On Friday, Tonja Walker (ex-Alex Olanav, One Life To Live) took to social media to honor the late Thom Christopher (ex-Carlo Hesser, OLTL, et al.), with whom she steamed up the screen.
Daily Drama News: Tonja Walker Honors Thom Christopher
She wrote on her official Facebook account: “The last time I saw him was on The Locher Room. I’d been trying to get in touch with him for months to be in my show and to catch up. I didn’t know he was sick at all. I [would] have been there.
“Sometimes God puts a person in your life that gives you unconditional love and support. It’s rare. But Thom and I had that for each other. I trusted him and we worked together with an almost magic energy. I’ll never forget those moments those feelings when I would float down the stairs to the dressing room after our scenes. I’m so grateful for the opportunity I had to experience that
“I will miss him always. A great light has dimmed in my life. And for all who knew him.”
The actress later posted on Instagram: “My beloved leading man, partner in crime in the world Daytime Entertainment Drama and in life. Never have I ever had so much support and felt so much trust toward anyone I’ve worked with, as we were seemingly of one mind at times. I always had his back and he, mine.
“He and (his late wife) Judith let me stay at their 95th street apartment sometimes when driving to CT was too dangerous due to the time. A true gentleman and complete man of honor. I just love Thom and will forever – and I pray that he and Judith hold each other all night and forever. I miss you Thom Christopher. So many always will.”
Daily Drama News Nuggets:
* Kate Mulgrew, who cut her acting teeth on Ryan’s Hope, has paid tribute to her late play mother, Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan). She told Soaps In Depth:“Helen Gallagher was witty, gritty, and wise as well as remarkably talented, but there is no woman on Earth who could have been kinder or more generous to a young rookie straight out of Iowa. She was a theatrical mother unparalleled. I loved her. May she rest in peace.”
* Per CBS, encore showings of The Price Is Right will plug the gap in scheduling between The Talk‘s series finale on December 16th, and Beyond The Gates’ February 24th debut.
* General Hospital‘s Sawandi Wilson (Dr. Isaiah Gannon) said ‘I do’ to longtime sweetheart, and fellow thespian, Anna Eillnsfeld on Friday, December 6th in a ceremony at the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more snapshots and videos, be sure to visit the blushing bride’s Instagram Stories which you can find HERE.
* The Young and the Restless is staging a Half & Half reunion (of sorts), with the return of Telma Hopkins as Denise Tolliver. Her no-nonsense private investigator character will share the screen with Valarie Pettoford (Amy Lewis), AKA “Big Dee Dee,” the perennial thorn in the side of the erstwhile Phyllis Thorne. Soaps.sheknows was the first to report.
* Y&R’s latest diabolical double-act, Colleen Zenk (Jordan Howard) and Ray Wise (Ian Ward) will be sudsing it up in The Locher Room on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. EST. To watch the interview, interact with host Alan Locher, and possibly have your comment/question roud aloud, be sure to bookmark the stream below.
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