.D. / ... (209 episodes, 1983-2008) |
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| Roy B. Steinberg | | (249 episodes, 1989-1999) |
| Matt Lagle | | (19 episodes, 1994-2008) |
| Brian Mertes | | (15 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Adam Reist | | (13 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Tracey Hanley Bryggman | | (12 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Robert Scinto | | (11 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Ellen Wheeler | | (11 episodes, 2008) |
| JoAnne Sedwick | | (5 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Brain Mertes | | (3 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Zetna Fuentes | | (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Irene M. Pace | | (2 episodes, 1985-1993) |
| Susan C. Strickler | | (2 episodes, 2001-2003) |
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| Joseph K. Chomyn | | (unknown episodes, 1968-1970) |
| Bruce S. Barry | | (unknown episodes) |
| Ted Corday | | (unknown episodes) |
| Walter Gorman | | (unknown episodes) |
| Christopher Goutman | | (unknown episodes) |
| Nick Havinga | | (unknown episodes) |
| Andrew D. Weyman | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Melissa Salmons | | (327 episodes, 1989-2002) |
| David Kreizman | | (70 episodes, 2002-2008) |
| Donna Swajeski | | (46 episodes, 1999-2008) |
| Brett Staneart | | (15 episodes, 2004-2007) |
| Christopher Dunn | | (5 episodes, 1999-2008) |
| Ellen Weston | | (5 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Rebecca Hanover | | (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Nancy Curlee | | (2 episodes, 1989-1995) |
| Stephen Demorest | | (2 episodes, 1989-1995) |
| Nancy Williams Watt | | (2 episodes, 1989-1993) |
| Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold | | (2 episodes, 2001-2003) |
| Jill Lorie Hurst | | (2 episodes, 2003) |
| Penelope Koechl | | (2 episodes, 2003) |
| Anna Fields | | (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Richard Culliton | | (1 episode, 1983-1989) |
| Trent Jones | | (1 episode, 1983-1989) |
| N. Gail Lawrence | | (1 episode, 1989-1993) |
| Pete T. Rich | | (1 episode, 1989-1993) |
| James H. Brown | | (1 episode, 1992-2000) |
| Barbara Esensten | | (1 episode, 1992-2000) |
| Michael Conforti | | (1 episode, 1992-1993) |
| Sally Mandel | | (1 episode, 1992-1993) |
| Patrick Mulcahey | | (1 episode, 1992-1993) |
| Roger Newman | | (1 episode, 1992-1993) |
| Courtney Sherman | | (1 episode, 1992-1993) |
| Carolyn Culliton | | (1 episode, 2002-2003) |
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| William J. Bell | | (unknown episodes, 1956-1957) |
| Agnes Nixon | | (unknown episodes, 1958-1965) |
| Gabrielle Upton | | (unknown episodes, 1968) |
| Robert Soderberg | | (unknown episodes, 1969-1973) |
| Edith R. Sommer | | (unknown episodes, 1969-1973) |
| Bridget Dobson | | (unknown episodes, 1975-1979) |
| Jerome Dobson | | (unknown episodes, 1975-1979) |
| Jean Rouverol | | (unknown episodes, 1975-1976) |
| Douglas Marland | | (unknown episodes, 1979-1982) |
| Nancy Franklin | | (unknown episodes, 1980-1982) |
| Robert Dwyer | | (unknown episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Harding Lemay | | (unknown episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Gene Palumbo | | (unknown episodes, 1981-1982) |
| Frank Salisbury | | (unknown episodes, 1981-1982) |
| Patricia Falken Smith | | (unknown episodes, 1982) |
| L. Virginia Browne | | (unknown episodes, 1983) |
| Joseph D. Manetta | | (unknown episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Sheri Anderson | | (unknown episodes, 1987) |
| James E. Reilly | | (unknown episodes, 1990-1992) |
| Lorraine Broderick | | (unknown episodes, 1991-2004) |
| Bill Elverman | | (unknown episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Dorothy Ann Purser | | (unknown episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Peggi Schibi | | (unknown episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Wisner Washam | | (unknown episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Megan McTavish | | (unknown episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Victor Miller | | (unknown episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Terrell Anthony | | (unknown episodes, 1995) |
| Claire Labine | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Eleanor Labine | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Matt Labine | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Millee Taggart | | (unknown episodes, 2002-2003) |
| John Boruff | | (unknown episodes) |
| Joyce Heft Brotman | | (unknown episodes) |
| Robert Cenadella | | (unknown episodes) |
| James Gentile | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jay Hammer | | (unknown episodes) |
| Don Hastings | | (unknown episodes) |
| James Lipton | | (unknown episodes) |
| Kiki McCabe | | (unknown episodes) |
| Danielle Paige | | (unknown episodes) |
| Irna Phillips | | (unknown episodes) |
| A.J. Pierce | | (unknown episodes) |
| Michelle Poteet Lisanti | | (unknown episodes) |
| David Rupel | | (unknown episodes) |
| David Smilow | | (unknown episodes) |
| Gillian Spencer | | (unknown episodes) |
| Addie Walsh | | (unknown episodes) |
| Christopher Whitesell | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Roy B. Steinberg | .... | producer (250 episodes, 1989-1999) |
| Ellen Wheeler | .... | executive producer (73 episodes, 2002-2008) |
| David Brandon | .... | coordinating producer (32 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Alexandra Johnson | .... | producer (6 episodes, 2003-2007) |
| Maria Macina | .... | producer / associate producer (6 episodes, 2004-2007) |
