As the World Turns - Reunion

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Come celebrate the 65th Anniversary of As the World Turns with the one and only, Rosemary Prinz. Rosemary will join me live in The Locher Room on Thursday, April 1 at a special time 12 Noon EST / 9 a.m. PST.
Rosemary, a native New Yorker, has had a long career on stage, film and television. She made her television debut in 1954 on a short-lived soap opera, First Love, as the wife of aviator Chris (Frankie Thomas), but her most famous role to date has been her role as Penny Hughes on As the World Turns. Rosemary played the role from 1956 -1968 and returned many times over the years with her last appearance in Oakdale in 2000. Penny is the daughter of Nancy (Helen Wagner) and Chris Hughes (Dan MacLaughlin) and sister of Dr. Bob (Don Hastings). Penny's relationship with Jeff Baker (Mark Rydell) was daytime television's first teen romance and one of ATWT's most popular couples.
In 1970, Rosemary signed-on to play the role Amy Tyler on the debut of a new ABC soap opera called, All My Children where her character would oppose the Vietnam War, which Prinz herself opposed. She was also the only All My Children performer to ever earn above-the-title billing during her run. She also joined the cast of Ryan's Hope in 1988 where she played Sister Mary Joel.
Join us as Rosemary and I look back on her incredible career.
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[@caroleosadchuk1742]

She's still so a lovely woman!

[@dananicole3969]

Rosemary prinz is so beautiful and such a beautiful woman, I was born in the 70s,but watched some of her scenes and her character of amy,such a good actress too.

[@TheLocherRoom]

😍😍😍

[@coreyjamontsmith917]

I should not have watched this at night. I can't tell you how excited I am watching this. When watching the video dedicated in the memory of Mrs. Nixon, I was thinking that Ms. Prinz should be more recognized (unless she doesn't like to give interviews.) I can't tell you how I almost jumped out of my skin when you said that you would interview her tomorrow. It's a blessing that you honored her with an interview. Please interview Dr. Joe Martin and thank you for this show.

[@TheLocherRoom]

You're so welcome, Corey. Thanks for the note and for watching.

[@brucerosepapa3748]

Wonderful interview!

[@TheLocherRoom]

Thanks Bruce!

[@caroleosadchuk1742]

OH My God! She looks wonderful at 91!!!

[@1thetvzone]

WOW she is sharp and seem to be in good spirits. Congrats! I read she wasn't a big Irna fan and fought Irna, and Irna was tough as nails. Irna came from struggle and alot of pain so that probably why she ruled with an iron fist.

[@TheLocherRoom]

Thanks for the note and most importantly for watching. I appreciate it.

[@TheLinda7921]

I am in awe of her talent and career

[@jimmietate905]

Great show. Its great to see these amazing actors from daytime. They deserve our appreciation. Allen thank you 🙏🏿❤

[@TheLocherRoom]

You are welcome, Jimmie! Thank you.

[@mthivier]

Wow, she still looks so young! Such a great interview. I remember Penny and Jeff, and Penny and Lisa (then her sister-in-law) constantly bickering, with poor Bob always caught in the middle. LOL

[@PavedParadise]

She’s so sharp and entertaining. I wish my mother could see this. She watched the show from the beginning. 😢 Miss you Mom.

[@merricat3025]

I grew up watching As the World Turns and Guiding Light. I remember Penny would show up every once in awhile. I remember my mom talking about penny. Penny was a big part of the storyline at one time but I dont remember that

[@billiejones8602]

I remember Rosemary well . The Penny and Jeff storyline was one of my favorites. . I watched everyday with my mom. Loved Chris and Nancy and Pa Hughes too. Thank you for having her on today brought back good many good memories

[@TheLocherRoom]

You are so welcome, Billie! Thanks for your note.

[@kevinlyons331]

Thanks for interviewing Rosemary. She is so charming!

[@findonahue177]

Terrific interview- she is a treasure and gives insight into what it was like in the early days of soaps and live television!

[@emmylou-y4b]

I love Rosemary Prinz! My mother watched ATWT every day and Penny was my favorite character. In the 1980s, she played the mother in Steel Magnolias when it was still an Off-Broadway play at the WPA Theater in Chelsea. She was wonderful. Thank you for interviewing this talented lady.

[@kenyamatthews6305]

Happy Anniversary to As The World Turns-65 Years!😊

[@danii6633]

If only it were still around... still miss seeing those faces I grew up with...

