Elizabeth Hubbard, ‘As the World Turns’ Star, Dies at 89
thewrap.comconfirmed the news in a Facebook post Monday.“I’m sorry to say with a broken heart mi mum passed over the weekend,” the post reads. “Thank you for being an unmovable rock that guided me through life.
I will try to honour your memory for as long as I live.”Hubbard received eight Daytime Emmy nominations for her character on the soap opera, which told the fictional story of the wealthy Walsh and Stewart families, who live in Oakdale, Illinois.The actress won two Daytime Emmys — on award for Best Actress in Daytime Drama For a Series in 1974 for the role of Dr.
Althea Davis in “The Doctors” and the other for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special in 1976 for her role as Edith Wilson in “First Ladies Diaries.”Hubbard began her soap career in 1962, portraying Anne Fletcher in “Guiding Light,” and she landed the role of Carol Kramer on “The Edge of Night” in 1963.Her run on “The Doctors” as Dr.
Davis lasted over 2700 episodes from 1964 until the show’s cancellation in 1982. She went on the play Estelle Chadwick on “One Life to Live” before landing Lucinda Walsh in “As the World Turns.”More to come….
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