| Jan Conklin | .... | coordinating producer / producer (5 episodes, 2004-2007) |
| John Conboy | .... | executive producer (3 episodes, 2002-2004) |
| Robert Kochman | .... | producer / senior producer (2 episodes, 1989-1993) |
| Catherine Maher | .... | associate producer / coordinating producer (2 episodes, 1989-1993) |
| Chris Cullen | .... | producer (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Jill Lorie Hurst | .... | producer (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Robert Calhoun | .... | executive producer (1 episode, 1989-1992) |
| Jill Farren-Phelps | .... | executive producer (1 episode, 1992-1995) |
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| Lucy Ferri Rittenberg | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1952-1976) |
| Allen Potter | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1976-1982) |
| Gail Kobe | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1982-1987) |
| Joe Willmore | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1987-1989) |
| Michael Laibson | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Paul Rauch | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1996-2002) |
| Dana Halber | .... | associate producer (unknown episodes, 2004) |
| Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes) |
| Al Rabin | .... | co-executive producer (unknown episodes) |
| Leslie Rossinoff | .... | associate producer (unknown episodes) |
| Charlotte Savitz | .... | producer (unknown episodes) |
| Edward Trach | .... | supervising producer (unknown episodes) |
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| Wes Boatman | | (245 episodes, 1986-1998) |
| Kenneth Eberhard | | (97 episodes, 2003-2007) |
| Dan Beyer | | (59 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Fawn | | (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Kevin McDaniels | | (8 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Vincent Covello | | (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Rick Rhodes | | (unknown episodes, 1983) |
| Douglas Thornton | | (unknown episodes, 1990-1998) |
| Art Phillips | | (unknown episodes, 1993-1994) |
| Sam Winans | | (unknown episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Didier Rachou | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2002) |
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| Anne Loder | .... | casting assistant (100 episodes, 2006-2007) |
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| Lauren Molter | .... | production intern (27 episodes, 2006) |
| Eric Fitzgerald | .... | title designer (6 episodes, 2002) |
| John Carlo Zenone | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 1995) |
| Wally White | .... | production coordinator (2 episodes, 1994-1995) |
| Emily McLaughlin | .... | writer's production assistant (2 episodes, 2004) |
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| Robert F. Eastman | .... | technical director (unknown episodes, 1994) |
| Jef Spenser Hira | .... | budget supervisor (unknown episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Howard C. Rosenzweig | .... | senior video (unknown episodes, 1998-2002) |
| Bill Vignari | .... | senior video (unknown episodes, 1998-2002) |
| Alan Locher | .... | publicist (unknown episodes, 2004) |
| J. Padraig Acheson | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Thomas K. Bornkamp | .... | title designer (unknown episodes) |
| Lisa Brown | .... | acting coach (unknown episodes) |
| Donna Cipriani | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Natasha Kreizman | .... | associate director (unknown episodes) |
| Sarah E. Leonard | .... | production coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Matthew Olmon | .... | assistant writer (unknown episodes) |
| Billy Pittard | .... | title designer (unknown episodes) |
| Leslie E.A. Rider | .... | production coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Angela Tessinari | .... | associate director (unknown episodes) |
| Anthony Volastro | .... | production coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Joseph Willmore | .... | stage manager (unknown episodes) |
| Randy Winburn | .... | associate director (unknown episodes) |
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Guiding Light (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
15 min (1952-1968) | 30 min (1968-1977) | 60 min (1977-)
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Trivia:
The show's first color broadcast was on March 13, 1967. The first half-hour broadcast was on September 9, 1968. The first hour-long broadcast was on November 7, 1977. It was also the first episode to have the title of the series changed from "The Guiding Light" to "Guiding Light". The CBS staff announcer referred to it as "The Guiding Light" until 1981, when it was referred to as "The award-winning Guiding Light" until 1983.
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Soundtrack:
Die Springfield Story
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Ah, yes. I can remember when I was in high school. The first thing I would do my junior and senior year when I got home was turn on the TV and watch this classic soap opera. From that moment on, I was hooked on it. In addition, I also enjoyed the days when Signy Coleman (Annie Dutton) was on the show. Ever since Saundra Santiago (Carmen Santos) left the show in 2002, I haven't been watching it as much. If you ask me, she was absolutely diabolical. You'd have to have seen the show between 1999 and 2002 if you want to know why. However, this is still a good soap opera. In conclusion, I highly recommend this classic soap opera to all you die-hard CBS fans.