eileen fulton
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Eileen Fulton, the actress who grew to become a family identify by means of her function as Lisa Grimaldi on “As the World Turns,” has died on the age of 91.
Fulton handed away on Monday, July 14, in Asheville, North Carolina, following a interval of declining well being, in line with an obituary shared by Groce Funeral House.
After learning drama and music at Greensboro School, she moved to New York Metropolis in 1956. Her breakout got here in 1960 when she appeared within the movie “Girl of the Night.”
That very same 12 months, she landed the function that might outline her profession — Lisa Grimaldi on “As the World Turns.” Initially meant as a short-term character, Lisa grew to become one of many longest-running and most iconic figures in cleaning soap opera historical past, with Fulton portraying her for 5 many years till the present led to 2010.
Along with her cleaning soap opera fame, Fulton appeared on Broadway in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and starred within the spin-off “Our Private World.” She acquired a Cleaning soap Opera Digest Award in 1991 and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award on the 2004 Daytime Emmys.
Eileen was 91.
RIP
