The yr was 1983 and Tracey E. Bregman was solid in a short-term position as Lauren, a pal of excellent lady Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) on CBS’ long-running daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.
“Lauren didn’t even have a last name,” says Bregman remembers to TV Insider, laughing about that fateful day. “[Executive producer] Bill Bell said that I went to exit [the scene] and I turned back and looked at Beth and he saw Lauren Fenmore, the mean girl.”
The stink-eyed teen might have made her mark bullying Traci, however she finally left her nasty aspect behind to develop into one in all Genoa City’s most upstanding residents. That’s why the Wednesday, January 25 episode, which marks Bregman’s fortieth anniversary on the cleaning soap, is dedicated to her. “Lauren is given a Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Fashion,” Bregman particulars. A shock factor will get her speaking about her life, resulting in a colourful retrospective of her years on the daytime drama.
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In addition to outdated storylines and trend statements, like Eighties massive hair and shoulder pads — “they were so large!”— Bregman shares recollections of Lauren’s romantic life, together with her 17-year marriage to artful lawyer Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc).
What’s made that union work? “We’re not afraid to be bad, because we’ve been bad. We’ve killed people and gotten away with it,” Bregman says wryly. She’s positively gotten away with 40 years as a fan favourite. “Not a bad gig,” she says.
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