[@jabjab4434]

Full of class and full of life. Spirited. Her mole was also a character. I looked for it in every role. Pretty woman. 😘

[@TVFan-ql2ec]

I’ve wondered what the story on that mole is. A birthmark? She could have probably had it removed but it’s like her trademark

[@leroydavidson5959]

I have wished for an interview with Rosemary since you started this. Thank you so much, Alan and Rosemary. I had seen her in many theatre plays. What a versatile and dedicated performer, she is a true artist. Alan, what you are doing is so wonderful, I cannot tell you how much I enjoy seeing all these great people. And you certainly ask all the questions that I would want to know, and then some.

[@TheLocherRoom]

I appreciate that, Leroy. Thanks for that note. Made my day. Have a great weekend.

[@Dee-gx7yb]

Great show what a pleasure to have her on. I wasn't born when she was on the show but I do remember her being on the show for special occasions in the 80s and 90s and her last appearance in 2000. Happy 65th Anniversary ATWT! Gone But Never Forgotten!

[@edgefan4437]

Awesome interview Alan. Rosemary is a very interesting lady and looks fantastic! I hope she gets back to working on the stage.

[@TheLocherRoom]

Me too! Thanks for the note and for watching.

[@jad8123]

I was waiting for the Irna Phillips bomb. I had heard for years how Rosemary didn’t care for her, at all. I also heard others like Don Hastings say she was a very tough woman but he was able to work for her. Eileen Fulton had also mention how Irna called all the actors by their characters name. I guess she had to be tougher in a mans business (at that time) but I’m also sure she was like how Rosemary described her. I remember GL did a tribute to her with Beth Ehlers portraying her. Great interview. Keep up the good work.

[@TheLocherRoom]

Thanks for watching!

[@Bockdollar-the-Songwriter]

Alan, I love your interviews with soap stars! I love what you are doing! We are coming up on some other anniversaries - 11 years since ATWT's cancellation in September 2010, 10 years since AMC and OLTL's cancellation in 2011, and of course, the resurgence of hope in the all-too-brief online resurrection of AMC and OLTL by Prospect Park in 2013. Is there any way you could maybe do some show to commemorate these events? I know there were various lawsuits between Prospect Park and ABC - can anyone, who wants to, legally talk about the events, what really was going on at ABC or even at Proctor and Gamble with the cancellation of these beloved shows? The fan following is still so strong, as evidenced by your great Zoom interviews. Bless you and thank you, Alan! It is so good to see and hear Rosemary Prinz!

[@TheLocherRoom]

Thanks so much for your message. I will do my best.

[@erikandrus4387]

Oh Shoot! I missed this! Ms. Prinz, come back! Come back! I wanted to ask as to why we never ever saw Amy Tyler again on "All My Children"? I mean one illegitimate child is tame compared to some of the things other residents of Pine Valley did!

[@serialwriteher2467]

I was upset that I missed the livestream too! I clicked on at 2pm, 😂 and of course, it had ended by then.

[@edgefan4437]

My understanding Agnes Nixon didn't want to recast the part and so they wrote the character completely out.

[@erikandrus4387]

@@serialwriteher2467 A really great interview. Beautiful Lady.

[@erikandrus4387]

@@edgefan4437 Yeah...and it seemed Ms. Prinz wanted to just do it for a short time (as per her specifications upon Agnes Nixon's offering) but then she could have returned, especially towards the ending for a short time (I mean, she did do "Ryan's Hope" for a moment as Sister Mary Joel)... Overall, it's just great to see her thriving today :)

[@rhsharp]

I wish she would have talked about AMC. She got "Special Guest Star" billing and did great work during her six months on the show.

[@moneymac101]

What a great interview featuring Rosemary, thanks Alan. I enjoyed it, to ATWT, Happy Anniversary!

[@TheLocherRoom]

I am so glad to hear that, Nathan! Thank you.

[@edgefan4437]

I love her JFK story at the end how she mentioned what grief and shock the country was going through on live TV when he was assassinated and they couldn't stop her and she claimed she forgot her lines. Awesome!

[@DNBursky]

Great interview. It's like a hug.

[@edgefan4437]

Wow Rosemary Prinz looks great! I've only seen her in clips and episodes on youtube.

