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University of North Alabama.
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Pam Long
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From 1981 to 1982 she played the character of Ashley Linden Marshall on National Broadcasting Company"s Texas. After the demise of the National Broadcasting Company serial, Pam Long was hired as a writer initially then Head Writer for the Columbia Broadcasting System Daytime soap opera Guiding Light, first from 1983 to 1986. Then from 1987 to 1990.
At the time, she was attending the University of North Alabama, and was involved in the Phi Mu sorority.
After graduation, she went to New York City and played Ashley Linden on Texas from 1981 to 1982. She had almost no acting experience when she landed the part: one small paying role in a dinner theatre production of Play lieutenant Again, some television commercials and an appearance on local television in Alabama were her only previous jobs.
In 1982, Long also became Head Writer of Texas. The show began to improve in quality, but the ratings in the United States remained in the basement.
The show was more popular North of the United States border.
In Canada, Texas topped the daytime ratings charts for many weeks. The last episode of Texas aired on December 31, 1982. In 1983, Long became Head Writer of Columbia Broadcasting System Daytime"s Guiding Light, while former Texas Executive Producer Gail Kobe joined her.
Both of her stints were well regarded and provided a renaissance for the aging show, at one point pushing the show"s ratings to the #1 spot for three weeks in the summer of 1984, dethroning then-powerhouse General Hospital from the top ratings spot.
Long created some of GL"s most memorable characters, like vixen Reva Shayne, haughty ice queen Alexandra Spaulding, and rough-around-the-edges ingenue Harley Davidson Cooper. Long was once married to actor Jay Hammer and was credited for a time as Pamela Long Hammer.
They have two sons together. NANCY M. REICHARDT of Los Angeles Times: "I intend to bring a reality to my storytelling on "SFT," which is a result of my own personal growth.
I"m not interested in wild, outlandish, fantasy-type stories.
Guiding Light Head Writer: 1983 – 1985, 1987 – 1990 Company-Head Writer: 1985 – January 1986 One Life to Live Head Writer: April 1998 – December 1998 Santa Barbara (hired by John Conboy) Head Writer: 1992 – January 15, 1993 Search for Tomorrow Executive Story Consultant: May 1986 – December 26, 1986. Texas Actress: February 4, 1981 – December 31, 1982 Head and Script Writer: January 1982 – December 31, 1982 Her Hidden Truth Script Writer: November 12, 1995 Producer: November 12, 1995 Second Noah Producer Daytime Emmy.
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