- History of As the World Turns (1956–1960)
This article is about the history of
As the World Turns (ATWT), the second longest-running Americantelevision soap opera .Original Cast
Here's a list of characters who were part of the original cast when it debuted on April 2, 1956:
*Chris Hughes
*Nancy Hughes
*Donald Hughes
*Penny Hughes
*Bob Hughes
*Grandpa Hughes
*Edith Hughes
*Judge Lowell
*Jim Lowell
*Claire Lowell
*Ellen Lowell Storylines
* Chris and Nancy debate as to whether his father, Will "Pa" Hughes will stay.
* Edith Hughes and a married Jim Lowell have an affair.
* Claire tries to keep Jim at her side by overdosing. Doug Cassen helps her.
* Jim dies in a boating accident in Florida.
* John marries a women named Marion.
* Donald becomes engaged to Janice Turner. She breaks it off and marries Carl Whipple.
* Don and Nancy fall out over Janice, nancy thinks's she isn't good enough for Don.
* Penny is in love with Jeff Baker and elopes with him but it is called off a Nancy's consent.
* Al James and Jeff get in a fight over Penny and he is arrested after James dies.
* Penny becomes engaged to Tom Pope but when she says she still loves Jeff, he breaks it off.
* Donald works for Mitchell Dru. He left him and worked for the
DA and then at the Lowell firm.* Claire marries
Doug Cassen .* Ellen and Tim Cole fall in love and have a child, James "Jimmy" Cole but she gives it up for adoption. Louise Cole, his wife arrives and they divorce.
* Edith marries George Frey and the leave town.
* Penny and Jeff get married.
* When Jeff leaves town Penny becomes pregnant but loses the baby.
* Lisa Miller comes to town with her parent Henry and Alma Miller and she gets with Bob and then they get secretly married.
* Lisa becomes pregnant.
* Nancy wants Bob and Lisa's marriage annulled but is forced to accept her into the Hughes home when she discovers she's pregnant.
* Tim has leukimia. Ellen marries him and weeks later he dies.
* Stewart family (David, Betty, and their children: Dan and Paul) come to town.
Characters
The Hughes Family
Will "Pa" Hughes:m.Ma Hughes::c.Edith Hughes Frey:::m.George Frey:::a.Jim Lowell (RIP)::c.John Hughes:::m.Marion ::c.Christopher Hughes:::m.
Nancy Hughes ::::c.Donald Hughes::::c.Penny Hughes Baker:::::m.Jeff Baker::::c.Bob Hughes ::::c.Susan Hughes (RIP}The Lowell Family
James T. Lowell:m.Alice Lowell::c.Jim Lowell (RIP) :::m.Claire Lowell Cassen::::m.Doug Cassen:::a.Edith Hughes ::::c.Ellen Lowell Cole:::::m.Tim Cole::::::c.James "Jimmy" Cole
Turner Family
Thelma Turner::c.Janice Turner Whipple:::m.Carl Whipple
The Baker Family
Dick Baker:m.Grace Baker::c.Jeff Baker:::m.Penny Hughes Baker
The Cole Family
Tim Cole:m.Louise Cole:m.Ellen Lowell Cole
The Meadows Family
The Miller Family
Henry Miller:m.Alma Miller::c.Lisa Miller Hughes:::m.Bob Hughes
The Stewart Family
David Stewart:m.Betty Stewart::c.Paul Stewart::c.Dan Stewart (adopted) {Birth Name: James "Jimmy" Cole}
Other People
* "Al James", fought with Jeff over Penny
* "Tom Pope", Penny's love interest
* "Michell Dru", an attorney
* "Greg Williams", a reporter
* "Julie Spencer", an attorney who was Mitchell Dru's ward.
* "Burt Stanton", Ellen's fiance
* "Laura March", replaced Edith Hughes as secretary at hospital.
* "Phil Banner", Jeff's employee when he was in music
* "Ed Richardson", Graces right-hand man
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