[@LOLOLUTHER]

Kudos, Alan! This was truly great. Two of my favorite actresses featured within a week of each other: Rosemary Prinz and Louise Shaffer! I started following soaps sometime in the '60s, and Ms. Prinz was a STAR back in the day. Rosemary Prinz, Louise Shaffer, Ellen Holly, Donald May, Jacquie Courtney, Robin Strasser, George Reinholt, Barbara Rodell, Maeve McGuire, Denise Alexander, Charita Bauer, Marie Masters, John Colenback -- so many magnificent actors back in the day! Thank you SO much for bringing back such wonderful memories...

[@TheLocherRoom]

I'm so happy to read this. Thanks so much for taking the time to write.

[@greg7656]

this was really lovely

[@der22672]

How appropriate that The Locher Room is celebrating its one year anniversary on the same day of the 65th anniversary of As The World Turns. ❤️❤️ Wow. Penny and Jeff, daytime's first "super couple". I think it would have been extra special if Mark Rydell who played Jeff Baker could've been a part of this as well. He's 92, and Rosemary is 90. In the late '70s the show was going to do some kind of mystery story with Penny. There's an episode here on KZbin where Bob is talking to Penny who's in London and Bob becomes concerned after talking to her a couple of times. The storyline really don't go anywhere and it was dropped I think because they were changing head writers during that time. It wouldn't be until the '80s that Penny/Rosemary would make several guest appearances which I thoroughly enjoyed. Kim and Bob's wedding, Nancy and Chris's 50th anniversary, to coincide with the show's 30th anniversary, and sadly Chris's funeral. I think she made some appearances when Nancy, Kim and Bob were in London around the time Sabrina was introduced. ❤️❤️❤️

[@Dee-gx7yb]

Her last appearance on the show was in 2000 for Christmas. They should have brought her back for her mom Nancy's funeral and for the end of the show since she was one of the originals, why didn't they invite her back for that?

[@der22672]

Dee Jones IKR? Maybe for whatever reason she was asked and was unavailable. Possibly Rosemary herself declined the invites. 🤔🤔

[@Dee-gx7yb]

@@der22672 Yeah you maybe right it would've been nice though a full circle moment.

[@shortcanuck7971]

Is she really 90?

[@johnbenzer5306]

@@Dee-gx7yb sadly the show ran out of money and they didn’t hire Penny, Grant, Bob or Mary to Nancy’s funeral 😢

[@Dee-gx7yb]

Was the child she was talking about she kidnapped that had to be Sabrina correct? Is there a backstory to this?

[@stevetaylor3008]

No. She explained that was her brother Bob's son that she kidnapped.

[@serialwriteher2467]

Ms. Prinz is great at setting the scene for what it was like in the early days of the daytime drama. Makes me want to hear more. I Boy, Irna Phillips be may have been ingenious at bringing the genre to television and a viewing audience but she sounded like a terror to the actors! That is unfortunate, she could have treated her talent with humanity and trusted them to do the work without intimidation. The legacy that you all left, however, is wonderful and long-lasting.

[@maybethlichaa8733]

Terrific interview. Loved it. Look forward to tomorrow.

[@kenyamatthews6305]

Hi Everybody, I'm sorry that I missed the show today, but Rosemary Prinz had made some guest appearances as Penny Hughes. Penny comes back home to support her family!👪

[@kenyamatthews6305]

Jeff & Penny was a wonderful couple, even though they had been through a lot!💑

[@serialwriteher2467]

When I was a kid, I remember episodes when Aunt Penny would visit or the Hughes would visit her in England. I can't see her stealing Bob's kid! 😂 She always seemed like beloved Aunt Penny and she and Lisa seemed like the best of friends by then. Her visits left me with a warm feelings.

[@debbieumina2332]

Great interview! I especially love Rosemary Prinz, as she made the character Penny Hughes come to life - she was so real. Her portrayal made me feel as though Penny was part of my own family. This interview brought back some wonderful memories of how I would watch with my mother, sisters, and grandmother. We would look forward to each episode. My family is gone now, but my TV sister, Penny, lives and she looks GREAT!

[@TheLinda7921]

Is she around 90?

[@TheLocherRoom]

Yes!

[@TheLinda7921]

Isn’t she beautiful

[@BLTKellys]

Hi Allan, I heard a rumour that Eileen Fulton has dementia now which is why she can't participate in your chats. Is there any truth to this?

[@TheLocherRoom]

I really don't know. I sure hope it's not.