Eileen Fulton is an American soap opera actress best known for her role as Lisa Grimaldi in the long-running television serial “As the World Turns” from 1960 until 2010. She became a national star while playing Lisa, and despite a few personal issues, she was able to overcome them all and continue her profession.
What Happened To Eileen Fulton today?
Eileen Fulton (Pinterest)Eileen’s most recent performance was in the 2011 horror film “The Life Zone,” in which Eileen Fulton played Katherine Wise with Robert Loggia, Lindsey Haun, and Martin Kove.
Eileen has been out of the picture and out of the public since then, but she has given a few interviews on her experience on “As the World Turns.” She will be 87 years old on September 13th, and she lives in New York with two dogs named Rosemary Clooney and Ella Fitzgerald.
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She was born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty in Asheville, North Carolina, the daughter of a Methodist preacher, and she moved a lot as a youngster since her father changed churches frequently and brought his family with him.
Eileen began singing at a young age but eventually stopped.
aspired to be a Broadway actress She performed “Shortening Bread” with the church choir, and despite being paddled later, she persisted to pursue her spot in the choir. She pursued performing as she grew older, and after majoring in music at the College of Greensboro, she moved to New York to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater.
Career
Before landing the role of Lisa, Eileen appeared with the choir in the play “The Lost Colony,” as well as as a receptionist in the TV series “Nero Wolfe” (1959).
Ascend To Stardom
Eileen auditioned for the role of Lisa in 1960 and was immediately hired; she believed Lisa and herself were the same person. She stayed on the show for a while until 1963, when she left for a few months and was replaced by actress Pamela King. She returned to the show two years later, but only to play Lisa in her spin-off “Our Private World.” However, the show was terminated after only about 30 episodes, and Eileen returned to the main series. She quit the series for the third time in 1983, after a disagreement with executive producer Mary-Ellis Bunim about her new contract. However, she returned the next year; during her absence, Betsy von Furstenberg played Lisa.
During the first decade of her depiction of Lisa, Eileen rose to prominence as one of the main soap opera performers. She had to hire a publicist, making her the first soap opera celebrity to do so. Many people admired her, but she generated a few scandals that made many dislike her, not just her character Lisa, but Eileen herself.
CBS had to pay a bodyguard to keep an eye on the crazed fans; on one occasion, the crowd was so enraged by a scene in “As the World Turns” that they smacked Eileen on the street.
Eileen appeared in 1622 episodes of the famous series and got a Daytime Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Her character married eight times, three of which ended in divorce, she buried four of her husbands, and her last marriage was annulled, thus her full name became Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge. Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn Shea Colman McColl
Work In The Theater
Eileen never lost up on her dream of becoming a Broadway star, beginning with the off-Broadway production of “The Fantasticks” and later as Honey in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” During this time, she worked in both the theater and on the screen, filming “As the World Turns” in the morning, then later on the stage in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and finally in the evening in the musical “The Fantasticks.” She then worked on several plays, including “Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” “Mane Loves,” “Nite Club Confidential,” and “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll,” all off-Broadway, but also in regional theatre productions including “It Had To Be You,” “Goodbye Charlie,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” and “Plaza Suite.”
Eileen has also developed her vocal abilities and has performed in a variety of cabaret and nightclub acts.
A Successful Author
In addition to her acting career, Eileen is a published author, having written two memoirs, “How My World Turns” and “As My World Still Turns.” She has also written a mystery novel called “Soap Opera,” as well as six murder mystery novels titled “Take One for Murder.”
Body Structure And Net Worth
Eileen Fulton rose to stardom as Lisa, and she was one of the highest-paid soap opera performers at the time. Her net worth is anticipated to be around $1.5 million as of mid-2020, according to sources.
Eileen is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall, and her weight is unknown, however, she maintains a thin body. Her hair is blonde, and her eyes are brown.
Relationship Status
Eileen Fulton (Pinterest)Eileen lives in New York and, although having been married three times, she has no children. She married her first spouse, Bill Cochrane, in 1957, but no information is available about when they divorced. Danny Fortunato was her second husband, and they were married for nine years, from 1971 to 1980. She married architect Rick McMorrow nine years later, but their marriage lasted only three months, with no explanations of the break-up provided.