Kathryn Hays, who in 1972 started playing As The World Turns‘ trouble-making home-wrecker Kim Sullivan and by the soap’s cancelation in 2010 had aged with her character to become the beloved matriarch Kim Hughes, died Friday, March 25 in Fairfield, Connecticut.
She was 87.Her death was announced in the Connecticut Post today.In addition to her long-running role on As The World Turns – with her 38-year-stint, she was the fourth longest-serving cast member when the series went off the air – Hays is remembered by fans of the original Star Trek for her memorable guest portrayal of “Gem” in the December 6, 1968, episode “The Empath.” As the beautiful alien who gives the episode its title, Hays rescued an injured Capt.
Kirk by briefly absorbing his injuries.Born in Princeton, Illinois, Hays began her professional acting career in the early 1960s, with appearances on such series as Hawaiian Eye, Surfside 6, Naked City andRoute 66.
In 1963, she portrayed a school secretary in director Frank Perry’s socially-conscious Cold War thriller Ladybug Ladybug about an imminent Russian nuclear attack.
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