Anne Heche on Another World - final days on Soapnet
I realize Anne Heche tends to get more press for her personal life than her talent (as we just saw yet again, but she is a phenomenal actress. I don't think this has ever been showcased effectively in any area of her career, aside from her 1987-1991 stint on Another World. Heche played twin sisters, "good" Marley and "bad" Vicky. Marley and Vicky had been separated at birth because their evil grandfather, Reginald, had sent Vicky away and lied to his daughter Donna that the child was dead. Marley was then raised as Donna's SISTER. Vicky showed up in town around age 18, embittered and hungry for money. Her boyfriend, Jake, quickly fell for Marley, and this was a triangle which would chug along for several years and several recasts. Jake and Marley married and left town; Vicky also left town. In 1987, Heche brought Vicky back to Bay City. Marley returned in 1988, on the rocks with Jake due to his infidelity.
When Heche played the roles, Marley reconciled with Jake, discovered she was infertile, and left him after he had a one-night stand with Vicky that led to a paternity crisis. Meanwhile, Vicky stole sanctimonious doctor Jamie Frame from his girlfriend, married him, bore his child, and lost him when he found out she'd slept with Jake. Jamie then took their son in a custody battle. Vicky refused to let herself be beaten down by the hypocrites and moralizers of Bay City, and she managed to find true love with a very handsome, smart, funny, wonderful man named Ryan Harrison. Meanwhile, Marley returned to town, again set on reconciling with Jake, but instead fell in love with...Jamie! When Jake found out, he raped Marley, and was shot soon afterwards. As he lingered in a coma, Marley went on trial for attempted murder. Anne Heche had to play out all the beats of these two very different sisters, both murder suspects, Vicky doing everything she could to protect Marley, to the point where she even impersonated Marley during the trial when Marley fled town.
The episodes on Soapnet are now around March 1991. Heche left the show in early July. Much of her best material is behind her, but there's still some great stuff ahead, and the show as a whole is much better than any soap on today (even to this day I still wish Kathleen were on my TV screen).
So, anyway, if you get a chance, watch Another World on Soapnet, Monday through Friday, 1 PM EST.
When Heche played the roles, Marley reconciled with Jake, discovered she was infertile, and left him after he had a one-night stand with Vicky that led to a paternity crisis. Meanwhile, Vicky stole sanctimonious doctor Jamie Frame from his girlfriend, married him, bore his child, and lost him when he found out she'd slept with Jake. Jamie then took their son in a custody battle. Vicky refused to let herself be beaten down by the hypocrites and moralizers of Bay City, and she managed to find true love with a very handsome, smart, funny, wonderful man named Ryan Harrison. Meanwhile, Marley returned to town, again set on reconciling with Jake, but instead fell in love with...Jamie! When Jake found out, he raped Marley, and was shot soon afterwards. As he lingered in a coma, Marley went on trial for attempted murder. Anne Heche had to play out all the beats of these two very different sisters, both murder suspects, Vicky doing everything she could to protect Marley, to the point where she even impersonated Marley during the trial when Marley fled town.
The episodes on Soapnet are now around March 1991. Heche left the show in early July. Much of her best material is behind her, but there's still some great stuff ahead, and the show as a whole is much better than any soap on today (even to this day I still wish Kathleen were on my TV screen).
So, anyway, if you get a chance, watch Another World on Soapnet, Monday through Friday, 1 PM EST.