Beth Ehlers bolts Guiding Light for All My Children
You could call it bailing from a sinking ship, assuming you think the current changes on Guiding Light are something like being on the Titanic. On the other hand, it may just be a talented actress spreading her wings to take on a new challenge. However you couch it, Guiding Light star Beth Ehlers is bolting the CBS soap for ABC’s All My Children. She’ll be assuming the role of Liza Colby Chandler, the part most recently played by Marcy Walker (who played Tangie back on Guiding Light in 1993).
This is the second major exit from GL, and it seems that the bottom line reason for the departures is the bottom line. Cost cutting across the board at the P&G soaps — GL and As the World Turns — have squeezed the actors salaries. Martha Byrne and Scott Bryce left ATWT in recent months, reportedly in contract disputes, and Ricky Paull Goldin departed GL last month and was quickly snatched up by All My Children. Just like Ehlers.
And how coincidental that they were a major couple in Springfield. They even won a special Daytime Emmy in 2002 as America’s Favorite Couple — GL’s Harley and Gus. Well, now they can spark that same chemistry in Pine Valley. Move over, Erica and Adam and Tad and Joe, you’ve got company.
A little over a year ago, I interviewed Beth for TV Week, and she talked about her tenure on GL. “It was the only show she’d ever appeared on, and she’s been there on and off since 1987. “When I came on 20 years ago, I very quickly learned the Guiding Light was based on family and relationships. It was a real actors’ show. I feel lucky to have been a part of it. This is the only show that I’ve ever done and I’m proud of that.” Now she can see what it’s like to be proud of being part of All My Children. She’s expected to start early this summer.
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