Eileen Fulton (born September 13, 1933) is an American actress.Fulton
was born as Margaret Elizabeth McLarty in Asheville, North Carolina
and is known for her television role as Lisa on the CBS soap opera As
the World Turns, a role that she played almost continuously for 50
years (with two notable interruptions) from May 18, 1960 until the
show's ending on September 17, 2010.The character of Lisa had a
storied history, having been married eight times, divorced three times
and widowed four times (with her most recent marriage annulled) making
her full name Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell
Grimaldi Chedwyn.Fulton's portrayal of Lisa created the strongest
prototype of its time for the daytime vixen. The character and actress
were, in Fulton's first decades on As the World Turns, very popular
(to the point where, in the late 1960s, Fulton had to hire a
publicist, the first soap actress to do so). The character became
hated after a simple sequence where Lisa hires a maid to clean the
house and went gallivanting about town. When mother-in-law Nancy
complimented Lisa on what a nice home she made for her son Bob, the
audience became furious, stopping Fulton on the street and slapping
her. CBS had to hire a bodyguard to escort her to and from the studio.
Despite her popularity, Fulton's run has not been without controversy.
During the late 1960s, after her onscreen son was aged from age 12 to
19, Fulton insisted it be written into her contract that her character
could not become a grandmother. She feared that the perception of her
as a grandmother, instead of a glamorous and vital woman, would cause
the writers to kill off her character. (This had been done when
Barbara Berjer, who was playing one of Lisa's rivals, Claire Shea,
became a grandmother.) Fans, believing that the "granny clause" as it
became known, was still in effect (which it was not), sent Fulton so
much threatening "hate mail" when Lisa's onscreen daughter-in-law,
Margo, had a miscarriage in 1986, that she had to hire a bodyguard.
was born as Margaret Elizabeth McLarty in Asheville, North Carolina
and is known for her television role as Lisa on the CBS soap opera As
the World Turns, a role that she played almost continuously for 50
years (with two notable interruptions) from May 18, 1960 until the
show's ending on September 17, 2010.The character of Lisa had a
storied history, having been married eight times, divorced three times
and widowed four times (with her most recent marriage annulled) making
her full name Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell
Grimaldi Chedwyn.Fulton's portrayal of Lisa created the strongest
prototype of its time for the daytime vixen. The character and actress
were, in Fulton's first decades on As the World Turns, very popular
(to the point where, in the late 1960s, Fulton had to hire a
publicist, the first soap actress to do so). The character became
hated after a simple sequence where Lisa hires a maid to clean the
house and went gallivanting about town. When mother-in-law Nancy
complimented Lisa on what a nice home she made for her son Bob, the
audience became furious, stopping Fulton on the street and slapping
her. CBS had to hire a bodyguard to escort her to and from the studio.
Despite her popularity, Fulton's run has not been without controversy.
During the late 1960s, after her onscreen son was aged from age 12 to
19, Fulton insisted it be written into her contract that her character
could not become a grandmother. She feared that the perception of her
as a grandmother, instead of a glamorous and vital woman, would cause
the writers to kill off her character. (This had been done when
Barbara Berjer, who was playing one of Lisa's rivals, Claire Shea,
became a grandmother.) Fans, believing that the "granny clause" as it
became known, was still in effect (which it was not), sent Fulton so
much threatening "hate mail" when Lisa's onscreen daughter-in-law,
Margo, had a miscarriage in 1986, that she had to hire a bodyguard.
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