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Helen Wagner
BornSeptember 3 1918 (1918--) (age 89)
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Died
OccupationActor
Spouse(s)Robert Willey (1954-Present)


Helen Wagner (born September 3, 1918) is an American actress. She was born in Lubbock, Texas.

She has played matriarch Nancy Hughes McClosky on the soap opera As The World Turns, with only a few interruptions, since the show's debut in 1956. This has earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records[1] as the actor with the longest tenure in a single television role. Wagner spoke the first lines of the program: "Good morning, dear." Actor norman Painting however has been in UK radio soap: The Archers, since its debut in 1950.

She has taken some breaks, both voluntary and involuntary. After six months in the role of Nancy, show creator Irna Phillips fired her because she did not favor the way Wagner poured coffee. After an overwhelming consensus was reached to hire her back, Irna did so begrudgingly.

Wagner left the show again in the early 1980s. Then-producer Mary-Ellis Bunim wished to take the show in a different direction; the show fell out of the top slot in the daytime Nielsen ratings, and Bunim wished to gear the show toward the younger generation by showcasing the Hughes family less. Wagner and co-star Don MacLaughlin walked away from the show after vocal dissent in the press. She returned to the role in 1985. After many years of little to no part in story, she returned to the screen with a pivotal role in a 2004 storyline, revolving around her grandson's marriage to naïve teenager Alison Stewart (Jessica Dunphy).

Although she has played the role for more than fifty years, she has never won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work. She was finally awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for her role on the show in May 2004. She was also prominently featured in the show's 50th anniversary episode in April 2006.

Wagner also played the role of Trudy Bauer during the first few television years of Guiding Light in the early 1950s.

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As the World Turns character

Nancy Hughes
Played by Helen Wagner
Duration 1956-
Date of birth August 11, 1918
Marital status Widowed
Occupation Homemaker,
Secretary (1970s),
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As the World Turns

Creator(s) Irna Phillips
Senior cast member(s) Helen Wagner
Don Hastings
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No. of episodes 13,166 (as of October 12, 2007)
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Irna Phillips (July 1, 1901 – December 22, 1973) was an American writer who created and scripted many of the first American soap operas. She is considered by many to be the "mother" of the genre.

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Mary-Ellis Bunim (July 9, 1946 - January 29, 2004) was a producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World and Road Rules.

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Don MacLaughlin (November 24 1906–May 28 1986) was an American soap opera actor. He was born in Webster, Iowa.

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Jessica Dunphy (born October 23, 1984) is an American actress.

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Daytime Emmy Award

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First awarded 1974
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Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records
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