RIP Beverlee McKinsey

Soap icon Beverlee McKinsey passed away a week ago. Best known for her work on Another World and Guiding Light, she'd had her start (like many soap actors used to) in the theater, starring with Ute Hagen in the original London production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (among other productions). Playwright Harding Lemay brought McKinsey onto Another World when he was head writer for the show. Many have called her the greatest soap actor ever.

Here are a couple of clips from Another World, circa 1978, also featuring Douglas Watson, Victoria Wyndham, and Richard Backus (who would shortly thereafter wind up at Ryan's Hope as Barry Ryan).