She was giving so much of herself in the role, I had to be there when she landed.

Delaney's character was given what is considered "daytime drama's highest honor" when her character was killed off so that no other actress could be cast in the role.

It was first performed in 1939, with Alabama-born actress Tallulah Bankhead giving a legendary performance in the lead role of Regina.

International Herald Tribune reported she gave a "vibrant, emotionally fraught performance in the taxing role of Joan."

Frederic De Feis gives a wrenching, touching performance in the small role of Florence's long-lost father.

Joseph M. Mantello gives a rounded, zesty performance in the dual role of a sympathetic police sergeant and his hard-hearted lieutenant.

Peter Boal gave his first performance in the leading male role of "Rubies," galloping about merrily with Miranda Weese.

On 23 June 1935 Gentner-Fischer gave her final opera performance in the role of Isolde in Frankfurt.

He seems to have been given an unusual degree of freedom in the role.