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One Life to Live storylines (1968–1979)
Summary
One Life to Live is an American soap opera that was broadcast from 1968 to 2013, on the ABC network from 1968 to 2012. The series starts with One Life to Live storylines (1968–1979). The plot continues in One Life to Live storylines (1980–1989). The plot in the next decade is outlined in One Life to Live storylines (1990–1999) and the story concludes in One Life to Live storylines (2000—2013).
The earliest storylines of One Life to Live focused on the blue collar, Polish Catholic Wolek family, and the super-rich Lords. Additionally, there was also the Rileys, although most of the latter were featured much less prominently. One Life to Live is also noteworthy for including a Black family, the Grays, from the show's earliest episodes.
One of the show's earliest and most controversial storylines was the one that played out between housekeeping director at Llanview Hospital, Sadie Gray (Lillian Hayman), and Carla Benari (Ellen Holly), an actress who arrived in Llanview and became a patient of Dr. Jim Craig's (Robert Milli) at the hospital. Assumed to be Italian American, Carla Benari is an important character immediately upon her arrival, becoming involved in a love triangle between Dr. Craig and internist Price Trainor (Peter DeAnda). Carla also strikes up a friendship with Anna Wolek (Doris Belack), unaware that Sadie is Anna's neighbor and best friend which would become relevant as the storyline progressed on-screen. At this point in the storyline, one ABC affiliate in Texas briefly dropped One Life to Live from its schedule due to the storyline in which Price Trainor, a black man, kissed Carla Benari, who was believed to be white.
The character of Carla, despite debuting in episode 61, months after the show's July 1968 premiere, was conceptualized in Agnes Nixon's original show Bible, and as such is considered part of the story of Llanview from the beginning. Nixon has said she was inspired to create the Carla Gray character after seeing singer Eartha Kitt in a television interview.
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