All My Children Kate Martin's Funeral - July 1985

[LGM429]

This was a wonderful tribute to Kay Campbell. If only the lives of Phoebe, Myrtle and Palmer had been similarly honored when their portrayers passed away. Typical of the bad writing that killed AMC, a few reminiscences were just squeezed in around "business as usual" scenes. So sad.

[MsGin1969]

Anyone know who is playing the Priest? I know I've seen him somewhere else, just can't think where.

[wallystar]

@mikeandmcgee Very. =)

[pebby16]

Now that is how a person should be honored in death. What a wonderful character and wonderful woman. Sad that so many of her mourners have also passed on.

[outtherenowguy]

Grandmothers today wear hot pants, go to the casino, smoke cigarettes and are 45 years old ... society surely has changed

[MerleOberon]

poor Kate, all she ever did was hang up coats and make coffee

[cajayson8301]

Kate was the pillar of the community and the best part of humankind...very big loss when she died.

[wallystar]

How weird was that scene with Erica and Charlie? Who would have guessed just a few years later she'd be dating him. HAHA!!

[mikeandmcgee]

@wallystar Kind of creepy isn't it, especially when you consider that she married his dad and slept with his grandfather!

[jess4metoo]

...and thank you so much for sharing Hamilton.

[jess4metoo]

This is why AMC has been cancelled. They got rid of Brooke, Mark, Paul, Hillary and Tom. These people should have carried on the torch.

[travis082185]

i was born in august of 1985 so thanks to all for posting the stuff i was yoo young or wasn't born yet to watch

[bluenail03]

It was a shame that whe Karen Gorney returned (she was the original Tara) in '95, she and Erica NEVER had even one scene together.

[rhsharp]

Thanks for posting this. Once Grandma Kate was gone, AMC wasn't quite the same. And now, without any of the older generation featured (unless you want to consider Erica), the show lost its balance and I lost interest. We miss you Kate, Mona, Phoebe, Charles, Langley, Joe, Ruth, and Paul!

[lcd1023]

Thank you! It was so fun to see these people again. : D

[HnHBlkM]

Ok, did anyone else laugh when "little" Charlie complimented Erica, since years later he and Erica had a fling??? On top of that, how is he Tara's son? He looks about 14 or 15 here. WTF???

[MrEmfc2]

Thank you for posting this. They are beautiful scenes. To see such a sweet woman honored like this, back when AMC was dedicated to telling good storylines. I agree, the show isn't the same without the older generation. Grandma Kate, Charles, Langley, Phoebe, Mona, Myrtle, and now Palmer all gone. and Joe, Ruth and Stuart gone too. It's a shame. = (

[pywacket7]

A...Erica married her high school crush Jeff...not till later did she marry Phil.

I miss Mary Fickett too...classy lady.

[authorfive]

Thank you so much for posting this. I often think of this finely crafted tribute and was so happy to see it again.

[travis082185]

@authorfive i didn't know tara was played by another actress other than the original actress. the actress playing tara here is most popular for playing cecile on another world in the 80's and in 1995-1996

[hallrsc]

Remember crying when it first aired and it still makes me tear up. What a lovely lady. Still watch AMC everyday.........

[bellbell29]

Thank you so much for posting this!  I think of Kate's funeral as the bar that was set for daytime homages.

[veronapj]

Although the actress Kay Campbell died in a car accident in May 1985, the character of Kate died in July. This episode was in mid-July, I think it was July 17th.

[veronapj]

I also recall that Tad & Dottie were hiding out in NY from some crooks (it was kind of a silly storyline) and Tad secretly slipped back into Pine Valley to say goodbye to his "Gran"

[entertainme3000]

@veronapj oh well. We're not gonna complain. Hamilton was nice to do this for us!

[HamiltonBernique]

Thank you! Fixed the title.

[ackgh73994]

Is it me or does Joe have a moustache? I never knew he sported facial hair.

[WilyKat76]

God, I miss the original Ruth Martin....poor Mary Fickett isn't doing too well these days.

[jaquen1977]

@WilyKat76 Sadly Mary Fickett just passed away. She was 83.

[WilyKat76]

@jaquen1977 Thank you for letting me know. She was a lovely person.

[bigal650]

This had more in common with Joey & Dorian on OLTL.

Erica married Phil Brent, her high school crush, then had a relationship with his son Charlie.

Dorian went after Joe Riley while he was married to Viki right after Kevin was born and also dated Clint prior to his marrying Viki and adopting Kevin and Joey.

[mattfrye1]

Not only that, Erica also had an affair with Phils father, Nick Davis.

[bigal650]

How funny to see Erica saying "Little Charlie Brent" who became her lover a few years later lol

[lizlawton]

When AMC was a show still worth watching...what a great cast then...thanks for posting.

[gregzintx]

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS-

I had missed it, and have enjoyed with your kind help going back and peicing THE MARTIN FAMILY together, I enjoy ERICA- She is the ICON NOW !

[entertainme3000]

@gregzintx not really- Greenlee is. I haven't been able to stand Susie for the longest time.

[CarlD2]

And the funny thing is she was the third actress to play Kate, yet she was the one viewers loved. She was one of a kind. That little montage they made of her work was absolutely perfect.

[CarlD2]

They either brought her loved ones back or mentioned why they weren't there, quite a contrast to Stuart's recent funeral, where Hayley and Skye were not even mentioned. This is a very moving clip, although I'm surprised to see Nancy Frangione as Tara. Karen Gorney wouldn't come back? How odd for Nancy to go from a character like Cecile on AW to going back to Tara. It's like night and day.

[lizlawton]

From what I understand, at that point Karen Gorney still thought that she could have a movie career, and didn't want to come to AMC as it might give her a "bad rap". A lot of acting agents tell their clients not to mention their soap opera acting on their resumes or go back to daytime TV, even for a couple of days, if they already have a movie career. Just a guess.

[zephyrindc]

WOW, thank you thank you for this clip....what is so striking is that most of the mourners (who were the bulk of the classic AMC cast in its heyday) have now passed as well...Phoebe, Myrtle, Mona, Langley...you can't substitute that talent of the Old Guard and the shows these days are a shadow of what they were, in large part because they dissed those beloved veterans...