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[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Daniel Avery]

Audrey Landers played Laura?

(I mean, that photo sure doesn't look like Genie Francis)

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

The aforementioned Estelle was played by Canadian actress Domini Blythe. I’m unsure if she reached the heights of treachery that Alexis did but Blythe would later go on to star in Mount Royal, Canada’s piss poor attempt at a Dynasty style saga.

 

[Daniel Avery]

I saw that ad and opted not to post it because Estelle was a very forgettable character even for SFT (which, while I liked it, has become mostly forgotten). Sometimes they just don't live up to their hype.

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

I saw that ad and opted not to post it because Estelle was a very forgettable character even for SFT (which, while I liked it, has become mostly forgotten). Sometimes they just don't live up to their hype.

I think you’re setting yourself up for failure when you try to compare a new character to somebody well established. Sons and Daughters did it when Abigail joined the show and they had promos along the lines of “If you thought Pat was a Rat, wait until you meet Caroline the Cat”. From what I can gather, Caroline wasn’t a patch on Patricia, so it made the comparison all the more jarring.

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

 

[Daniel Avery]

Originally, the CBS affiliate in Cleveland had those call letters (WXEL) but they dropped them in favor of something else. How do I know this? Because WXEL is a local PBS affiliate here, a channel that would never air 1950's soap operas! After that Cleveland station dropped those call letters, this other station was apparently allowed to adopt them.