In
Part I of his lunchtime chat with the legendary
Louise Sorel (soon-to-be returning to soaps as DAYS' Vivian),
We Love Soaps' interviewer extraordinaire
Damon Jacobs gets the grande dame to open up about how she landed the part that made her a daytime superstar—
Santa Barbara's Augusta Lockridge. Sorel also shares what it was like to work with the late
Dame Judith Anderson who originated the role of Augusta's meddling mother-in-law Minx, and shares which
General Hospital diva almost ended up playing the iconic role of Augusta.
We Love Soaps: How did Santa Barbara come about for you?
Louise Sorel: Actually that came about because another actress was going to do it, who was on a show called General Hospital, Jane Elliot. I didn't know she was going to do it. I think I had read for the Dobsons, then they went away or something and months went by. Then I think Jane was going to do it, and then opted out. I can't remember why. Actually she was very sweet. I had only read once and then they called and said, 'Would you do it?' And I said, 'Sure!' I had never done a soap. I had never seen a soap. And everybody said, 'You don't want to do a soap. You just don't want to do that. It's not what you do.' And I said, 'Well, gee, it's continuous work. We have Dame Judith Anderson and Nick Coster. How bad can it be?' And the role was terrific so we made a deal. Jane and I spoke and she said, 'You should get such and such' because she was going to do the show and she was very sweet about it.
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