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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 159511" data-attributes="member: 27">I recall a storyline from my childhood where Lisa was generally being a bitch to Joyce Colman, since the two women were vying for some man.&nbsp; Eileen Fulton was in a supermarket in Manhattan, minding her own business when some random woman who obviously watched the show very closely walked up and slapped Fulton, then screamed obscenities at her for what &quot;she&quot; was doing to Joyce.&nbsp; The attack generated headlines and the network publicized the fact that they hired a bodyguard to escort Fulton in public.In that clip, you saw a (very professional-looking) photo of Lisa&#039;s young son, Tom.&nbsp; This character was aged to adulthood in the early 1970s, and Fulton had a clause inserted in her contract that Tom would not become a father (which obviously would turn Lisa into a grandmother).&nbsp; Other actresses have followed that lead over the years, but I do believe Fulton was the first to pull that stunt (and have the network honor it).&nbsp;&nbsp; Both of these anecdotes tends to reinforce the idea that if CBS wanted a diva at the center of their primetime soap, they certainly got one with Eileen Fulton.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 159511, member: 27"] I recall a storyline from my childhood where Lisa was generally being a bitch to Joyce Colman, since the two women were vying for some man. Eileen Fulton was in a supermarket in Manhattan, minding her own business when some random woman who obviously watched the show [I]very closely[/I] walked up and slapped Fulton, then screamed obscenities at her for what "she" was doing to Joyce. The attack generated headlines and the network publicized the fact that they hired a bodyguard to escort Fulton in public. In that clip, you saw a (very professional-looking) photo of Lisa's young son, Tom. This character was aged to adulthood in the early 1970s, and Fulton had a clause inserted in her contract that Tom would not become a father (which obviously would turn Lisa into a grandmother). Other actresses have followed that lead over the years, but I do believe Fulton was the first to pull that stunt (and have the network honor it). Both of these anecdotes tends to reinforce the idea that if CBS wanted a diva at the center of their primetime soap, they certainly got one with Eileen Fulton. [/QUOTE]

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