GUIDING LIGHT-- Mary Stuart (Meta) tribute

after Mary Stuart's death in February of 2002, GL aired this tribute in April of that year. it contains a Christmas toast taken from a 2000 episode in which Meta recites GL's credo which used to open every epiosode while it was on radio. also contained is a speech by Jerry verDorn (Ross).
Stuart's name is unfortunately misspelled in the printed message at the end.:(

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Entertainment

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• guiding
• light
• soap
• opera
• mary
• stuart

[PRNeneChulo]

Was she not the same actress from Search for Tomorrow.

[classicGL]

Yes, she acted on SFT for its entire run.

[gabullstud]

Mary Stuart will always be the Queen of the Daytime Soap Opera. From her full run on "Search for Tomorrow" to playing other parts on "Guiding Light" as well as other offers and acclamations, she was the best! We miss you, Mary.

[shamusroc]

It is a shame that cbs allowed this american icon of tv programming fail, shame on you CBS! Common ground tv is now yours good luck with your crappy game shows or whatever. Proctor and Gamble same to you~

[laminage]

Could someone please exxplain to me that while the Actors who played HB, Henry, Bert, and Meta get tributes, Vince Williams (Ex-Hamp) never got one and he was also an intergral part of Daytime. He was the first African American Contract Soap Actor, he worked with alot of future Stars (Nia Long Ex-Kat, Kevin Mambo Ex-Marcus), and yet after he died, he never got a mention. There's no picture of him at TOTT and it's too bad that Nia Long couldn't come back for The Farewell Show.

[Kuuipo018]

I love that speech she made...and how they incorporated it into the opening later on. Meta was such a large part of the Bauer family and she was such a great actress.

[MrJamie1932]

@PRNeneChulo .... Yes she played the role of JoAnne

[ayla8251]

beautiful tribute

[notthefather]

Such retards @ P&G. She worked with them since 1951 and they couldn't even spell her name right?? Wow, what a way to honor the woman who starred in the first successful soap opera. SMH

[ACcountryFan]

I don't have it on tape but I remember it...at first only her voice was heard on the telephone answering machine...she said something like "doesn't anyone pick up their phone around there? Rick...Michelle...". It wasn't revealed who she was until one day she rung the door bell and welcomed herself in as "Aunt Meta" and that she was there to take over the Bauer household.

[TimothySEnglish]

This is great, thank you for posting... and yes I agree, someone over at CBS could've easily proofread to verify that Ms. Stuart's name was spelled correctly.... Does anyone have the very first episode or scene on GL when she started playing Meta?