Sy Tomashoff, the seven-time Daytime Emmy winner who created the gothic atmosphere for the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows and spent 13 years on CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful, died Sunday at his Los Feliz home in Los Angeles. He was 96.
Seymour Tomashoff was born on September 11, 1922, in New York City. He attended Curtis High School on Staten Island and New York's City College before being sent to the Engineering Officer Training Program at Carnegie Tech at the outset of World War II.
He eventually served as a rifleman under General George S. Patton and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and a Bronze Star for valor.
Back home, Tomashoff received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Carnegie Tech in 1950, then landed a job as a scenic artist at ABC Studios in New York. In the '50s and '60s, he worked as an art director on such...
Seymour Tomashoff was born on September 11, 1922, in New York City. He attended Curtis High School on Staten Island and New York's City College before being sent to the Engineering Officer Training Program at Carnegie Tech at the outset of World War II.
He eventually served as a rifleman under General George S. Patton and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and a Bronze Star for valor.
Back home, Tomashoff received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Carnegie Tech in 1950, then landed a job as a scenic artist at ABC Studios in New York. In the '50s and '60s, he worked as an art director on such...
- 8/2/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1966: A ghost emerged from Josette's portrait on Dark Shadows.
1978: Lucy was devastated when Gary & Val left Dallas again.
1982: Karen Fairgate met Mack Mackenzie in Knots Landing.
1985: General Hospital's Frisco was determined to go undercover."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1955: Actor James Dean died in a car crash at age 24. The Rebel Without a Cause star had connections to a number of people who would one day work in the world of soap operas, including director Lela Swift and writer William Bast (co-creator of The Colbys).
1966: On Dark Shadows, David Collins (David Henesy...
1978: Lucy was devastated when Gary & Val left Dallas again.
1982: Karen Fairgate met Mack Mackenzie in Knots Landing.
1985: General Hospital's Frisco was determined to go undercover."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1955: Actor James Dean died in a car crash at age 24. The Rebel Without a Cause star had connections to a number of people who would one day work in the world of soap operas, including director Lela Swift and writer William Bast (co-creator of The Colbys).
1966: On Dark Shadows, David Collins (David Henesy...
- 10/3/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Lela Swift, who rose from the secretarial pool at CBS to become a pioneering force for female TV directors, died today at her Santa Monica home of natural causes. She was 96. Swift went from gopher to an Ad job on the network’s Studio One in 1948, to directing nearly 600 episodes of Dark Shadows and winning three Daytime Emmys over 14 years of helming the soap opera Ryan’s Hope. Born Lela Siwoff on February 1, 1919, in New York City, she joined the then-nascent CBS in the…...
- 8/5/2015
- Deadline TV
On this date in...
1967: Dark Shadows aired in color for the first time. On the episode, directed by Lela Swift, Barnabas decided that Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) must die!
1979: On The Edge Of Night, Steve and Deborah recalled happier times.
2009: Amanda Setton debuted on One Life To Live as Kimberly.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Jackée Harry (ex-Lily, Another World) - 55
Susan Olsen (ex-Liza, The Young And The Restless; ex-Cindy, The Bradys) - 50
Halle Berry (ex-Debbie, Knots Landing) - 45
Rhonda Ross Kendrick (ex-Toni, Another World) - 40
Christopher Gorham (ex-Henry, Ugly Betty) - 37
Shawn Batten (ex-Sarah, Sunset Beach; ex-Natalia, Spyder Games) - 36
Editor's Note: If you would like to submit a piece of soap opera history for this daily column, please email it to editor@welovesoaps.com.
1967: Dark Shadows aired in color for the first time. On the episode, directed by Lela Swift, Barnabas decided that Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) must die!
1979: On The Edge Of Night, Steve and Deborah recalled happier times.
2009: Amanda Setton debuted on One Life To Live as Kimberly.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Jackée Harry (ex-Lily, Another World) - 55
Susan Olsen (ex-Liza, The Young And The Restless; ex-Cindy, The Bradys) - 50
Halle Berry (ex-Debbie, Knots Landing) - 45
Rhonda Ross Kendrick (ex-Toni, Another World) - 40
Christopher Gorham (ex-Henry, Ugly Betty) - 37
Shawn Batten (ex-Sarah, Sunset Beach; ex-Natalia, Spyder Games) - 36
Editor's Note: If you would like to submit a piece of soap opera history for this daily column, please email it to editor@welovesoaps.com.
- 8/15/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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