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Nancy Hughes
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| Nancy Hughes McClosky | |||
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| Helen Wagner as Nancy Hughes McClosky | |||
| As the World Turns character | |||
| Portrayed by | Helen Wagner | ||
| Duration | 1956–2010 | ||
| First appearance | April 2, 1956 | ||
| Last appearance | June 1, 2010 | ||
| Created by | Irna Phillips | ||
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| Residence | 10 Yardley Place Oakdale, IL 60324 | ||
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Nancy Hughes McClosky was a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Portrayed by Helen Wagner for 54 years from the soap's inception in 1956 until 2010, Nancy served as the core family's, and by extension, the town's, matriarch.
Wagner is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Records as being the longest-running character portrayed by one actor on television.[1] Wagner spoke the very first lines, "good morning dear," on the series debut on April 2, 1956.[2]
Throughout the course of the series, Nancy remained a matriarch figure in the lives of those she cared for. Over the course of the program, Nancy had appeared in some 19,700 scenes [2] and has been described as a straitlaced, proper and unassuming woman who stood for "old-fashioned values".[2]
In 2004, Wagner received her first award for her work on the show in the form of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmys after 48 years on the soap.[3] Wagner tragically died of cancer on May 1, 2010, and Nancy died onscreen on June 1, 2010 from natural causes. As the World Turns dedicated two episodes to both the character and actress with surrounding characters illustrating different ways of dealing with her death.
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Nancy as she appeared in 1956
Wagner began portraying Nancy in the first ever episode of As the World Turns in 1956. Six months on, producer Irna Phillips sacked Wagner due to her be dissatisfied with the way that she poured coffee – an important task for a character who provided a sympathetic ear and a shoulder on which to cry.[4] The character was later reinstated.
In a 1968 New York Times interview, Wagner called Nancy Hughes "a tentpole character."[5]"Nothing ever happens to Nancy," Wagner said. "She's the one the others come and talk to."[5]
However again in the 1980s, Wagner and on-screen husband Don MacLaughlin were again dropped from the show under a new producer who wanted to attract a younger audience.[4] She voiced her displeasure at the sacking in a 1981 Associated Press article, where she claimed she'd been given one line in three months worth of television.[6]
| “ | "I had nothing whatsoever to do anymore... I haven't been in the kitchen for a year and a half | ” |
"There just hasn't been anything to Nancy's character. Anybody could read the lines I've been given," Ms Wagner said.[6]
Wagner highlighted in 1998 that the characters were now "destructive, mean, i
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