Kassie DePaiva.Photo: Courtesy: Getty Images/Jason Kempin
Kassie DePaiva is bringing herOne Life to Livecharacter,Blair Cramer, back toGeneral Hospital.
DePaiva has crossed over fromOne Life to LivetoGeneral Hospitalbefore.
The actress last reprised her role as Blair on the classic medical soap for a crossover in 2012, two months afterOne Life to Liveended its broadcast on ABC.
Kassie DePaiva as Blair in ‘One Life to Live’.Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content
Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content
The event also brought the return of Roger Howarth’s Todd Manning — her love interest on the daytime series. Howarth has since been starring inGeneral Hospitalfor over a decade and has appeared as three different characters: first, as Manning, then as Franco Baldwin and currently as Austin Gatlin-Holt.
When DePaiva returned toDays of Our Livesas Eve Donovan earlier this month, she opened up about a possibility about going back to the hospital in an interview withSoap Opera Digest.
“There’s a lot of history there, a lot of time, a lot of water under that bridge,” she teased before noting Blair’s long history with ex-husband Todd. “But I guess Todd is not Todd, right? So if I was to go back on that show, he probably wouldn’t recognize me. But I could go, ‘You’re hot. You look like somebody I used to know.'”
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This past April,General Hospitalcelebrated its60th anniversaryof being on air.
“It’s incredibly rewarding and humbling to be a part of this amazing legacy,” executive producer Frank Valentini told PEOPLE at the time. “When I look back at our show’s 60 years, I can’t help but think of how much time and effort goes into making just one episode of television. Our cast and crew are some of the hardest working people in this industry, putting in long hours in order to make the best possible show we can.”
“The idea of producing over 250 episodes a year for the last six decades is truly remarkable,” he added. “It’s a testament to the staying power of daytime television and the incredible support our fans have shown us throughout the years.”
ABC’s Emmy Award-winning daytime drama is both the longest-running scripted drama and the longest-running American soap opera currently in production.
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Filmed in Hollywood, California, the show was the brainchild of married soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley when it premiered on April 1, 1963. To date,General Hospital— which aired its 15,000th episode on June 22, 2022 — holds the record for the most outstanding daytime drama wins, taking home the prestigious Emmy Award a record 15 times.
source: people.com
