Nelson's Soap Scrapbook #14 - NELSON'S WORLD 1997

Nelson Aspen dug into his scrapbooks for some memorabilia from his early showbiz career in Daytime TV and shares some of his personal photos exclusively with We Love Soaps. All photos are owned by Nelson. For more of his exploits, read "Hollywood Insider Exposed!"

We continue this series with a couple of photos from the celebrity chat show, NELSON'S WORLD.

NELSON'S WORLD. 1997.


My wonderful gal pal, Mary Kay Adams, soon after she tried out being a blonde.

FLASHBACK: Mary Kay Adams 1993

ADAMS' APPLE

By Caelie M. Haines
Soap Opera Weekly
April 27, 1993

Despite success in Los Angeles, ATWT's Mary Kay Adams returned to her soap roots in New York.

The touch of a daytime legend is what brought Mary Kay Adams (ex-India von Halkein, GUIDING LIGHT) back to daytime to play AS THE WORLD TURNS' Neal Alcott. "I met Doug Mar­land (ATWT’s late head writer) for the first time last June at the GUIDING LIGHT anniversary party, and he said, 'I'm going to write for you,'" she explains. Adams politely declined his offer, but last September she got a call saying Marland had gone ahead with his plan. "I said, 'Oh, man, he really meant it!' But it turned out to be a nice situation. Being written a role is just a little bit flattering."

50 Greatest Soap Actresses: #28 Mary Kay Adams

NAME: Mary Kay Adams
RANK: 28
SOAP ROLES: India von Halkein, GUIDING LIGHT (1984-1987, 1990-1991, 1998-1999, 2002, 2005); Diane Lacey, ALL MY CHILDREN (2003); Neal Alcott, AS THE WORLD TURNS (1992-1993); Death, ONE LIFE TO LIVE (1992)

AWARDS:
1986 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Villainess in a Daytime Serial

COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL:
Nelson Aspen: India came to Springfield when GL was riding high. MK was immediately a force to be reckoned with because of her physical stature, her immense talent and dramatic beauty. They wrote her with high camp, which she played to the hilt, but always with a vulnerability behind it that made you buy it. Every time India came back over the years, MK always managed to maintain that integrity and embody even the worst writing with a sense of history and a flair that delighted fans. Doug Marland was as entranced by her as her legions of fans, which is why he brought her to ATWT where she did some of her finest TV work. Alongside Terry Lester and Liz Hubbard, it was the ultimate triumverate!