As The World Turns Cast member Kathryn Hays Dead at 87

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://tvline.com/2022/04/08/kathryn-hays-as-the-world-turns-kim-obituary-dead-age-87/

Hays also appeared in other shows as seen in the link but is best known for As the World turns from 1972 to 2010.

Hays’ career began in the early 1960s, with roles on series such as Hawaiian Eye, Dr. Kildare, Route 66, Bonanza and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In 1966, in The Road West, she landed the role of Elizabeth Reynolds, which she played for all 29 episodes of the 1860s-set serial.

Hays is also well remembered for playing the titular Gem in the 1968 Star Trek episode “The Empath.” All told, she made guest appearances on over 40 TV shows, most recently in a 2007 episode of Law & Order: SVU.

 

[crainbebo]

A devastating loss to the soap opera world - a matriarch on ATWT and a well-loved actress with soap fans (my mom being one of them). May she RIP and condolences to her family, friends and ex-ATWT colleagues, including Don Hastings and Ellen Dolan.