One Life to Live (1968)
Actors:
Josh Alexander (actor),
Terry Alexander (actor),
John Amos (actor),
Russ Anderson (actor),
Gerald Anthony (actor),
Yancey Arias (actor),
Jack Armstrong (actor),
Raul Aronas (actor),
Matthew Ashford (actor),
Humbert Allen Astredo (actor),
Steve Austin (actor),
Obba Babatundé (actor),
Frederick S. Backus (actor),
Vincent Baggetta (actor),
Timothy Adams (actor),
Plot: One Life to Live premiered in 1968, centering on the lives of the citizens of the fictional town of Llanview, PA. Concentrating on the wealthy Lord family, and the middle-class Woleks and Rileys, the show was one of the first daytime dramas to depict people from all sorts of backgrounds. The show was the first to depict an interracial relationship, and among the first to explore drug addiction. It has also depicted dissociative identity disorder, cultism, out-of-body experiences, international espionage, time travel, and even underground cities!
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 20th-century, 21st-century, borderline-personality-disorder, interracial-relationship
Genres:
Drama,
Quotes:
River Garvey Carpenter #4: [to Dorian] Grandma, you are wicked cool!::Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hayes Laurence #3: River, please, the 'G' word::River Garvey Carpenter #4: Sorry... Dorian
Joey: I'm really sorry about your father Jen.::Jen: Uh. Look if you came here to pray, I'm not interested.
Natalie: Everything's going to be fine, guys. Just - just do what he says.::Flash: How can you be so calm?::Natalie: I don't know if I am calm, okay? I just - I've been through worse.::Flash: Yeah? Like what?::Natalie: Oh, like being strapped to a table and your grandfather ready to cut your heart out.::Flash: Oh. Yeah, you got me beat, then. Never mind.
Antonio: What would you call that, Jessica?::Jessica: Doing what I have to do. Mitch has hurt my family in every way possible and I want to make sure that not only does he pay, that he never hurts my family again.::Antonio: Oh yeah? Well, not tonight you're not.
Natalie: I don't know, something twisted. I mean, this whole place is twisted. It's like some twisted shrine of him and mother. What'd you do down here, gramps? Count your money and stare at yourself while groping at your daughter? Bastard!
Jessica: Do you know what an evil, lying tramp Shawna is?::Rex: Yeah. That's why I like her.
Marcie: All my life, Al, nobody has even been attracted to me.::Al: Well, listen, those days are over, Marcie.
[Viki and Dorian imagine themselves as each other. In Viki's dream of her life as Dorian, Kelly and Blair end up in a catfight and Starr interrupts the melee]::Starr: My anaconda's eating Jack! What do I do?
[In Dorian's dream of her life as Viki, Kevin inquires about his "mummy's" life]::Kevin: Mother, what brings you here?::Dorian-as-Viki: I've lost my beloved Llanfair... again.::Kevin: Again? What happened? Was it fire? Did Mitch Laurence come back from the dead? Did Victor Lord come back from the dead? Did someone come back from the dead?
Lindsay Farrell Rappaport Buchanan: Today is not a good day to be pushing my buttons.::Georgina Whitman #1: Well, what about tomorrow?::Lindsay Farrell Rappaport Buchanan: Tomorrow doesn't look good either.